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KINGSFISHER. 



back, and wing coverts, fine blue ; quills and tail rufous brown 

 belly white : legs red. 

 Native place uncertain. 



27. 

 +■ BELTED K. 



Belted Kingsfifher, Gen. Syn, ii. p. 637. N° 27. — JrB. Zool. ii. N° 169. 



'HIS fpecies inhabits HudforCs Bay, and makes the nefl: i i the 

 banks of ri,vers, the hole running a long way horizontally in- 

 wards : lays four white eggs j and the young are hatched the t- nd 

 oi June. It has the faoie manners, in refpeft to catching its prey, 

 as the European fpecies, being often feen fluttering above the fur- 

 face of the water ; when, darting down on a fudden, it feldnm fails 

 to bring up a fijh in its bill. The Indian name is Ki/kemant or 

 Kijkemanafue *. 



Captain Cook met with this Ipecies at Naotka Sound -f. 



35- a- 

 AMAZONIAN 



K. 



Description. 



QIZE of the Belted Kingsfifher, if not bigger: length thirteen 

 inches. Bill three inches long, ftrair, and black ; the under 

 mandible yellow at the bafe : upper parts of the body fhining 

 green: chin, throat, and belly, white, pafTing backwards in a 

 ring to the nape : fides of the body and over the thighs mottled 

 with green : the bread is alfo clouded with the fame : quills fpot- 

 ted with white : the two middle tail feathers are green ; the others 

 the fame, but darker, and fpotted on each fide of the web with 

 white : legs black. 

 Inhabits Cayenne, 



Mr. Hut chins. 



t LaJ} Voy. ii. p. 296. 



Genus 



