. A history of British birds . PICARIjE. KINGFISHER. 443 ALCEDINID^.. ^^d j(i-^rx_ Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus*. THE KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida, Alcedo, Linnceusf.—Bill long, hard, straight, quadrangular, and acute. Nos-trils basal, oblique, and nearly closed by a bare membrane. Wings short androunded, of tea primaries, the second or third the longest, but the first nearlyequal to them and longer than the fourth. Tail very short, of twelve bare below ; tarsi short; toes three before, one behind, the middle unitedto the outer toe as far as the second joint, and to the inner as far a
. A history of British birds . PICARIjE. KINGFISHER. 443 ALCEDINID^.. ^^d j(i-^rx_ Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus*. THE KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida, Alcedo, Linnceusf.—Bill long, hard, straight, quadrangular, and acute. Nos-trils basal, oblique, and nearly closed by a bare membrane. Wings short androunded, of tea primaries, the second or third the longest, but the first nearlyequal to them and longer than the fourth. Tail very short, of twelve bare below ; tarsi short; toes three before, one behind, the middle unitedto the outer toe as far as the second joint, and to the inner as far as the first joint;hind toe not much shorter than the inner. The Kjngfisher is one of the most beautiful of our birds,bearing comparison with many brought from cHraates deemedmore favourable to the production of brilliant colours, andis in consequence so much sought after by the idle andthoughtless that its numbers, probably never very great in Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 178 (1766). + Tom. cit. p. 179. 444 ALCEDINIDJ:. any part of the country, have of late years ver
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