52 KINGSFISHER. 



separated from the blue ash on the neck by a line of white; vent and 

 thighs white ; most of the coverts tipped with white ; second quills 

 marked with a larger spot of the same ; bastard wing, and quills 

 black, tipped with white, the last clouded with white about the 

 middle of the outer web ; tail spotted white on both webs, the tips 

 of all the feathers white ; legs red. 



The female has all the under parts white, and the white collar at 

 the back of the neck is very narrow ; otherwise like the male. 



Inhabits Jamaica, from whence I have received them. According 

 to Sloane, they are pretty common there, and feed on testacea; they 

 haunt watery places near the sea, are usually perched on trees, and 

 make a chattering noise ; but are not thought to be good food. 



One sent from Mr. Abbot, Oct. 1809, answered to PI. enl. 715, 

 for, instead of the breast and belly being ferruginous, there is only a 

 narrow ferruginous bar, which passes down on each side under the 

 wings ; a small white spot over the eye. 



B.— Alcedo Alcyon, Ind. Orn.u 257. 32. y. Lin. i. 180. 7. /S. 



Ispida Dominicensis cristata, Bris. iv. 415. Id. 8vo. ii. 188. 



Martin-pecheur huppe de St. Domingue, PI. enl. 593. 



American Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 639. 27. B. Edw. pi. 115. Bor. Nat. ii. t. 83. 



Size of the last ; length the same, the lower mandible reddish 

 at the base ; the plumage differs very little from the other, except 

 that the bluish ash feathers on the breast are only tipped with chest- 

 nut instead of having a band of that colour ; the thighs and under 

 tail coverts mixed rufous and white ; quills and tail feathers dotted 

 on both webs with white ; legs red. 



Inhabits St. Domingo ; and according to Edwards, appears in 

 the spring and summer at Hudson's Bay. 



