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PIED KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo rudis, A. cristata supra albo nigroque tmria, subtus alba 



fascia pectorali nigra. 

 Crested Kingfisher, varied above with black and white; beneath 



white with a black pectoral bar. 

 Alcedo rudis. A. macroura fusca albido varia, Lin. Si/st. Nat, 

 Alcedo rudis. A. macroura nigra albido varia, subtus alba. Lath, 



ind. orn. 



Black and white Kingfisher. Edw. pi. 9. 



Le Martin-pecheur pie. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 716. 62. 



Black and white Kingfisher. Lath, syn. 



Well described by Edwards, whose specimen 

 however seems to have been a female, since no 

 mention is made of the head being furnished with 

 a crest. " This bird, says Edwards, is of the size 

 of a Song-Thrush ; it hath a long, strait bill, flat 

 crown, long head, and short neck: the head I 

 think not so big in proportion to its body as in 

 some others of this genus: it hath pretty long 

 ''wings, and a long tail : all of the Kingfisher kind 

 are short -legged: the bill is pretty thick at the 

 base, ending in a sharp point, of a black colour, 

 having a groove or channel on each side the upper 

 mandible, in which the nostrils are placed near 

 the base : the eyes are placed just over the cor- 

 ners of the mouth: the crown of the head and 

 hinder part of the neck is black: from the corners 

 of the mouth, under the eyes, is abroad black line, 

 which falls into the same colour behind the neck: 



