KINGSFISHER. 45 



I met with this last among the drawings of the late Mr. Pigou. 

 It inhabits China, and there called Taaou-yu-tchin, signifying the 

 catcher of fish. We have separated this and the following into two, 

 according to their synonyms, but think it most probable that they 

 form but one species. 



41— CRESTED KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo eristata, Ind. Orn. i. 255. Lin. i. 178. Gm. Lin. i. 447. Seb. Mus. i. t. 63. 



f. 4. Bor. Nat. ii. 145. Naturf. xiii. 182. Bechst. Deutchs. ii. 539. Nat. 



Misc. i. t. 13. 

 Ispida rostro luteo, Klein Av. 35. 5. 



Philippensis eristata, Bris. iv. 483. t. 37. 3. 7d.8vo.ii. 180. 



Petit Martin-pecheur huppe, Vintsi, Bvf. vii. 205. PL enl. 756. 1. 



Crested Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 632. Edw. pi. 336. Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 98. pi. 12. 



LENGTH near five inches. Bill almost an inch and a half long, 

 and black ; the feathers on the crown elongated, and form a crest ; 

 these are greenish, barred with black ; on each side of the neck a 

 fine blue stripe, beginning at the eye ; the back, rump, and upper 

 tail coverts bright blue ; scapulars violet ; cheeks rufous, passing 

 down each side of the neck ; throat rufous white ; fore part of the 

 neck and beneath the body, pale rufous ; wing coverts violet, each 

 feather tipped with a bright blue spot ; all the quills are brown, but 

 the edges of the lesser ones violet; tail the same, the two middle 

 and the margins of the others being of that colour ; legs reddish. 



Inhabits Amboina and the Philippine Islands ; the natives of 

 the former give it the names of Tohorkey and Hitto, and of the 

 latter Vintsi. M. Professor Sanders also assures us, that it is now 

 and then met with in Germany, in the Upper Rhine, and Hesse, 

 although it is not common, nor has the nest been met with ; neither 

 is the common sort in much plenty. 



