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of the body blue green ; the head transversely striped with deep 

 blue ; through the eye passes a rufous streak towards the neck on 

 each side ; throat white ; under parts of the body rufous ; wing- 

 coverts blue green ; the feathers tipped with bright blue ; quills and 

 tail brown ; the last consisting of twelve feathers, edged with blue 

 green ; legs dull red, 



A. — Ispida Bengalensis minor, Bris.'iv. 477. Id. Svo. ii. 178. Klein, 342. Ind. Orn. 



i. 255. 25. /3. 

 Little Indian Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn ii. 632. 21. A. Ediv. pi. 11. upper figure. 



This is rather less. Instead of the rufous streak through the 

 eye, it has two spots, one at the base of the upper mandible, the 

 other behind each eye ; quills and tail brown . 



Both these came from Bengal, and may be varieties, if not 

 differing in sex ; said to be called Chute Maus Runga by the Mus- 

 sulmen, and Maus Runga at Bengal; frequents the bushes near the 

 water about Calcutta, making the nest in banks or in mud walls ; 

 eggs white. 



B. — Little Indian Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 144. 



In Vosmaer's JVIonog. 17G8, t. iv. are two of the genus, which 

 seem to belong to this, or the Blue-headed species ; both are rufous 

 yellow, more or less, but one of them has a blue back ; these are 

 the size of the common species. 



C. — Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 144. Parag. ii. 



This is smaller than the last. Bill red brown ; general colour 

 greenish grey; under the ear a white patch; second quills blue; 

 tail dusky ; under parts of the body dull red ; legs lead-colour. 



