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C. Feet anisodactvle. Hallux connected with tlic flexor per- 

 forans dir/itoriaii. 



Left foot of Dacelo gujas, to show plantar tendons. Letters as before. 



D. Spinal feather-tract well defined on neck, and not forked on 

 the back : ventral feather- tract not only split in the centre, 

 but also on each side of the breast by bare tracts. 



Genus ALCEDO. 

 Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 178 (1766). 



Alcedo ispida''. 



Alcedo is^pida, Linnjcus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 179 (1760); Sliarpc, 

 Monogr. Alced. p. 1, pi. 1 (1870) ; Eyton, Ostcol. Av. pi. 5 b. 

 fig. 2. 



The Common Kingfisher. 



Hah. Europe. 



* Cf. Meyer, Ahbild. Vogel-Skelet. Lief. vii. Taf. Ixiii. {Alcedo hpidoides). 



