GREEN-HEADED KINGFISHER. 77 



five lines : the upper part of the head, the back, 

 wings, and tail are of a fine blue; but the quills 

 and tail-feathers are blackish or dusky on their 

 inner webs: the rump and covert -feathers of the 

 tail of a brilliant beryl-blue or sea-green colour: 

 beneath the hindhead is a transverse black band: 

 the throat, neck, breast, belly, thighs, and lower 

 tail-coverts are white: the upper mandible is black; 

 the lower red, as are also the legs and feet. 



GREEN-HEADED KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo chlorocephala. A. viridi'Ccerulea subtus alba, veriice viridi 

 mgro marginato. 



Blue-green Kingfisher white beneath, with green crown margined 

 with black. 



Alcedo chlorocephala. A, viridiSj collo albo, torque nigro, alis 



caudaque thalassinis. Lin, Gmel. 

 Alcedo chlorocephala. A. cceruleO'Viridis subtus colloque albo, 



capite viridiy torque nigro. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Martin pecheur a tete verte. Buff, ols, PL EnL 783./. 2. 

 Green-headed Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



A HIGHLY elegant species; length about nine 

 inches: colour of the upper parts green, deepest on 

 the back, and changing to blue-green on the wings 

 and tail; the lower part of the quill-feathers dusky: 

 crown of the head deep green, bounded by black, 

 a stripe of that colour passing from the base of the 

 bill across the eyes, and uniting behind: the neck 

 and under parts of the bird are white, but some- 

 what dusky on the abdomen. Described by BufFon 



