AMERICAN KING-FISHER. 
those of Catesby, he thinks, are of the female 
bird. Brissoii is censured, by Buffon, for 
having introduced it three times, from these 
three authors, without comparing them; the 
resemblance being obvious, and remarked by- 
Edwards himself. We have copied the figure* 
of this last naturalist ; who describes the bill 
to be dusky, with a little reddish flesh-colour 
at the base of the lower mandible. The head 
is of a bkieish lead colour; having two wdiite 
spots on each side, and a sort of crest on the 
top. The throat, and under side of the neck, 
are white, so as almost to form a collar. The 
breast, and upper parts, are lead-coloured; 
some of the prime quills being blackish, with 
white spots on their outer webs, forming trans-, 
verse lines of white. The inner coverts are 
white, with a slight mixture of orange. The; 
tail-ieathers are tipped, with bars of white. 
The belly, thighs, and coverts under the tall, 
are white; the sides under the wings being 
a reddish ora:^:;e. Tlie legs are very short, 
and bare of feathers a little above the knees; 
the middle and outer toes are joined, as in 
others of this tribe. The legs and feet are 
of a reddish brown; the ekws dusky. 
