54 KINGSPISHER. 



49.— SPOTTED KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo Inda, Ind. Orn. i. 259. Lin. i. 179. Gm. Lin. i. 448. 

 Spotted Kingsfisher, Gen.JSyn.n, 642. Edw. pi. 535. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill dusky, base beneatli orange; 

 from the bill, through the eyes, a black line ; above and beneath 

 this are lines of orange-colour; crown of the head black, changing 

 to green at the back part; sides of the head, beneath the eyes, green ; 

 the upper parts of the neck, body, wings, and tail are also green, but 

 the feathers of the two last, and the rump, are spotted with white on 

 the edges; the under parts of the body orange-colour ; between the 

 neck and breast is a broad black band, edged with pale ash-colour. 



Inhabits Guiana. 



50— RUFOUS AND GREEN KINGSFISHER. 



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

 Martin-pecheur vert et roux, Bit/, vii. 215. PI. enl. 592. 1. 2. 

 Spotted Kingsfisher, Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 83. 

 Rufous and Green Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 640. 



SIZE of the Common Kingsfisher ; length eight inches. Bill 

 two inches long, black ; the upper parts of the body deep green, 

 marked with a few scattered small whitish spots ; from the nostrils 

 to the upper part of the eye a rufous stripe ; under part of the body 

 gilded rufous, passing behind as a collar, round the lower part of the 

 neck ; on the breast a band of black and white, mixed in waves ; 

 quills and tail spotted with white; legs reddish. 



The female wants the band on the breast, and the collar at the 

 back of the neck. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



