THE 



CRESTED KINGFISHER. 



Generic Cha ra c ter, 



Bill trigonal, thick, ftrait, long, (harp-pointed. 

 Tongue flefhy, very fhort, flat, (harp-pointed. 

 Feet (in mod of the fpecies) grefforial, /. e. three 

 toes forward, and one backward ; and the 

 three lower joints of the middle toe clofely 

 joined to thofe of the outmoft. 



Unnaus and Pennant. 

 Clafs, Pica. 



Specific Character. &c. 



SHORT-TAILED BLUE-CRESTED KING- 

 FISHER, rufous beneath, the creft undula- 

 lated with black. Lin. 



Edwards, pi. 336 ? 



Le VINTSI. 



Buff. Hijl. Oif. vol. VII. p. 205. 



In the Kingfifher genus, we have examples of the 

 molt finking variety and brilliancy of colour, and 

 perhaps, in this refpecT:, no fpecies can be found that 

 exceeds the bird here reprefented. It is one of the 

 fmaller birds of its genus. Its beauty is Angularly 

 heightened by the elegant creft with which the head 

 is ornamented. It is a native of the ifland of Amboy- 

 m in the Eafl-Indies. 



