K I ■ N G S F I S H E 11. 6n 



"mixed with darker brown : and feveral of the prime quills black 

 for a good way from the end : otherwife anfwered to the above 

 defcriDtion. 



Alcedo maxima, Pallas Spic. 6. p. 15. <,. 



A Fowl which harbours in lakes and rivers, Sec, Bofm, Guinea, p. 251. GREAT 



N° 13. pi. in 262. N° 13. AFRICAN 



/k T A HIS is the fize of a Crow. The bill is large, ftrong, com- Description. 



prefFed, and of a black colour; the upper mandible the 

 Tongeft : the feathers of the head and nape elongated fo as 

 to form a fmall creft : the upper parts of the body are of 

 a deep lead-colour, and the under parts ferruginous : the 

 crown of the head and the wings are darkeft, as is the middle of 

 each feather in general : the plumage is covered with numerous 

 fpots of white, each feather having five in number, viz. two on 

 each fide, and one at the tip: on each fide of the neck is a ftripe, 

 dotted with white, beginning at the cheeks, and defcending ob- 

 liquely down the neck: the chin is white: the throat, and fore 

 part of the neck, black: the reft of the under parts are pale fer- 

 ruginous, or, in fome, deep fanguineous : the quills are black, 

 tipped with white, with aferies of white fpots on each fide ; thofe 

 of the inner web placed tranfverfe : the wings, when clofed, reach 

 beyond the middle of the tail, which is even at the end, and 

 marked as the quills : the legs are deep black : the outer toe 

 connected to the middle one only half way. 



The female differs in having the throat and part of the neck of Female, 

 a pale ferruginous, inftead of black ; and the reft of the under 

 parts white 2 tranfverfely marked with narrow lines of black. 



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