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AMAZONIAN KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Amazona. A. 'ciridi-nitens, suhtus lunulaque colli alba, la- 

 teribus mridi-mriegatis^ remigibus rectricibusque albo-maculatis. 

 Lath, ind. orn. 



Glossy-greeo Kingfisher^ white beneath ; the sides of the neck 

 white; those of the body variegated with green, and the wing 

 and tail-feathers spotted with white. 



Amazonian Kingfisher. Lath. syn. suppL 



Size of the Belted Kingfislier, if not larger : 

 length thirteen inches: bill three inches long, 

 strait, and black: under mandible yellow at the 

 base: upper parts of the body shining green: 

 chin, throat, and belly white, passing backwards 

 in a ring to the nape : sides of the body, and parts 

 over the thighs mottled with green : breast clouded 

 with the same: quills spotted with white: the two 

 middle tail-feathers green; the others the same, 

 but darker, and spotted on each side the web 

 with white : legs black. Native of Cayenne. De- 

 scribed by Dr. Latham in the Supplement to his 

 Synopsis of Birds. 



