17G PICARI/E. 



Alcedo ispida. 



748. Articulated skeleton. 0. C. 1479. South Collection. 



749. Natural skeleton : mounted. 0. C. 1478. 



Fresented by Sir Antliony Carlide, F.R.S. 



750. Skeleton. 0. C. 1478 c. Purchased. 



751. Skull. O.C. 1478 b. Purchased. 

 753. Skull of male. Alps. Purchased. 



753. Skull of female. South Germany. Purchased. 



754. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. 



Froui the Zoological Society. 



755. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. Purcliased. 



756. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. S. S. 1038. Purcliased. 



Alcedo bengalensis. 



Alcedo tyemjalensis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 450 (1788); Sharpe, 

 Monogr, Alced. p. 11, pi. 2 (1870). 



The Little IndTxVN Kingfisher. 



Ilah. The greater })art of Asia. Indian Peninsula, Malayan 

 Archipelago, China, and Japan. 



757. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle, wanting left scapula. 



S. S. 1877. Presented hy Ih. .1. Anderson, F.li.S. 



Genus ALCYONE. 

 Swaiuson, Classif. of B. ii. p. 33G (1837). 



Alcyone azurea. 



Alcedo azurea, Latham, Ind. Orn., 8uppl. ii. p. xxxii (1801). 

 Alcyone azurea, Sharpe, Monogr. Alccd. p. 41, pi. 13 (1870). 



The Azure Kingfisher. 



Ilal>. Australia. 



