KINGSFISHER. 



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C— Alcedo Alcyon, Ind. 0m.\. 258. 32. S. Lin. i. 180. 7. y. 

 Ispida Brasiliensis cristata, Bris. iv. 511. Id. 8vo. ii. 187, 

 Jaguacati guacu, Raii 49. 2. JFi//. 102. Id. Engl. 147. 2. pi. 24. 

 Jaguacati, Bnf. vii. 210. Gen. Syn. ii. 639. 27. C. 



This is smaller than the others, not exceeding the size of a 

 Thrush. Bill near three inches long, and black ; eyes black ; head 

 crested ; the upper parts of the head and body bright ferruginous ; 

 near the eye on each side a spot of white ; round the neck a white 

 collar ; throat and under parts also white ; quills ferruginous, spotted 

 transversely with white ; tail marked in the same manner ; legs black 



Inhabits Guiana and Brazil, where it feeds on fish. 



48— BRAZILIAN SPOTTED KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo maculata, Ind. Orn. i. 258. Gm. Lin. i. 451. 



Ispida Brasiliensis nsevia, Bris. iv. 524. Id. 8vo. ii. 191. 



Matuiti, Raii 165. Will. 147. Id. Engl. 199. pi. 38.* Bnf. vii. 212. 



Tamatia, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxvii ? 



Brasilian Spotted Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 640. Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 76. 



SIZE of a Starling. Bill red ; upper mandible longer and some- 

 what bent at the point; the upper parts of the body are brown, 

 marked with pale yellow spots ; throat yellow ; under parts of the 

 body white, with small spots of brown ; legs dull ash-colour. 



Inhabits Brazil. This is a doubtful Species, but can scarcely be 

 a Tamatia according to M. Temminck, if the toes are placed right 

 in Will ugh by 's figure of the bird. 



* A very bad Figure. 



