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VENERATED KINGFISHER 



Alcedo venerata. J, fusca viridi varia, subtus pallida, fascia 5m- 

 psrciliari viridi-albida. Lath, ind, orn. 



Brown Kingfisher, varied with green, beneath pale, with a green- 

 ish-white band over each eye. 



Venerated Kingfisher. Lath, syn* 



Length nine inches: upper parts of the body 

 pale brown, but more or less glossed with green, 

 especially along the sides of the head, forming a 

 kind of zone: the wing-coverts, quills, and tail- 

 feathers are also edged with green: the under 

 parts of the body are whitish : the bill black, with 

 the base of the lower mandible white; the legs 

 dusky. Native of the Friendly Islands in the 

 South Sea, where it is said to be held in venera- 

 tion, like the preceding kind. 



RESPECTED KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo tuta. A, macroura Diridi-olivacea, subtus alba, collari i'l- 



ridi-nigro, super ciliis albis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Olivaceous-green Kingfisher, white beneath, with black-green 



collar, and a white streak over the eyes. 

 Respected Kingfisher. Latk syn. 



Described by Dr. Latham. Size of the Com- 

 mon Kingfisher: length eight inches and a half: 

 bill depressed, black, an inch and half in lengthy 



V. VIII. p. I. 6 



