KINGSFISHER. 55 



51 .—WHITE AND GREEN KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo Americana, Ind. Orn.L 258. Gm. Lin.\. 451. 

 Martin-pecheur vert et blanc, Bvf. vii. 216. PI. enl. 591, M. & fem. 

 White and Green Kingsfisher, Gen. Syti. ii. 641. Shaiv^s Zool. viii. p. 85. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill black ; upper parts of the body 

 glossy blackish green ; under the eye to the hindhead a white line ; 

 wings marked with white ; under parts of the body white, spotted 

 with green ; breast, and fore part of the neck rufous for an inch and 

 a half in breadth ; legs red. 



The female wants the rufous colour on the breast. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



52— BRASILIAN KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo Brasiliensis, Ind. Orn. i. 259. Gm. Lin. i. 450. 



Ispida Brasiliensis, Bris. iv 510. Id. 8vo. ii. 187. 



Le Gip-gip, Bvf. vii. 217. 



Brazilian Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn.'u. 641. Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 86. 



SIZE of the Common Sort. Bill and eyes black ; plumage on 

 the upper parts of the body rufous, chestnut, brown, and white 

 mixed ; under parts of the body white ; on each side of the head, 

 through the eyes, a brown stripe; quills and tail rufous, marked 

 with transverse white spots ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Brazil. It utters the words Gip-gip, like a young 

 Turkey. 



