if)2 Piiu-n MusRUM OK Natural IIisiouy - Zooloc.y, Vol. IX. 



. Family ALCEDINID^:. Kingfishers. 



Bill, lonsj; ami strai,y;ht; feet, syndactyle ; toes, four, the middle 

 and outer ones joined, being fastened together for more than half 

 their length; tarsus, very short and reticulate (scales roxindetl) in 

 front. 



fc=-**^ 



Back, bluish gray; throat and belly, 



white; a band of bluish gray on the 



^,. breast (male) ; under parts, without 



^^=^ chestnut brown; sides of the body and 



a band on the belly, chestnut (female). 



Ceryle alcyon. 

 Belted Kingfisher. 

 See No. 187. 



