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GREAT
.GAMBIA
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Adcedo Smyrnenfis, Lin. Sjf. i. p. jfti. N» A . g.
Le Martin pefcheur bleu de Madagafcar, B rif on. ip. p. 496. N* 12.
pi. 38. f. 2.
Le Martin pêcheur bleu & roux, Buf. oif. vli. p. 182.
Grand Martin pêcheur de Madagafcar, PI. enl. 232.
Great Gambia Kingflher, BJil. i. pi, 8,
©EscRirncm. J" ENGTH ten inches. Bill two inches and a half long, and of
a red colour : the -head, neck, and under parts of the body,
fine cheftnut, deepeft on the head and hind part of the neck :
throat dirty yellowilh white : the wing coverts, neareft the body,
violet black 1 the outer ones beryl blue : the ten prime quills
have their lower half .of the fame colour on theoutfide, and white
within; the reft of their length black : the reft o f the quills are
beryl blue on the outer webs, and black within, their whole
length-: the tail beryl blue above; the fide feathers blackifir
within ; beneath, all the feathers are black : legs red : claws
brown.
Places. Inhabits Gambia and Madagafcar.
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GREAT
BENGAL
K.
P escrlption.
Le grand Martin pefcheur de Bengale, B r if on. iv. p. 301. N° 14.
, Martin pêcheur de la côte de Malabar, PI. n i. 894.
Great Bengal Xingfilher, Alb. iii. pl. 28.
T ENGTH ten inches .and a half. The bill meafures two
inches and three quarters, and is of a bright red colour : the
irides of a fine yellow : the head and hind part of the neck of a
fine cheftnut, which extends a little way on the back : the back,
fcapulars, rump, and upper tail coverts, light blueifh green:
throat,
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throat, fore part of the neck and breaft, and upper part of the belly,
white ; on each fide of the laft are five brown fpots, pretty large :
lower part of the belly, thighs, under tail coverts, and fides, cheft-
nut: wing coverts part blue, part cheftnut: outfides and tips of
the prime quills blue green ; the infides and under parts blackifn :
legs and claws orange.
Inhabits Bengal. Place.
Le Martin-pêcheur à tête & cou colour de paille, B u f oif, vii. p. 190.
Martin-pêcheur de Java, PI. enh-y57.
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WHITEHEADED
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f - j-H E length of this beautiful fpecies is twelve inches. The D escription.
bill is near three inches long, and red : the head, neck, and.
under parts of the body, are white, with a tinge of ftraw-colour:
chin white: the top of the head is' ftreaked with black: the
wings and tail are of a deep greenifh blue : the back blue green :
the quills brown, edged with blue.
Inhabits the IJland of Java. Buffon feems to think that the Place.
Ten-rou-joulon, a Kingsfijher fo named by the natives of the ifiand
of Celebes, may be a fpecies little or no ways different from the
above, though much lefs in fize ; for it re fa id to be no bigger
than a Lark. The bill of it is red : and the head .and back
green : belly yellowifh : and the tail of the fineft blue imaginable.
I do not fee fo great a fimilitude in thefe two as Buffon-,
for the head in this laft is exprefsly faid to be green.
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