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WHITE-COLLARED KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo capistrata. A, coerulea, tectricibus uropygioque mrentibus^ 

 collari superciliisque albis, subtus maculaque postoculari rvfa. 



Blue Kingfisher, with greenish wing-coverts and rump, white 

 collar and brows; beneath rufous with a rufous spot behind 



, the eyes. 



Alcedo cgerulea. Lin. Gmel. Lath. ind. orn* 

 White-collared Kingfisher. Lath. st/n. 



The White-Collared Kingfisher is a native of 

 India: in size it somewhat exceeds the European 

 Kingfisher, being of a stouter or thicker habit, but 

 measures onlj about six inches and three quarters 

 in length: the head and back are of a rich and 

 beautiful blue; the shoulder-feathers and rump of 

 a bright green: the whole under parts, from the 

 bill to the vent, rufous, but the neck is encircled 

 by a narrowish white jcollar, and a streak of that 

 colour passes over each eye: behind each eye is 

 also a small rufous spot: the bill is strong, and of 

 a dusky colour, pale or greyish towards the base : 

 the legs are also dusky. This species was first 

 described by BrissoUj from a drawing by Monsr. 

 Poivre. 



