6i8 K I N G S F I S H E R, 



9- 

 CRAB-EATING Le Maxtin p £ cheur Crabier, Buf. oi/. vii. p. 183.— PL enl. 334. 



Description. T ENGTH twelve inches. Bill of a deep ru ft- colour : upper 



part of the body and tail fine blue green : the outer edges of 



the quills the fame, with black tips : on the wing coverts a large 



bed of black: behind each eye a ftreak of black : the under part 



of the body pale fulvous yellow : legs ferruginous. 



Place.. Inhabits Senegal, where it is known by the name otCrabier.. 



„_ Alcedo Senegalenfis, Lin. Syji. 1. p. 



Var.. A. Le grand Martin-pefcheur du Senegal, Brif. cm. iv. p. 494. N° il» 



pi. 40. f. 1. 

 Le Martin-pecheur a tete grife,. Buf. of. vii. p. 194, 

 Martin-pecheur a tete grife du Senegal, PI. enl. 594. 

 Alcedo femicasrulea, Forfcbal Faun. Arab. p. 2. N° 5.. 



Description. CIZE of a Starling : length nine inches. The bill full twGr 

 inches long; the upper mandible red ; the lower black : the 

 head, throat, and neck, are of a light grey, deepen; on the head '■ 

 between the bill and eye is a black mark, reaching to the- eye r 

 back and fcapulars blue : the leffer wing coverts, and fome of the 

 greater ones neareft the body, are black : the greater ones black, 

 with the outer edges blue : the quills on the infide, at the bafe, 

 white; the outer margins blue green; the reft of them for their 

 whole length, and the tips, black : tail black ; the upper furface 

 of the two middle feathers, and the outer edge of all the others, 

 blue green r the legs are black. 



Inhabits 



