ALCEDO Asiatica.
Asiatic Kingsfisher.
Generic Character.—See [Pl. 26.]
Specific Character.
A. capite nigro, fasciis transversis cyaneis, posticè cristato; auribus cyaneis; mento, gulâ, strigâque laterali colli albescentibus; dorso nitidè cæruleo; corpore subtùs rufo.
Head black, transversely banded with mazarine blue, the hinder part crested; ears blueish; chin, throat, and lateral stripe on each side the neck whitish; back shining light-blue; body beneath rufous.
Obs. This bird Dr. Horsfield tells me is his Alcedo meninting described in the Linn. Transactions.