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BELTED KINGSFISHER. 
ish colour; above the knee bare of feathers for half an inch; the 
two exterior toes united together for nearly their whole length. 
The female is sprinkled all over with specks of white; the 
band of blue around the upper part of the breast is nearly half 
reddish brown ; and a little below this passes a band of bright 
reddish bay, spreading on each side under the wings. The blue 
and rufous feathers on the breast are strong like scales. The 
head is also of a much darker blue than the back; and the white 
feathers on the chin and throat of an exquisite fine glossy tex- 
ture, like the most beautiful satin. 
