58 KINGSFISHER. 



even, greenish black, all but the two middle feathers marked with 

 four or five spots of white on the inner webs ; thighs dusky ; legs 

 dusky red; the quills reach one-third on the tail. 



Inhabits South America, brought from Trinidad by Lord Sea- 

 forth, who added it to my collection : it is probably allied to the 

 Supercilious Species, approaching nearest to that figured by Edwards, 

 but has not a bar across the breast ; neither does it greatly differ from 

 the female of Var. A. of the last named, but it is totally without the 

 rufous spots on the wings. 



56— WHITE-BILLED KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo leucorynchos, Ind. Orn. i. 260. Gm. Lin. i. 450. 



Americana, seu Apiastra, Seba, i. 87. t. 53. f. 3. 



Ispida Americana cserulea, Bris. iv. 505. 16. Id. 8vo. ii. 186. 



■ rostro albo, Klein Av. 35. 4. 



Martin-pecheur a bee blanc, Buf. vii. 200. 



White-billed Kingsfisher, Gen. St/n. ii. 644. Shmv's Zool. viii. p. 99. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill one inch and a 

 quarter, whitish ; head and neck behind purplish chestnut ; back, 

 scapulars, rump, and upper tail coverts bright blue green ; lesser 

 wing coverts, and greater ones nearest the back, the same, but those 

 farthest off, and the quills greyish ash ; under parts of the body pale 

 yellow ; tail blue above, and cinereous beneath. 



Inhabits America, according to Seba. 



