Plate LXXVII. Male and Female.
Crested, with the upper parts, cheeks, and a broad belt across the
fore part of the breast, light blue, the shaft of each feather darker;
lower parts, with a small spot before the eye, and another on the
lower eyelid, white; many of the feathers on the sides light blue,
banded with white; quills black; the primaries barred with white at
the base, and having the inner web of that colour for half its length;
the secondaries broadly edged with light blue, dotted and tipped with
white, and having the inner web barred with the same; tail-feathers
dusky, edged with blue, barred and tipped with white. Female similar
to the male, with the tints duller, and the sides with a band across
the middle of the breast light red.
_Male_, 12-1/2, 20.
Breeds from Texas all over the United States, to the Fur Countries,
Missouri, Rocky Mountains, and Columbia River. Common. Resident.
Belted Kingfisher, Alcedo Alcyon, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p.
59.
Alcedo Alcyon, Bonap. Syn. p. 48.
Alcedo Alcyon, Belted Kingfisher, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 339.
Belted Kingfisher, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 594.
Belted Kingfisher, Alcedo Alcyon, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p.
394; v. v. p. 548.