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A.— Alcedo Smyrnensis, Lin.'i. 181. 11. B. 



Ispida, Klein Av. p. 35. 7. 



Ispida Madagascariensis cserulea, Bris. iv. 496. t. 38. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 183. 



Martin-pescheur bleu et roux, Buf. vii. 182. 



Grand Martin-pescheur de Madagascar, PI. enl. 232. 



Great Gambia Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 616. 7. A. Edw. pi. 8. 



Length ten inches. Bill two inches and a half long, and dusky 

 brownish red ; head, neck, and under parts of the body, fine chestnut, 

 deeper on the head, and hind part of the neck ; throat dirty yel- 

 lowish white ; wing coverts nearest the body violet black ; the outer 

 ones beryl blue ; the ten prime quills have the lower half the same 

 without, but are white within ; the rest of their length black ; the 

 remaining quills beryl blue on the outer webs, and black within, the 

 whole length ; the tail rounded at the end, blue above, all but the 

 two middle feathers, blackish within ; and all of them black on the 

 under surface ; legs red. 



Inhabits Gambia and Madagascar; found likewise in Java, and 

 there called Tenkeorang. — I have also seen the same bird among 

 some drawings, copied from specimens in China, in Gen. Hardwicke's 

 collection, made at Cawnpore, November 1798. 



B. — Ispida Bengalensis major, Bris. iv. 501. Id. Svo. ii. 184. 



Martin-pescheur de la Cote de Malabar, PI. enl. 894. 



Great Bengal Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn.W. 616. 7. B. Alb. 3. t. 28. 



Length ten inches and a half. Bill two inches and three quarters, 

 bright red ; irides fine yellow ; head and behind the neck fine chest- 

 nut, extending a little way on the back ; the back, scapulars, rump, 

 and upper tail coverts, light bluish green ; throat, fore neck, breast, 

 and upper part of the belly white ; on each side of the last five 

 brown spots, pretty large ; lower part of the belly, thighs, under 

 tail coverts and sides chestnut; wing coverts part blue, part chestnut; 



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