118 ATjCEmmvM, 



3, Ceryle maxima. 



Aloedo maxima, Pall. Spic. Zool. fasc. iv. p. 14 (1769) ; Gm. Sijsf, 

 Nat. i. p. 45.5 (1788) ; Biipp. Neue Wirh. p. 69 (1835-40) ; Schl. 

 Mns. P<ij/s-liaa, Alced. p. 3 (1863) ; id. op. eit. Revue, p. 1 

 U874). 



Le Maitiu-]iecliewv hiip4 dii Cap de Bonne- Esp^raiice; J)flKZ)ew#. P/, 

 Eld. viii. pi. 679. 



Le Martiii-ptjcheur liiippi?, Bnf, Hiift. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 188 (1780). 



Great Afriean Kingfisher, L(tth. Gen. Si/n. i. pt. 2, p. 611 (1782;, 



Alcedo guttata, Hodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 42 (178:i). 



Alcedo afra, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 55 (1812). 



Ispida gigantea, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 336 (1887) ; Id. B. W.Afr, 

 ii. p. 93, pi. 11 (1837). 



Ceryle maxima, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 82 (1847); id. List Fissir. Brit. 

 Miis.^. 61 (1848, pt.); Bp. Consp. i. p. 160 (1850); Cass. Cat. 

 Male. Philad. Mns. p. 2 (18.52) ; Hevz/l. Syd. Uebers. p. IS 

 (1856); HortL Orn. Westafr. p. 37 (1857, pt.) j Gurney, Ibis, 

 1859, p. 243; Hetrtl. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 19(i ; 3Iont. Ibis, 1862, 

 p. 333; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p, 325 ; JIarfm. J.f. 0.1864, p. 232; 

 Lauard, B. S. Afr. p. 66 (1867); Gurne%i, Ilm, 1868, p. 154 > 

 Layard, Jlis, 1869, p. 72 ; At/res, t. c. p. 2110 ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 282 ; 

 id. 3Ionoyr. Alced. p. 67, pi. 20 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i, p. 187, 

 no. 1185 (1869); Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afi: i. p. 18() {\8Q9); Finsvh 

 ^ Hartl Voq. Ostafr. p, 173 (1870) { Shorpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 485 j 

 id. P.Z.S. 1870, p.l49; id. ed. Lai/ard'a B. S. Afr. pp. Ill, 807 

 (1875-84) ; Usshei-, Ibis, 1874, p. 40; Shelley. Ibis, 1875, p. 69 5 

 Eeichen.J.f. 0. 1875, pp. 16, 49; Buckley, Ibis, 1876, p. 133; 

 Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 291 ; Fischer ^ Reichen. J.f. O. 1879, p. 348 ; 

 Sharpe, in Oatcs' Matahele-Land, App. Birds, p. 307 (1881) ; Bo- 

 caye. Orn. Avyola, p, 98 fl881); Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 244 ; 

 Butler, Feilden, <^- Eeid, Zool. 1882, p. 206 ; Ayrea, Ibis, 1884, 

 p. 223, 1885, p. 343 ; Salrad. Ann. Mns. Civic. Getwv. (2) i. p. 112 

 (1884); Biihm, J.f. 0. 1885, p. 47 ; Fischer, t. c. p. 126; Biittik. 

 Notes Leyden Mu». vii. p. 160 (1885), viii, p. 248 (1886) ; Matschie, 

 J. f. O. 1887, p. 151 ; Schulow, t. c. p. 236; Si/mmids, Ibis, 1887, 

 p, 32; Ayres, t. c. p. 50; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 291 ; Biittik. Notes 

 Lei/den Mus. x. pp. 70, 117 (1888) ; Salrad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) 

 Ti.' p. 222 (1888); Biittik. Notes Lexjden Mus. xi. p. 67 (1889) ; 

 Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 357. 

 Megaceryle maxima, Eeichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 22, Taf, 409- 



ligs, 3101-2 (1851) ; Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyy. p. 10 (1854). 

 Megacervle gigantea, Reichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 23, Taf. 409. fig, 3103 



(18511, 

 Cervle erigantea, Hartl. J.f. 0,1854, p. 5; id. Orn. Westafr.^. 38 



(1857") ; Hcuyl. J.f. O. 1862, p. 288, 

 Iclithvnomus niaximus. Cab. 8,- Heine, Mus, Hein. Th. ii, p, 150 



(1860). 

 Ceryle shiirpii (wee Gould), Hart ert, J.f. O. 1886, p. 594. 



Adult male. Above slaty black, darker on the bead, which is 

 crested ; most of the crest-feathers with good-sized wliite spots upon 

 both webs ; towards the nape some of the feathers, in very old birds, 

 unspotted ; back and scapulars clearer slaty grey, a few shaft- 

 stripes very plainly developed, and all the feathers spotted with 

 white, of which s])ots about five show, two on each side, and oue on 



