ClafsII. KINGFISHER. ig^ 



Genus IX. The KINGFISHER. 

 I. The KINGFISHER. 



Le Martinet pefcheur. Belon av. Le Martin-pecheur. Brijfon av. 



218. iv. 471. 



Ifpida (Isfogel) Ge/ner av. ^yi, Piombino, Martino pefcatore, 



j^/Jf. G'v. iii. 200. Pefcatore del re. Zinan. \\t. 



Olina 39. 40* Isfogel. MuJ. Fr. ad. 16. 



Wil, orn. 146. Jis-fugl. Brunnich in Append. 



Rati fyn. a'v. 48. Meerfchwalbe. Kram, 337. 



PL enl. J J. Br, ZooL 82. plate I. 

 Alcedo ifpida. Lin./yft. xyg. 



THIS bird weighs an ounce and a quarter ; Defc: 

 its length is feven inches ; its breadth eleven : 

 ks fhape is very clumfy, the head and bill being very 

 large, and the legs difproportionably fmall : the bill 

 is two inches long ; the upper mandible black, the 

 lower yellow : the irides are red : the colors of this 

 bird atone for its inelegant form : the crov/n of the 

 head, and the coverts of the wings are of a deep 

 blackifh green, fpotted with bright azure : the fca- 

 pular feathers, and coverts of the tail are alfo of a 

 mod refplendcnt azure: the whole underfide of the 

 body is orange colored ; a broad mark of the fame 

 palTes from the bill beyond the eyes; beyond that is 

 a large white fpot : the tail is fhort, and confifts of 

 twelve feathers of a rich deep blue : the ftzi are 

 of a reddifh yellow : the three lower joints of the 

 outmoft toe adhere to the middle toe : the inner toe 

 adheres to it by one joint. 



The kingftllier frequents the banks of rivers, and 



O 2 feeds 



