95 I'URPLE KINGFISHER. 



an original drawing communicated by Governor 

 Loten, and differs in having the wings black, the 

 coverts edged with blue, and the under parts of 

 the bird pale yellow with a cast of rufous: the 

 head and hind part of the neck orange-red, and » 

 from each eye a purple bar, continued into a black 

 one at the back part of the head, while below the 

 junction of the purple and black parts of the bar 

 is a white spot : on the front is also a white spot, 

 and the throat is of the same colour : upper part 

 of the back rich deep blue; lower part paler, gra- 

 dually sinking into purple-lilac: tail orange-ferru- 

 ginous: bill orange-colour, legs bright red# 



PURPLE KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo purpurea. A. purpureo-cceruka, suhtus rufo-alba, capitc 

 uropi/gio caudaque rvfo-aureis^ pone oculos striga purpurascente. 

 Lath. iiid. orn. 



Purple-blue Kingfisher, rufous-white beneath, with golden-rufous 



head, rump and tail, and a purplish streak behind the eyes. 

 Alcedo purpurea. Lin. Gmel. 



Martin-p^cheur pourpre. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 778./. 2. 

 Purple Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



A VERY beautiful bird; in size similar to the 

 preceding, of which it is not improbable that it 

 may be rather a variety, than a truly distinct spe- 

 cies. The wings and upper part of the back are 

 black, spotted and edged with deep blue: the 

 lower part of the back purple-lilac, continued in 

 the manner of a stripe down the middle of the 



