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SENEGAL KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Senegalensis. A. cyanea subtus alba, capite cafiOf tectrici" 

 bus 7iigriSj rostro supra rubro infra nigro. 



Deep-blue Kingfisher, white beneath, with grey head, black wing- 

 coverts, and bill red above and black below. 



Alcedo Senegalensis. A. macroura cyanea, subtus alba, capite cam, 

 tectricibus alarum nigris. Lin. Syst. Nat. Lath, ind. orn, 



Martin-pecheur a tete grise. Buf. ois. PL EnL 5g4. 



Senegal Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



Var. Martin pecheur bleu et noir du Senegal. Buff', ois, PL 

 EnL 356. Jig, inf. 



Described by BufFon, Forskal, &c. allied to the 

 Crab-Eating Kingfisher, but smaller: length nine 

 inches: upper mandible red; lower black: head, 

 throat, and neck brownish grey; between the bill 

 and eyes a black spot: wing-coverts and tips of 

 the wings black: back, middle of the wings, and 

 tail blue-green; sometimes deep blue: abdomen 

 white : legs brown or black. A variety has been 

 observed in which the bill is red; the head and 

 neck whitish; the wings black, with a blue middle 

 bar: the breast and belly ferruginous; the tail 

 blue, and the legs red. Found in various parts of 

 Africa, and said to feed much on a species of land 

 crab. 



