SPOTTED KINGFISHER .—Ceryle guitdta. 
The Spotted Kingfisher lives in India, where it is called by the natives by 
the name of Muchee-bag, or Fish-Tiger. It is a large bird, about fifteen inches 
in length, with a bill three inches long, and is remarkable as making a nest of 
mud, lined with grass, and placed among large stones. The eggs are four 
in number. 
The chest and sides of the neck of the Fish-tiger are of a beautiful greyish- 
white, which slightly deepens into a very pale fawn on the abdomen and the 
under tail-coverts. The remainder of the body is covered with ietty-black 
plumage, relieved by numerous spots of pure white, and the head is decorated 
with a large and noble-looking crest, composed of elongated feathers of the same 
boldly contrasting hues. A few black spots form a curved line between the bill 
and the shoulder, and are scattered under the breast. 
