KINGFISHER. 



INSESSORES. 



FISSIROSTRES. 



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HALCYON I DM. 



THE KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo ispida. 



Alcedo ispida, Common Kingfislier, 



The 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 326. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 129. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 89. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 136. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 157. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. i. 



Common 



w 



The 

 Martin PecJieur Alcyon, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 423. 



ALCEDO. Generic Characters. Beak long, straight, quadrangular, and acute. 

 Nostrils placed at the base of the beak, oblique, and nearly closed by a naked 

 membrane. Feet small, tarsi short, naked ; toes three in front ; the external toe 

 united to the middle toe as far as the second articulation, and the middle toe 

 united to the inner one as far as the first ; hind toe strong, but short. Wings 

 short ; the second or third quill-feather the longest. 



