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KIN GFEFIS:*H'E*R:* Ctassd 
VIIL. KING. Strait, ftrong, fharp pointed BILL. 
FISHER. 
88. Kinc- 
FISHER 
DEscRIP. 
Tongue fhort and pointed. 
Three loweft joints of the outmoft TOE connedted 
to the middle toe. . 
Le Martinet pefcheur. Beloz Piombino, Martino pefcatore, 
av. 218. Pefcatore del re. Zinan 
Ifpida (Isfogel) Ge/ner av. 571. 116. : . 
Aldr. av. Lil. 200. Isfogel. Muf. Fr. ad. 16. 
Olina 39, 40. Scopoli.No. 64. . 
Wil. orn. 146. Jis-fugl.  Bruunich in Ap i 
_Raii fyn. av. 48. pend. e 
Pl. Enl. 77. Eisvogel. Frifch. IL. 223. 
Alcedo ifpida. Liz. fff. 179. Meerfchwalbe. Kram. 337. 
Le Martin-pécheur. Brifon Br. Zool. 82. plate I. 
av. iV. 471. 
HIS bird weighs an ounce and a quarter: its 
length is feven inches; its breadth eleven: 
its fhape is very clumfy, the head and bill being 
very large, and the legs difproportionably {mall : : 
the bill is two inches long; the upper mandible 
black, the lower yellow : the irides are red: the co- 
lors of this bird atone for its inelegant form: the 
crown of the head, and the coverts of the wings are 
or a deep blackifh green, fpotted with bright azure: — 
the icapular feathers, and coverts of the tail are alfo 
of a moft fplendent azure: the whole underfide of 
the body is orange colored; a broad mark of the 
fame. 
