•56 KINGSFISHER. 



53.— SURINAM KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo Surinamensis, Ind. Orn. i. 259. Gm. Lin. i. 448. 

 Martin-pecheur, Ferm. Surin. ii. 181. 

 Surinam Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 642. 



LESS than a Blackbird. Bill black, thick, strait, pointed, and 

 two inches long ; inside of the mouth saffron-colour; top of the head 

 greenish black, marked with transverse spots of blue ; back blue, 

 obscurely shaded with lines of black ; quills greenish blue ; tail 

 short, dull blue ; chin and middle of the belly white, with a mixture 

 of red ; lower part of the belly, and beneath the wings, inclining 

 to rufous; breast rufous, the feathers tipped with light blue; legs 

 small. 



Inhabits Guiana, and makes its nest in holes, about the water, 

 laying five or six eggs, and feeds on fish ; perhaps allied to the last. 



54.— SUPERCILIOUS KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo superciliosa, Ind. Orn. i. 259. Lin. i. 179. Gm. Lin. 450. 



Ispida Americana viridis, Bris. iv. 490. Id. Svo. ii. 181. 



Supercilious Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 643. Edw. pi. 245. Shaic's Zool. viii. p. 86. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill sixteen lines long, and blackish, at 

 the base beneath inclining to red ; crown, hind part of the neck, 

 back and rump green ; scapulars, upper wing and tail coverts the 

 same ; from the bill, over the eyes, a narrow orange stripe ; throat 

 and fore part of the neck orange ; on the breast a band of green ; 

 belly, thighs, and under tail coverts whitish ; sides bright reddish 



