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BELTED KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Alcyon. A. cristata piumbea albo punctata, subtus alba 



fascia pectorali ferrugineo nigroque nebulosa. 

 Crested lead-coloured Kingfisher, speckled with white ; beneath 



white with ferruginous pectoral bar clouded with black. 

 Alcedo Alcyon. A. macroura cristata ccerulescens, abdomine albo, 



pectoreferrvgineo, macula alba ante poneque oculos. Lin. Syst, 



Nat. Lath. ind. orn. 

 American Kingfisher. Edw. 115. Catesb, Carol. I. pi. 69. 

 Belted Kingfisher. LatJi. ind. orn. Penn. Arct. Zool, PL 



FmI. 715, 593. 



Greatly allied to the African Kingfisher, but 

 of smaller size, usually measuring from ten to 

 twelve or thirteen inches : general colour blueish 

 ash above, and white beneath : the bill black, two 

 inches and a half long ; the head crested with long 

 blueish-grey feathers: above the upper mandible 

 a white spot, and beneath each eye another: chin 

 and throat white : the upper part of the breast 

 crossed by a broad grey belt 5 in some individuals 

 chesnut-colour : the lower part and belly white: 

 the sides of a vermilion-colour; in some crossing 

 the breast: the upper part of the neck, the back, 

 and coverts of the v\^ings blueish grey: the se- 

 condaries the same; their ends, and those of the 

 lower order of coverts, tipped with white: prima- 

 ries black, barred with white: the legs orange: 

 weight about three ounces and a half. The above 

 is the description of this bird as it is generally seen 



