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White and Green Kingfisher. (Al. Americana. 591.) 



Dark green above, marked with white ; beneath, white 

 Seven inches. Cayenne. 



Indian Kingfisher. Al. Bengalensis. Ed. II. 



Blue-green above ; rufous beneath ; head striped blue 

 and rufous. Four and a half inches. 



There is a smaller variety without the rufous on the 



sides of the head. 



Blue-headed Kingfisher. (Al. Cceruleocephala. ) 

 Enl. 356. 



Back and wings blue ; throat white ; beneath rufous. 

 Four and a half inches. India and Madagascar. 



Crested Kingfisher. Al. Cristata. 756. 



Bright blue above ; scapulars violet ; beneath pale- 

 rufous ; stripe on neck, blue. Five inches. Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



Purple Kingfisher. Al. Purpurea. 778. 2. 



Head, rump, and tail, golden rufous ; back and wing- 

 coverts, blue black ; underneath, rufous white. Near 

 seven inches. India. 



Rufous Kingfisher. Al Madagascariensis. 'J'JS. 1. 



Rufous above ; beneath white, and slightly rufous. 

 Five inches. Madagascar. Much allied to the 

 last. 



Supercilious Kingfisher. Al. Superciliosa. ^56. 



Green above ; throat orange ; belly whitish ; stripe 

 over the eye, orange. Five inches. Cayenne. 



