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ALCEDO ISPIDA. 



(COMMON KINGFISHER.) 



Ispida, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 471 (1760). 



Alcedo ispida, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 179 (1766). 



Alcedo subispida, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 149 (1831). 



Alcedo advena, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 150 (1831). 



Alcedo hispida, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 243 (1831). 



Alcedo pallasii, Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 3 (1851). 



Alcedo brachyrhynchos, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 51 (1855). 



Alcedo pallida, C. L. Brehm, ut supra (1855). 



Alcedo bella, C. L. Brehm, ut supra (1855). 



Alcedo sindiana, Hume, Stray Feathers, i. p. 169 (1873). 



Martin-picheur, French ; Martin pescador, Spanish ; Uccel Santa Maria, Italian ; Ghasfur 

 ta San Martin, Maltese ; Kandil el behar, Moorish ; gemeiner Eisvogel, German ; de 

 Ijsvogel, Dutch ; Jisfugl, Danish ; Kungsfiskare, Swedish ; Zemorodok, Russian. 



Figures notabiles. 



D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 77; Werner, Atlas, Alcyons, pi. 2; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. xiii. ; 

 Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 223 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 14. fig. 1 ; Naumann, Vog. 

 Deutschl. taf. 144; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 70. fig. 2; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 61; id. 

 B. of G. Brit. ii. pi. 10; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 134; Reich. Handb. Alced. t. cccxcii. 

 figs. 3043-44, t. cccxciii. figs. 3045-46 (1851) ; Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. i. 



c? ad. supra viridi-cyaneus, dorso imo, uropygio et supracaudalibus lsete cyaneis : capite cristato grisescenti- 

 nigro, cyaneo fasciato : remigibus nigricantibus, in pogonio interno ad basin pallide rufescentibus et in 

 pogonio externo viridi- cyaneo lavatis : Cauda saturate cyanea, : gula et vitta in colli lateribus albis vix 

 fulvido lavatis, loris et regione parotica rufis : corpore reliquo subtus lsete castaneo ; rostro nigro : 

 pedibus rubris : iride fusca. 



? ad. mari similis sed vix sordidior, mandibula ad basin sordide aurantiaca. 



Adult Male (Cookham, Berkshire) . Above blue, the base of the feathers being greyish black ; head crested, 

 barred with bright blue ; upper part of the back and scapulars green ; rest of the back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts beautifully rich cobalt; wing-coverts green, the greater coverts inclining to blue, 

 distinctly spotted at the tip of each feather with bright bars of cobalt ; quills blackish, pale rufous at 

 the base of the inner web, the outer web broadly washed with greenish blue ; tail deep blue inclining 

 to indigo above, black beneath ; lores and ear-coverts light chestnut ; cheeks blue ; throat and a patch 

 of feathers along the sides of the neck white, slightly tinged with fulvous ; rest of the under surface of 

 the body rich chestnut with a patch of blue feathers on the sides of the upper part of the breast ; bill 

 black; iris dark brown; feet red. Total length 7'5 inches, of bill from front l - 7, from gape 2'0, wing 

 2*95, tail 1-5, tarsus - 3, middle toe 055, hind toe 025. 



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