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colour t thofe fartheft from the body, and the quills, greyifh afh : 

 the under parts of the body are pale yellow : the tail is blue above, 

 and cinereous beneath. 

 ■ This is copied from Seba, who fays it inhabits America. 



645 



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••With THREE TOES only. 



Alcedo trida&yla, Lin. Mantif. 1771. p. 524. 



■ , Pallas Spic. vi. p. 10. t. 2. f. I. 



• , Vofmaer Amfl. 1768. t. I. 



Le Martin-pecheur de L'Ifle de Lujon, Son. Voy. p. 66. pi- 32* 

 Lev. Muf. 



THREE-TOEB 



f\F this bird there appear two varieties, if not differing in fex. 

 The fize is much lefs than that of the common one: the 

 length is About four inches r the one has the crown fer- 

 ruginous, with a violet tinge : on the temples is an azure fpot, 

 and beneath it a longitudinal white one : between the moulders 

 and the tips of the wing feathers, azure : the cheeks, and under 

 parts of the body, yellowifh white 1 the throat pure white : the 

 quills ferruginous black ; but ferruginous on the inner margin : 

 the tail is ferruginous. 



The other bird is. rufo-ferruginous above: the crown,, rump, 

 and tips of fome of the back feathers, tinged with violet : the 

 breaft is more ferruginous, and the belly of a purer white than; 

 in the other : the azure fpot on the temples alfo is wanting in this 

 bird : the bill in both is fquare, and of a yellowifh white colour t 

 but the diftingu'ifhing character of the fpecies, is having only 



three 



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