ALCEDINIDiE — THE KINGFISHERS — CERYLE. 



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Genus CERYLE, Boie. 



Cenjle, BoiE, Isis, 1828, 316. (Type, C. riirli's ?) 



Spida, SwAiNSON, Binls, II. 1837, 336. (Type, C. alci/on.) 



Gen. Cn.VR. Bill long, straight, and strong, the cuhnon slightly advancing on the 

 forehead and sloping to the acute tip ; the sides much compressed ; the lateral margins 



C. alryon. 



rather dilated at the base, and straight to the tip ; the gonys long and ascending. Tail 

 rather long and broad. Tarsi short and stout. 



Ceryle alcyon, Linn.eus. 



THE BELTED KINGFISHER. 



Akedo o/cyon, LiNN.Ens, Syst. Nat. I. 1765, 180. — WiLSOX, Am. Orn. III. 1811,59.^ 

 AuDUBOX, Orn. BioR. I. 1831,394; pi. 77. — Cfry/c alqion, BoiE, I.^is, 1828, 316. — 

 Cassin, lUust. I. 1855, 254. —Brewer, N. Am. Ool. I. 1857, 110; pi. iv. f. 52 (egg). 

 — Newberrt, p. R. Rep. VI. iv. 79. — Baird, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 158. — Heer- 

 MANN, X. vi. 57. — Cooper and Sockley, XII. iii. Zool. of W. T. 167. — Coues, Pr. 

 Phil. Ac. 1866, 59. 



Sp. Char. Head with a long crest. Above blue, without metallic lustre. Beneath, 

 with a concealed band across the occiput, and a spot anterior to the eye, pure white. A 

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