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being greyish, and not smooth, shows that they do 

 not frequent the waters. They live on insects, and 

 have been called in French Martins-chasseurs. 



Great Brown Kingjisher. Al. Fusca. Gm. Gigantea, 



Sh. Enl. 633. 

 Olive brown above ; pale blue green underneath. 

 Eighteen inches being the largest species. New 

 Guinea. 



Little Kingfisher. Col. 277- Dae. Pulchella. Horsf. 



Tem. 

 Bill deep red ; back and tail barred blue and black ; 

 crown of head blue, with whitish spots ; throat white ; 

 belly orange ; front, back and sides of the head dirty 

 red ; quills black, spotted with white. Java and 

 Sumatra. 



Blue-eared Kingjisher. D. Cyanotis. Col. 262. 



Bill red ; feathers of head and neck brown ; top of 

 head and tail orange ; through the eyes, and round 

 the head and coverts, deep blue ; underneath white. 

 Java. 



D. Gaudiehaud. Quoy and Gaim. PI. 25. 



Deep black on the head and shoulders ; white patch 

 on throat, extending to sides of neck, and forming a 

 collar ; back, rump, and upper wing-coverts bright 

 blue. New Holland.* 



• Other species have been mentioned, as — 



Alcedo Melanoptera. Horsf. A. Collaris, A, Sacra, and A. Maculata- 

 Lath. Also, the Curiae, Black-winged, Dun, Black-backed, Lybian, 

 Nubian, Ferrugineous, Rose- cheeked. Blue-crested, and the Trinidad King- 

 fishers, by the same ; and A. Venerata,A. Tuta, and A. Crithaca, by Gmelin. 

 These seem to be more doubtful — A. ^gi/pUa, A. Novcb Guirue, A. Flavi- 

 cans, A. Ccerulea, and A. Cayanensis of Gmelin, A, Amazonia, and A, Suri- 

 menm of Latham, and A. Leuchoryncha of Seba. 



