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The Little INDIAN KiINGsFisHeE BSo 
a eee Birds fo nearly refemble the King-ffber we have in England, that the 
- Defcription of the one will almoft anfwer for the other, except in the Bignefs, 
thefe being not half fo big as ours in Exgland; the Plate thews them in their natural 
. Bignefs, there being fome finall difference between thefe two Birds, it is like they 
may be Cock and Hen; the upper Bird hath a yellow Bill, inclining to Orange ; the 
whole under Side is of an Orange-colour ; the Top of the Head, Neck, Back, Rump, 
and Covert-feathers of the Wings are Blue, the Points of the Feathers being very light 
and bright; at the Bafe of the upper Mandible of the Bill, on each Side, is an Orange- 
eolour’d Spot ; behind each Ear likewife is a little Tuft of Orange-colour’d Feathers, 
which feem to ftand alittle way out; the Feathers of the Tail, and all the Quills of 
the Wing, are of a dirty, blackifh Brown ; the Legs and Feet are made as in other 
King-jifhers, of a dirty Orange-colour. r | 
The lower Bird hath a black Bill, darker towards the Point; the lower Chap for 
alittle Space, next the Head, is Flefh-colour; the Throat is white; the Breaft, 
Belly, and whole under Side, is Orange-colour, tho’ the Sides of the Belly are a little 
intermixed with Green; from the Noftrils, through the Eyes, are drawn on each 
Side, Lines of Orange-colour, which reaches down the Sides of the Neck ; below 
thefe, on each Side, from the Angles of the Mouth, are drawn Lines of Blue-green ; 
‘the upper Side, Head, Neck, Back, Wings, and Tail, are cover’d with Blue-green 
Feathers ; the Top of the Head and the Mark on the Cheek, has tranfverfe Lines of 
a darker Blue; the Tips of the Coverts of the Wings are lighter than the other Part 
of the Feathers: the Legs and Feet are of a dirty Red; the upper Bird differs from 
our King-fifber, in that it hath a yellow Bill, which in ours is black or dufky, and 
that this hath dirty brown Quill and Tail-feathers ; ours are fo far edged with Green 
as to appear Green when the Feathers are clofed. The lower Bird differs from ours, 
in not having very bright, blue Feathers on its Back and Rump, which in ours are 
remarkable for their bright Luftre : There came with one of thefe Birds from India a 
King-fyfber, a\together like ours in England, both for Bignefs, Shape, and Colour. 
Mr. Peter Colinfon obliged me with the upper Bird, and Mr. Dandridge with the low- 
er. ‘They came from Bengal in the Eaff Indies. ‘aa Bead 
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