14 KINGSFISHER. 



A. — Martin-pecheur huppe, Buf. vii. 188. PL enl. 679. 

 Great African Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 612. 3. A. 



Length sixteen inches ; upper parts blackish grey, spotted trans- 

 versely with white ; breast, vent, and under tail coverts rufous ; the 

 rest of the under parts white. Bill black ; legs rufous. 



This also inhabits Africa, and is probably a Variety of the last, 

 if not also connected with the following. 



B. — Size of a Jackdaw ; length sixteen inches. Bill stout, two 

 inches and a half long, black, the extreme tip white ; irides brown ; 

 round the eye white ; the feathers of the head long, and form a large 

 crest; they are narrow, margined and tipped with white, otherwise 

 black ; the sides of the head, and on the ears the same colour ; the 

 rest of the neck, breast, and under parts white ; sides of the neck 

 marked with dusky streaks; back, wings, and tail dusky black, with 

 numerous spots of white ; those of the wing coverts round, on the 

 back transverse ; quills barred with white ; tail rounded at the end, 

 four inches and half in length, and barred with transverse white spots 

 as the quills ; tips of all white; the quills reach to the middle of the 

 tail ; legs pale blue, claws black. 



Inhabits India, and seems not far different -from the Great African 

 Species, but wants the black on the throat, and fore part of the neck, 

 the under parts being wholly white, having no tinge of rufous. I 

 am indebted to Gen. Hardwicke for the above description, but have 

 not been able to obtain an account of the manners or name. 



