ALL'KDINID.'!';. 177 



758. Stornnin of mule, with ^houliler-^i^ircllc. From Cl;ir<Mice 



River, N. S. Wales [E. P. Ramsa>j). S. S. 1359. 



Presented Inj P. L. Sclafer, Es,/., F.U.S. 



Genus CERYLE. 



Boie, Tsis, p. :nr, (IS2S). 



Ceryle rudis. 



Alcedo riidis, Liiiiia)us, 8yst. Xat. i. p. 181 (176()). 

 Oerj/Ie nidis, Sharpc, Monogr. Aleed. p. 61, pi. 19 (ISJl). 



The Pied Kingfisher. 



Hah. From Persia and Asia Minor to Palestine and E<i;yj)t, 

 and thronghout Africa. 



759. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. Egypt. S. S. 250(5. 



Presented hy Professor FUncer, F./'.S. 



Ceryle maxima. 



Alcedo maxima, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. fase. iv. p. 1-4 (17'>0). 

 Ceryle maxima, Sharpe, Monogr. Alcecl. j). 07, pi. 20 (1809). 



The Great African Kingfisher. 



Hah. Africa. 



760. 8kull. Cape Colony. 0. C. U82b. 



Presented hy F. R. Snrlees. E.<'/. 



Ceryle alcyon *. 



Alcedo alcyon, Linnasus, Syst. Xat. i. p. 180 (1700). 

 Ceryle alcyon, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 79, pi. 2'.> ( 1808). 



The Belted Kingfisher. 



/lull. North and Central America. 



761. Sternum. Presented hy the Snutlison'mn Tnstitulion. 



762. Sternum, with slioulder-gii'dle. From Jamaica. S. S. 



1240. Go6se Collection. 



* ('/. Sluileldt, Jijurii. Aiuit. iiiid I'liys. x\V\. p. .■'."'■•. 

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