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THREE-TOE KING-FISHER. 
(pi. i.) 
LENGTH 
Seven inches ; bill one inch and a quarter and black ; eye brown ; lashes black; 
forehead the same ; through the eye a streak of black, on each side of which there is 
an orange colour spot; crown, hind-head, cheek, neck, and back, deep purple blue 
mixed with black ; shoulders the same, and primaries and secondaries, edged with 
blue; tail dark blue; chin buff; breast, belly, and vent, orange; legs bright orange; 
claws black. 
INHABITS 
Heads of rivers; frequents dead trees near running streams, from whence it 
darts on its food. This species does not migrate. 
