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SPOTTED BRASILIAN KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Maculata. A, fusca, Jla'cescenti-maculata, suhtus alba 

 fusco-maculata, gulajlava. Lin. GmeL Lath. ind. orn. 



Brown Kingfisher with yellowish spots ; beneath white with brown 

 spots, and yellow throat. 



Matuiti. Rail, syn. Will. orn. Buff. ois. 



Brasilian spotted Kingfisher. Lath, syn. 



Described by Marcgrave: size that of a Star- 

 ling: bill red, with the upper mandible a little bent 

 at the tip : upper parts of the body brown, spotted 

 with pale yellow : quills and tail brown, marked 

 by transverse pale yellow spots: throat yellow: 

 under parts white, marked with small brown spots: 

 legs cinereous. Native of Brasil. 



CAYENNE KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Cayanensis. A. ccsrvlea subtus alba, fascia infra occiput 

 nigra, nropygio viridi-cceruko. Lath. ind. orn. 



Blue Kingfisher white beneath, with a black bar below the hind- 

 head, and blue-green rump. 



Taparara. Buff. ois. 



Cayenne Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



This species, which is described by BufFon under 

 the name of Taparara^ is a native of Cayenne and 

 Guiana: its size is that of a Starling, and its length, 

 according to the accurate Brisson, nine inches and 



