6i6 K I ■ N G S F I S H E R, 



15. Lev. Muf. 



Var.B. 



Description. T ENGTH ten inches. Bill thick at the bafe, two inches anct 

 "^ a half in length, and of a red colour : the general colour of 

 the upper parts of the body is black, mixed with ferruginous %~ 

 the feathers of the head longifh : the quills and tail are blue 

 green, with the inner webs and fhafts dark-coloured : the throat and 

 breaft are white ; on the laft fome of the feathers are tinged with 

 pale green : the belly ferruginous brown : legs red. 

 Place. Inhabits the South Sea, but what part uncertain.. 



K. 



16. Alcedo ifpida, Lin. Syjl. 1. p. 179. N° 3. 



+. COMMON \ Scop an. i. p. 55. N° 6^—Muller, p. 13, 



Le Martin-pefcheur, Brif. on. iv. p. 471. N° 1. 



Le Martin-pecheur, ou L'Alcyon, Buf. oif. vii. p. 164.. 



Le Martin-pecheur, PL etil. 77. 



Ifpida, RaiiSyn. p. 48. N° A. 1. 



Kingfifher, Will. cm. p. 146. t. 24. — Alb. i. pi. 54- 



■ , Br. Zool. i. p. 246. pi. 38. 



Br. Muf Lev. Muf. 



D 1 tiok 'TpHIS is the moft beautiful of all the Britijh birds : the length 

 is feven inches, the breadth eleven inches, and the weight 

 one ounce and a quarter. The bill is near two inches long, and 

 black ; but the bafe of the lower mandible is yellow : the irides 

 red : the top of the head, and fides, and wing coverts, are of a dark 

 green, marked with tranfverfe fpots_of a brighter and very lucid 



blue i 



