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the back, the tail, and middle of the wings, are of a deep glofiy violet 

 blue : the fhoulders and ends of the wings are black : the throat, 

 fore part of the neck, and bread, are white, and encircling the neck 

 at the lower part, near the back : the belly Is of a pale rufous- 

 colour : legs pale red. 



Inhabits China. Place. 



- Martin-pecheur de L'Ifle de Lujon, Son. Voy. p. 65. t. ji/ jj, 



Var. A. 



CONNERAT defcribes this of a fize lefs than a Blackbird; and Description. 



fays, that the bill is large, and the legs fmall, as in other 

 Kingsfijhers. The top of the head, and hind part of the neck, are * 

 brown ; this colour furrounds the eye, and pafTes below it on each 

 fide, to the middle of the upper mandible: from the noftrils to 

 the eye is a whitifh ftripe: the upper parts and middle of the back 

 are brown : rump and upper tail coverts glofTy {ley-blue : the tail 

 deep blue : the wing coverts are brown like the head: quills 

 blackifh-blue in the middle, and dull black at the ends : the throat, 

 fore part of the neck, bread, belly, and under tail coverts, are 

 white; in the middle of each feather is a longitudinal brown 

 ftreak: on the lower part of the neck the white pafTes be- 

 hind, forming a kind of collar: we are not told of what colour 

 the legs are; nor is that of the bill mentioned. 



Inhabits the ifle of Luzonia, Placb. 



4 L lev^ 



