CRESTED KINGFISKEII. 
both above and beneath, and of a blackish 
colour. From the nostrils under the eves pass 
lines of an orange colour. From the lower 
mandible of the bill the throat is white, whick 
%vhiteness passes partly round the neck, and 
forms a collar. The crown of the head is 
covered with long blue-green feathers, varie- 
gated Avith black lines. These feathers, being 
long and loose, form a crest ; which, I suppose, 
the bird can raise or lower at pleasure. The 
feathers immediately above the eves are blue. 
The hinder part of the neck, the back, rump, 
wings, and tail, are of an exceeding - hue ul- 
tramarine blue, the rump something lighter 
than the other parts.. The tips of the quills 
are duskv ; the inner covert-teathers of the 
wings, orange-coloured. The quills witln'n 
are duskv, wi:h their edges of a faint orange- 
colour. The under side of the tail is duskv, 
or blackish. The breast, belly, thighs, and co- 
vert-feathers under the tail, are of a bright 
orange-colour. The legs and feet are made as 
in other Kingfishers, and of a red or scarlet 
colour. 
The above described bird was shot in the 
Island 
