CRESTED KINGFISHER. 
Island of Johanna, to the northward of Ma- 
dagascar, by Mr. Pegu, Merchant of London. 
It differs froili our Kingfisher, in being 
smaller ; in having no dark lines drawn under 
the eyes from the angles of the mouth ; and in 
having no greenness in the wings. I do not 
find it described by any author." 
Buffbn, without mentioning the name of 
Edwards on the occasion, evidently describes 
this bird, under the name of Vintsi ; " which,'* 
says he, " is the name given by the inhabitants 
of the Philippines to this small Kingfisher : 
those of Amboyna," he adds, ** according to 
Scba, term it the Tahorkey, and Hito. The 
upper surface of the wings, and the tail, are 
sky-blue ; the head is thick covered with long 
narrow feathers, neatly dotted with black and 
greenish points, that rise to a crest; the throat 
is white ; on the side of the neck, there is a 
tawny rufous spot ; and all the under surface of 
the body is dyed with this last colour. The 
whole bird is hardly five inches long." 
Brisson's seventeenth species, BufFon re- 
marks, if it be not entirely the same, appears 
nearly 
