6 44 KINGSFISHER. 



others are green alfo, but fpotted on the inner web with white : 

 the legs are flefh-colour : claws blackifh. 

 Piace. This is the defeription of Briffon, who merely fays, that it is 



found in America. 



The bird figured by Edwards appears to have only a fpot be- 

 tween the eyes and bill, and not continued over the eyes. The 

 bill in his figure feems a little bent. 



Thofe referred to in Buffon, feem likewife to vary a little j he 

 defcribes both fexes ; both of them have a half collar of orange at 

 the back part of the neck : the whole of the under parts of the 

 body bright orange, except a fpot of white on the throat, and 

 another on the ftomach * : but the green band on the breafl is 

 wanting in the female, otherwife the above defeription might 

 ferve. 



Buff on received thefe from Cayenne. 



*» Le Martin-pefcheur bleu d'Amerique, Brijl orn. iv. p. 505. N* 16. 



WHITE- Le Martin-pecheur a bee blanc, Buf. oif. vii. p. 200. 



BILLED Alcedo Americana, feu apiaflra, Seba, i. t. 53. f. 3, 



©EscRiiTiiON. [ENGTH four inches and three quarters. The bill more than. 



one inch and a quarter, and whitifh in colour : the head, and 



hind part of the neck, purplifh cheftnut: back, fcapulars, rump,. 



and upper tail coverts, bright blue green : the leffer wing coverts, 



and the greater ones, which are neareft the back, are the fame 



* I have feen one of thefe, with one white fpot only, and that placed on the 

 middle of the belly ; and another., wherein the middle of the belly and vent were 

 white. In this laft bird there were foroe orange fpots between the bill and eye, 

 but not a ftrige* 



colour Si 



