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a streak over the eye, the hind part of the neck, and the belly buff- 

 coloured ; vent black ; wings and tail blue ; round the knee black ; 

 legs brown. 



This was found at Dusky Bay, New Zealand, and called Ghotarre. 



D.— Sacred Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. Sup. 114. 12. D. Ind. Om.u 251. 15. s. 



Crown of the head greenish black ; over the eyes a streak, which 

 is whitish before, and greenish behind ; round the neck a white 

 collar; back dusky black ; wing coverts pale green, with yellowish 

 edges ; quills and tail black, edged with blue ; under parts of the 

 body whitish, tinged with dusky yellow on the breast; vent and 

 under wing coverts very pale yellow. 



Inhabits New Zealand, and there called Poopoo-whouroo-roa. 



22- COLLARED KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo collaris, Ind. Orn. i. 250. 



Martin-pecheur a Collier blanc, Bvf.v'n. 192. Son. Voy. 67. t. 33. Gen. Syn. ii. 



623. 12. D. 

 Sacred Kingsfisher, Phill. Bot. Bay, t. p. 156. Shaw's Zoo/, viii. p. 80. 



ACCORDING to Sonnerat, it is less than a Blackbird. Bill 

 black : the lower mandible yellow at the base ; head, back, wings, 

 and tail blue, tinged with green ; the under parts of the body white, 

 extending round the middle of the neck like a collar; legs blackish. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. From the distribution of the 



colours, although not quite the same, this bird might pass for a 



further Variety of the Sacred Kingsfisher ; but the bill seems in Son- 



nerat's figure to be longer, and more slender in proportion, and is 



nearly strait. — A specimen in Mr. Bullock's Museum had a bar of 



blue across the breast. 



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