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upper parts are a mottled black and white; primaries and tail black 

 and white; the white line which springs from each nostril is "carried 

 over the eye and earSj and is lost in the variegated feathers of the 

 crest." All the under parts are pure glossy white, with a broad belt 

 of deep glossy black across the chest, narrowed or interrupted in the 

 centre; the flanks thinly striped with black. The iris, beak, and 

 feet black. 



According to Degland the female is rather less, has more white in 

 the plumage, the black collar less extended, and sometimes there is 

 a second, which may probably have caused Swainson to describe the 

 Senegal species as distinct. He certainly gives no separate distinction 

 of the sexes. 



Before the first moult, the white of the upper parts is less pure, 

 with a number of black dashes; the black collar on the chest is only 

 faintly indicated by black spots; the beak is sensibly shorter than in 

 the adult. 



My figure of this bird is from a specimen in my own collection. 

 The egg is from the Rev. Canon Tristram. 



It has been figured by Bufifon, pi. enl. 62, young, 716, adult male; 

 and Gould,;^B. of E., plate 62. 



The Smyrna Kingfisher, figured in the first edition, is omitted in 

 this, as I can find no authentic instance recorded of its occurrence 

 in Europe, as surmised without any good authority by Swainson and 

 Professor Blasius, who stated the Eurojiean Turkish Isles as one of 

 its habitats. 



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