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BllASILIAN KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Brasiliensis. A, rufescens, castaneo fusco alboque tariaj 

 subtus alba, fascia ocularifusca. Lath. ind. orn. 



Riifescent Kingfisher, variegated with chesnut brown and white, 

 beneath white, with a brown eye-stripe. 



Le Gip-gip. Buff. ois. 



Brasiiian Kingfisher. Lath, syn. 



This, according to Brisson, is of the size of the 

 Common Kingfisher: the head, upper part of the 

 neck, the back, wing and tail coverts are pale ru- 

 fous, mixed or varied with chesnut, brown, and 

 white : the quill-feathers rufous, marked by trans- 

 verse white spots; and the tail is of similar co- 

 lour: the bill black, and the legs brown. Native 

 of Brasil. 



SUPERCILIOUS KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo superciliosa. A. mridis subtus fulva, gula abdomi?icque aU 

 hidisj fascia pect or ali viridi. 



Green Kingfisher, fulvous beneath, with whitish throat and abdo- 

 men, and green pectoral bar. 



Alcedo superciliosa. A. submacroura viridis, subtus alba fascia 

 viridi, supcrciliis fulvis. 



Little green and orange-coloured Kingfisher. Edw. pi. 245. 



Le Martin-pecheur vert et orange. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 756, 



Supercilious Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



This elegant species is accurately described by 

 Edwards, and is in length about five inches. " The 



