AMERICAN KING-FISHER. 
bird is the Alceclo Alcyon, of Lin- 
T^seus ; the Ispida Brasiliensis Cristata, of 
Brisson ; and the American King-Fisher, of 
Catesby and Edwards. Marcgrave describes it 
under it's Brasilian name Jaguacati-Guacu ; 
the Portuguese appellation is Papapeixe ; and 
BufFon gives it as the Jaguacati, or third great 
species of the King- Fishers of the New Con- 
tinent. It is found from one extremity of 
America to the other ; from Hudson's Bay 
to Brasil. Catesby saw it in Carolina ; where, 
he says, it preys both on lizards and on fish. 
Edwards received it from Hudson's Bay, where 
it appears in the Spring and Summer. BufFon, 
who received one from St. Domingo, and ano- 
ther from Louisiana, remarks some slight dif- 
ferences. The most material one is, that the 
scarf of the throat is marked with little rufous 
festoons in that from St. Domingo, but is 
merely grey in the other: and the tail of the 
former also appears somewhat more dotted, 
and regularly sprinkled with drops on all the 
quills ; which drops are less visible in the lat- 
ter, and only appear when the tail is spread. 
Edwards notices, that the figure of Marc- 
grave is bad, and his description too brief; 
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