46 KINGSFISHER. 



A.— Ispida indica cristata, Bris. iv. 506. Id. 8vo. ii. 186. 

 Avis auguralis Salaczac, Phil. Trans, xxiii. 1394. 14 ? 

 - Alcedo cristata &c, Seb. i. 104. t. 67. 4. Klein 843. Gen. Syn. ii. 633. 22. A. Spa- 

 lowsck. Vog. i. t. 7. 



This is nine inches and a half in length. Bill light red ; the 

 head crested and marked as in the other ; the upper parts of the 

 body the same ; wing coverts beryl blue, but not spotted; wings and 

 tail the same. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Described from Seba. 



42 —EASTERN KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo Orientalis, Ind. Orn. i. 255. Gm.Lin. i. 447. 

 Ispida Indica, Bris. iv. 479. t. 37. 1. A. Id. 8vo. ii. 178. 

 Eastern Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 633. Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 103. 



THIS is one-third less than the Common Kingsfisher. Bill six- 

 teen lines long and red ; upper parts of the head and throat fine 

 blue ; on each side, from the base of the bill, a stripe of the same, 

 through the eyes to the hindhead ; over the eyes a white stripe, and 

 beneath them a rufous spot ; the upper parts of the neck, body, 

 wings, and tail, are very bright green, the under rufous ; quills 

 blue ; tail feathers green on the outer margins ; legs and claws 

 black. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



