THE 
TRIDIGITATED KINGFISHER. 
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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill trigonal, thick, straight, long. 
Tongue, very short, flat, sharp-pointed. 
Feet gressorial. 
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SPECIFIC Character, &c. 
Deep-blue KINGSFISHER, ferruginous be¬ 
neath, with blackish wings and trida6lyle 
feet. 
The present species, which is a native of Australasia, 
does not appear to have been hitherto eitner figured or 
described. It is represented on the plate in its natu¬ 
ral size. 
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