BELTED KINGSFISIIER. 1 / >3 
white ; the interior vanes of the tail feathers, 
I ®Santly spotted with w'hite on a jet black ground; 
side, light coloured ; exterior vanes, blue ; wing- 
and secondaries, marked w'ith small s])ecks of 
; len-s, extremely short ; when the bird perches, 
Soticraliy rests on the lower side of the second joint, 
G®'<‘b is thereby thick and callous ; claws, stout and 
r ; whole leg, of a dirty yellowish colour ; above the 
, bare of feathers for half an inch ; the two exterior 
united together for nearly their whole length. 
,,1’he female is sprinkled aU over with specks of 
; the band of blue around the upper part of the 
,^»st is^iearly half reddish brown; and a httle below 
'•"b passes a band of bright reddish bay, spreading on 
side under the ivings. The blue and rufous 
Others on the breast are strong, like scales. The 
is also of a mucli darker blue tlian the back, and 
• « white feathers on the chin and throat of an exqui- 
fine glossy texture, like the most beautiful satin. 
