180 pjc'Ai;i/i;. 



Halcyon sanctus. 



Halcyon sanctus^ Vig. et Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 206 

 (1826) ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 239, pi. 91 (1870). 



The Sacred Kingfisher. 



Hah. Australia and Austro-Malayan Islands. 



771. Skeleton. From Western Australia. 0. C. 1480 a. 



Govld Collection. 



112. Sternum, with slioulder-girdle. New Ireland. S. S. 2559. 

 Presented hij P. L. Sc/ater, Esq., F.R.S. 



Geuus DACELO. 

 Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. p. 125, pi. 100 (1815). 



Dacelo gigas. 



Alcedo gigas, Boddaert, Tabl. des PI. Enl. p. 40 (1783). 

 Dacelo gigas, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 285, pi. 112 (1870). 



The Laughing Kingfisher. 



Hah. Australia. 



773. Skeleton of male. Presented by Mr. J. Ahrahaius. 



114:. Articulated skeleton : mounted. 0. (J. 1481. Hunterian. 



lib. Skull. 0. C. 1482. Presented hy Dr. George Bennett. 



lie. Cranium. 0. C. 1482 A. Presented hy C. E. Porter, Esq. 



111. Sternum of female, with shoulder-girdle (wanting left 

 coracoid and scapula). Clarence Eiver, N. S. Wales {E. 

 P. Ram.my). S. S. 920. 



Presented hy P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.E.S. 



Family MOMOTID^ *. 



A. Palate desmognathous. 



B. Basipterygoid processes absent. 



* (;/: tiarrnd, 1'. Z. 8. 1878, pp. 100-10i>. 



