475 
BIRDS. PIC.®. 25. Alcedo. 
^^tyrhyn- Ysilowlfh-brown, beneath yellow ; chin and fpot on the 
'^* 5 . crown white ; wings and tail brown bill very large 
and broad. Broad-billed T. 
Kojtrils whitifh, broad ; kgs and claws yellowifh. 
Black ; chin, belly, rump and vent red ; bill very broad. 
'hnchos. Great-billed 7 . 
Mill black-blue, whililh at the tip and edges; upper taiUo- 
' verts red ; 6 fcapular feathers white, pointed, incurvate. 
Brownifh-alh, beneath yellow ; bill pale ; legs dulky. 
TelloW-bclliedT. 
Inliabits New Holland ; 6 inches long. 
BiU fhort, very much dcpreired, pale horn-colour, befet at the 
bafc with a few briftles the whole Aead, chin, bath, wings 
and tail brownifh-afh ; body beneath from the chin pale yel« 
low ; legs dulky-brown. 
£5. ALCEDO. BiH triangulai** thick, 
ftraight, long, pointed : tongue flefliy, 
very Ihort, flat, pointed ; feet (in moft) 
greflbrial. Kingsfifier, 
The birds of this genus moftly frequent rivers and live on fifh, 
which they catch with much dexterity ; they fwallqw their 
prey whole, but bring up the undigefted part's ; their wings 
are fhort, yet they fly with great fwiftnefs ; the predominant 
polour is blue in its different flradcs ; nollrils finall-, and in- 
moft covered with feathers. 
Si 
Tail fliort ; body blue, beneath rufous ; creft waved with 
black. Crejled K- 
Inhabits Amboina arid Philippine IJles s 5 inches long. 
Bill black, fbme.times reddifh ; crefi green, waved with black ; 
wing-coverts with glolTy blue fpots ; legs red. 
2 . Wing-cQverts without fpqts. ' 
Inhabits India : 5I inches long. 
°/«. Tail fliort ; body yellowifh -green ; fhoulders, throat and 
rump yellow ; wings and crown blue. Splendid K. 
Inhabits South America, Cyin, Phyf, 104. tab, 58, 
N n 2 Bill 
