408 CLASS AVES. , 



a loose plumage, varied with different shades of blue 

 and green. 



They may be distinguished according to their 

 bills, which are sometimes simply straight and 

 pointed, as in the common species. 



Great African Kingfisher, Alcedo Afra. Sh. Maxima. 

 Lath. Enl. 679. 



Deap lead-colour ; ferrugineous beneath, covered with 

 small white spots ; crest on head and neck ; size of a 

 crow. Africa. 



Belted Kingfisher. (Al. Alcyon, 715 and 593, and 

 Wilson's Amer. III.) 



Bluish-ash, above ; white beneath ; collar and spots 

 white ; crested. Size of a blackbird. North Ame- 

 rica. 



The Ispida Carolinensis of Briss. and Jaculott Cine- 

 reus of Klein. 



Cinereus Kingfisher. (Al. Torquata.) 284. 



Bluish-ash, above ; chesnut underneath ; collar and 

 spots, white. Size of a magpie. Mexico. 



Black and White Kingfisher. (Al. Rudis.) 62 

 and 716. 



Black and white above ; white beneath. Eleven 

 inciies. Asia and Africa. 



Rufous and Green Kingfisher, or Spotted K. of 

 Shaw. (Al. Bicolor. 592.) 



Green above, with a few white spots; under part 

 gilded rufous. Eight inches. Cayenne. 



