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AlcediiiidaB. 



1845. Thompson, W. Occurrence of the Belted Kingfislier, Alcedo Alcyon, Lann. , in 



Ireland. < Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. , xvi, 1845, p. 430. 



1846. Newman, E. Occurrence of the Great Belted Kingfisher [Ce:"yle alcyon] in Ire- 



land. < Zoologist, iv, 1846, p. 1212. 



1846. Thompson, W. Additional note on the Belted Kingfisher, Alcedo Alcyon, Linn., 

 obtained in Ireland. <^ Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., xvii, 1846, pp. 69, 70. 



1852. Cassin, J. Catalogue | of the | Halcyonid;e | in the collection of | the Acad- 

 emy of Natural Sciences | of Philadelphia. | <^ Published with the Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Pkila., vol. vi ; dated Nov. 1, 1852; not paged. Also separately, 8to, 

 foil. 10. 

 Synonymatic. 



1863. SCHLEGEL, H. Alcedines. <C^Mus. Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, 3« livr., Mai, 1863, pp. 

 1-52. 



The Kingfishers are all ranged in two genera, Alcedo and Dacelo, corresponding nearly with 

 the subfamilies of other authors ; there being treated of the former 32 spp., and 46 of the latter, 

 represented by a total of 544 specimens in the Leyden Museum. A. picturata, p. 16; Dacelo 

 grayi, p. 37, spp. nn. 

 See same author at 1874. 



1868. Endicott, W. E. The Belted Kingfisher [Ceryle alcyon]. < Am. Nat., ii, 1868, 

 p. 218. 

 Xote on the mode of nesting. 

 1868. Fowler, A. The Belted Kingfisher [Ceryle alcyon]. < Am. Nat., ii, 1868, pp. 

 403-405. 

 On the breeding-habits, nest and eggs. 



1868. March, P. G. Kingfisher's [Ceryle alcyon] Nest again [with reference to pre- 

 ceding accounts in the same Journal]. <^ Avi. Nat., ii, 1868, p. 490. 



Description of two nests. 

 1868-71. Sharpe, R. B. A Monograph | of | the Alcedinida; : | or, | Family of King- 

 fishers. I By I R. B. Sharpe, F. L. S. &c., \ Librarian to the Zoological Society 

 of London, Member of the German Ornithologists' Society, &c., &c. | — | 

 Perque dies placidos hibemo tempore septom | Incubat alcyone pendentibus 

 sequore nidis. | Ovid, Met. xi. 745. | — | London : | published by the author. 

 I — I 1868-71. 1 vol. 4to. not paged, plates not numbered. Title, 1 1. ; 

 dedication, 1 1. ; contents, list of plates and introduction, pp. i-lxxii, with 1 

 plate of generic details and 1 map. Text, unpaged, 304 pp. Plates, unnum- 

 bered, 120. Index, pp. i-xii. List of subscriljers, 1 page. Published in 15 

 parts, 1868-1871, as follows:— 



Part I, July 1, 1868 ; n, Oct. 1, 1868 ; IH, Jan. 1, 1869 ; IV, Apr. 1, 1869 ; V, July 1, 1869; 

 VI, Oct. 6, 1869 ; Vn, Jan. 1, 1870 ; VHI, Apr. 1, 1870 ; IX, July 1, 1870 ; X, XI, Oct. 1, 1870; 

 XII, Nov. 1, 1870 ; XIII, Dec. 1, 1870 ; XIV, XV, Jan. 1, 1871 ; the last containing the per- 

 manent title, introduction, and other furnishings. 



According to the table of contents the pages and plates are citable as follows: 



Alcedo ispida, p. 1, pi. 1 ; bengaleiisiis, p. 11, pi. 2 ; grandig, p. 19, pi. 3 ; malaccensis, p. 21, pi. 4; 

 asiatica, p. 23, pi. 5 ; quadribrachys, p. 25, pi. 6 : semitorquata, p. 27, pi. 7 ; eurt/zona, p. 29, pi. 8 ; 

 berylUna, p. 31, pi. 9. Corythomis vintzioides, p. 33, pi. 10 ; cristata, p. 35, pi. 11 ; ccpruleocephala, 

 p. 39, pi. 12. Alcyone aziirea, p. 41, pi. 13 ; ptilchra, p. 45, pi. 14 ; diemensis, p. 47 (no pi.) ; Us- 

 soni, p. 49, pi. 15 ; affinis, p. 51, pi. 15 ; p%mlla, p. 53, pi. 16 ; cyanopectus. p. 55, pi. 17. Ceryle 

 guttata,-p. 57, pi. 18; higiibris,Yi. 59 (no pi.); rudis.-p. 61, pi. 19; maxima, j). 67, pi. 20; sharpii, 

 p. 71, pi. 21 ; torquata, p. 73, pi. 22 ; stellata, p. 77 (no pi.) ; alcyon, p. 79, pi. 23 ; amazoma, p. 83, 

 pi. 24; cabanisi,\\. 87, pi. 25; americana,-p. 89, pi. 26; inda,p. 91, pi. 27: superdliosa, p. 93, pi. 

 28. Pelargopsis melannrhyncha,-p. 95, pi. 29; aw-auroptera, -p. 97, -pi. ^0; leucocujnlla. p. 99, pi. 

 31 ; gouldi, p. 101, pi. 32 ; fraseri, p. 103, pi. 33 ; gurial, p. 105, pi. 34 ; malaccensis, p. 107 (no pi.) ; 

 burmanica, p. 109, pi. 35 ; floresiana, p. Ill, pi. 36. Ceyx philippensis, p. 113, pi. 37 ; solitaria. 



