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



throat and fore part of the neck white : the reft of the under 

 parts rufous white : the quills are blackifh ^ the tail the fame ; 

 but the two middle feathers, and the outer edges of the reft, are 

 rufous : the legs and claws are red. 

 Inhabits Madagafcar.. 



63.1' 



Place. 



Le Martin-pecheur a. tete blue, Buf. oif. vii. p. 198. 



Le petit Martin-pecheur da Senegal, PI, enl. 356. leaft figure.. 



20. 

 +- BLUE- 

 HEADED 



K. 



'"PHIS is only four inches in length. The bill thirteen lines Description; 



long, and red : the crown of the head bright blue, waved 

 with a lighter blue, inclining to green : the back of an ultrama- 

 rine blue : the wings the fame, except the quills, which are 

 blackifh : the throat is white, and the refE of the under parts of 

 the body fine rufous : the legs red. 



This inhabits Madagafcar. One of thefe, in my pofTeffion, Place, 



had a tuft of white on each fide of the neck, near the wing. 



Le Martin-pefcneur de Bengale, Brif. orn. iv. p. 475. N°'2i 



Buf. oif. vii. p. 201. 



21. 



INDIAN 

 K. 



Little Indian Kingfilher, Edtu.i, pi. 11. lower figure. 



r THIS is only four inches and a half in length. The bill fixteen Description 



lines, and black, but flelh-coloured at the bafe of the lower 

 mandible : the upper parts of the body are blue green : the head 

 tranfverfely ftriped with deep blue : through the eyes paffes a. 

 ftreak of rufous, towards the neck, on each fide: the throat is. 

 white :. the under parts of the body rufous : the upper wing co- 

 verts 



