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Pall. Spic. Zool. fase. IV, p. 14 (1769).
Gray, Gen. of Birds, I, p. 82 (c. 1844).
Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 22, t. ccccxix, fig. 3101-2 (1852)
Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 150 (1860).
Swains. Classif. of Birds, II, p. 336 (1837).
Beicli. Handb. Alced. p. 23, t. ccccix, fig. 3103, t. ccccxviii, flg. 8486 (1851).
Hartl. Joum. f. Ora. 1854, p. 5.
Bodd. Tabl. des PI. Enl. p. 42 (1783).
Sbaw, Gen. Aleeao ap-a . . ■ oim», Zool. VIII, ip .- 55 (1812).
Chidolde and Machengwen of the natives of the Zambesi Eegion {K%rk).
c .exibna diasimiUbus: dopso s c h is te o -n ig p o a lb . m .cu la to : sabalaplbu. e t aabcaadaKbaa albie, fasciis
Alcedo maxima .
CeryU maxima .
Megaceryle maxima
leJithynomus maximus .
Ispida gigantea
Megaeerxjle gigantea
Ceryle gigantea .
Alcedo guttata
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nignsVariegatis : abdomiae medio albo : hypochondliis fasciis scbistaceo-nigris iptegular.tep aolatis.
Hah. ill to tâ regione Æthiopicâ.
Adult male. A W slaty-black, dark er on tb e bead, which is crested ; m o s t / / o r e /
feathers w ith good-sized white spots upon b o th webs, towards th e nape some o f f t / e o t W
in v e ry old b ird s u n spotted ; back and scapularies clearer slaty-grey, a
n la in ll develoned and all th e feathers spotted with white o f winch spots / o u t hve shew,
two o l each side and one on th e apex o f th e feather ; the lower p a rt o f the back a nd «PT®> t / '
e r d t s “ aty-o-rey largely spotted w ith white, some o f the spots being more lono itu dma
coverts slaty-grey largeiy sp o u e a wilu wuitc,
b a rs ;: th e lis lesser s e r whig-wing-coyerts coverts slaty-grey w ith a h heart-emtreliajed
shaped spot o
the fea th e r; th e r e s t of the w i n g - c o v e r t s black, edged ivith slaty-;
sDOtted with w h ite ; quills blackish, th e in n er web white a t th e ba^v and broadly baiTcd
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with white, th e o u ter web especially of the secondaries broadly ®/®‘' X / d iX d e d l i t h
spotted wdlh w U te ; tail dark slaty-grey lig h te r u n d e rn e /h , X p l / i / a /w oi
w h ite ; a small spot in fro n t o f th e eye, th ro a t and a line o f feathers from th e base ot
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