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DACELO GIGANTEA. 
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D. corpore olivaceo-fusco, subtus albido, cauda ferrugineo 
nigrogue fasciaté; apice alba, mandibula superiore ni- 
gricante ;' inferiore albida basi nigricante. 
Mas, capite subcristato: crista fusca, pedibus flavis, ventre 
nigricante fasciato. 
Feemina, vertice fusco haud cristato, pedibus fuscis. 
Alcedo gigantea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 246. 
Alcedo fusca. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, 454. 
Habitat in Nova Hollandia. 
GIGANTIC DACELO. 
Body olive-brown, beneath whitish ; tail banded with black 
and ferruginous, the tip white ; upper mandible blackish, 
under. one whitish with a blackish base. 
Male, with its head slightly crested, the crest fuscous ; 
~ legs yellow ; belly banded with blackish. 
Female, with the crown of the head brown, without a crest ; 
legs brown. 
Inhabits New Holland, where it is a very common bird. 
It is known by the appellation of Gigantic, or Great brown 
King sfisher. 
