. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 328 Pla CI. EUROPEAN KINGFISHER. banks, penetrating deep into them in an horizontal diredion. Lays four white eggs, which difcharge the young in June. It migrates in Mexico; is there eaten, but is obferved to have ihe fame ranknefs as other pifcivorous A. European Kingfisher, Br. Zool. I N» 9Z.^Latham, i. 626. Le Martin-Pecheur, Buffon, vii. 164 PI. Enl. jj. Alcedo Ifpida, Lin. Syjl. 179—Lev. Mus. J^^ With the crown, and coverts of the wings, of a deep green, fpotted with cerulean : fcapulars and back bright cserulean: tail rich deep blu
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 328 Pla CI. EUROPEAN KINGFISHER. banks, penetrating deep into them in an horizontal diredion. Lays four white eggs, which difcharge the young in June. It migrates in Mexico; is there eaten, but is obferved to have ihe fame ranknefs as other pifcivorous A. European Kingfisher, Br. Zool. I N» 9Z.^Latham, i. 626. Le Martin-Pecheur, Buffon, vii. 164 PI. Enl. jj. Alcedo Ifpida, Lin. Syjl. 179—Lev. Mus. J^^ With the crown, and coverts of the wings, of a deep green, fpotted with cerulean : fcapulars and back bright cserulean: tail rich deep blue: breaft and belly orange red. Said by Du Pratz to be found in North America j but, as I never faw it in any coUeftion, doubt tii- faft. Inhabits the temperate parts oiRuJfta and Sibiria, and is frequent about the Jenejei, but not farther eaft. It does not extend to Sweden^ and it even feems a rarity in Denmark *. The Tartars and Ofliaks ufe the feathers of this bird as a love- charm. They fling them on water, md preferve thofe which fwim i believing, that the woman, whom they touch with one of thefe feaaiers, will immediately become enamoured with them. The OJliaks preferve the bill, feet, and fkin, in a purfe, and imagine them to be pr^xlr/atives againft all forts of misfortunes f. • Muller, Prod. Zool, Dan. 13. f Gmelin, Foj. ii. 112. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed for Robert Faulder . ..
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