FAMILY ALCEDlNIDiE. KINGFISHERS. 



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FAMILY ALCEDINID/G. 



Kingfishers. 



Feet, syndactyle ; toes, four, the middle and outer ones joined, being 

 fastened togethier for more than half their length. 



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15;ick, bluish gray ; throat and belly, white ; a 



band of bluish gray on the breast (male); 



underparts, without chestnut browu; sides 



of the body and a baud on the belly, chestnut 



(female). 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Ctrijle alcyrm. 



See No. 322. 



