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37— BLUE-HEADED KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo cseruleocephala, Ind. Orn.i. 254. Gm.Lin.i. 449. 

 Martin-pecheur a tete bleu, Buf. vii. 198. 

 Petit Martin-pecheur du Senegal, PI. enl. 356. — upper figure. 

 Blue-headed Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 631. Share's Zool. viii. p. 100. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill thirteen lines long, and 

 red ; crown bright blue, waved with blue green ; back and wings 

 blue ; quills blackish ; throat white ; the rest of the under parts 

 rufous ; legs red. 



Inhabits Madagascar, also India : there called Lokao mukie. 



A. — Todus cceruleus, Ind. Orn. i. 266. Gm. Lin. i. 444. 



Alcedo pusilla, Nat. Misc. p. 159. Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 101. 



Todier bleu a ventre rouge, Buf. vii. 229. 



Todier de Juida, PI. enl. 783. Salern. Orn. 126. 



Martin-pecheur a dos bleu, Ann. du Mus. d' Hist. Nat. ii. p. 441. t. 62. f. 2. 



Blue Tody, Gen. Syn. ii. 659. 



This is no more than three inches and a half long. Bill flesh-colour; 

 upper parts of the body, wings, and tail deep blue ; throat white ; 

 beneath the eye a purplish spot ; sides of the head, neck, and belly 

 fine orange ; legs flesh-colour. 



Inhabits Whidah, in Africa. I have seen in some a few spots of 

 blue on the wing coverts. 



B. — Alcedo cseruleocephala, Ind. Orn. i. 254. 27. y. 

 Blue-headed Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 115. 



Length four inches. Bill red ; crown barred blue and black, the 

 feathers margined with rufous; the rest of the head to the breast 



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