KINGSFISHER. 



the body, pale rufous : the upper wing coverts violet ; each fea- 

 ther tipped with a bright blue fpot : all the quills are brown, 

 but the edges of the lefler ones are violet : the tail the fame; the 

 whole of the two middle feathers, and the outer edges of all the 

 others, violet : the legs and claws are reddiih. 



Inhabits Amboina and the Philippine I/lands. The natives of 

 the firft give it the names of Tohorkey and Hi to, and thofe of the 

 laft Vintfu 



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Places. 



Le Martin-pefcheur hupe des Indes, Brif. oris. iv. p. 506. N° 17. 

 Alcedo criftata, orientalis elegantiff. picta, Seba i. p. 104. t. 67. f. 4. 



22. 



Var.A. 



'"T^HIS meafures five inches and a half in length. The bill is Description. 



above an inch and a quarter, and of a light red colour : the 

 head is marked and crefted as in the laft bird : the upper parts of 

 the body are the fame : the wing coverts bright beryl-blue, but 

 not fpotted as in the laft : the wings and tail are alfo the fame : 

 the colour of the legs not mentioned. 



This bird is defcribed from Seba, who merely informs us that it Placi. 



is met with in the Eaft Indies. It is moft likely a variety of the 

 laft mentioned. 



Le Martin-pefcheur des Indes, Brif. orn. iv. p. 479. N° 4. pi. 37. f. 1. A. 



/ T~HIS is one-third lefs in fize than the common Kingsfiftier : 



length four inches and a half. Bill fixteen lines long, and 



red : the upper part of the head, and the throat, are of a fine 



blue : on each fide, from the bafe of the bill, is a ftripe of the 



4 M fame, 



23. 



EASTERN 



K. 



Description. 



