& l9 KINGSFISHER. 



die coverts tipped with glofTy greenifh white : quills greenifh; 

 brown : bafe of feveral of the feathers white, forming a fpot on 

 the outer edge : fides of the body mottled with dufky : tail as in 

 the other, but not fo glofTy : legs deep brown : claws black. 

 Ilace. Both the above-defcribed are in the collection of Sir Jofeph 



Banks, and are faid to have come from New Guinea -, from 

 whence Sonnerat had the bird figured by him. The only dif- 

 ference feems to be, that the under mandible in his was orange^ 

 and the bird only fixteen inches in length. 



Aleedo Capenfis, Lin.SyJi.'i. p. 180. N° 9. 

 CAPE, Le Martin pefcheur da Cap de Bonne Efperance. Brlf. om. iv. p. 488; 



K. N° 8. pi. 36. f. 3.— PL enl. 590, 



Le Martin pecheur a gros bee, Buf. oif. vii. p. 184, 



Lev. Muf. 



Description,. 'TP'HIS bird is likewife of a large fize, meafuring fourteen 

 inches in length. The bill is difproportionately large, be- 

 ing above an inch in thicknefs at the bafe, and three inches and a 

 half in length ; the colour of it is red j the tip blackifh : the 

 upper part of the head is afh-colour, verging to fulvous : the co- 

 lour of the upper parts of the body is blue green, fomewhat in- 

 clining to afh : the lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail 

 coverts, glofTy blue green : greater quills blue green on the out- 

 fide ; the inner webs afh-colour, with fulvous edges : tail blue 

 green j the fide feathers afh-coloured within : the fhafts of the 

 wing and tail feathers are black above, and whitifh beneath: the 

 under parts of the body are fulvous.: the legs and claws red. 

 Ilacji. Inhabits the Cap of Good Hop. The fpecimen in the Leverian 



Mujfim had a ftreak of brown behind each eye : the crown brown, 



mixed; 



