2, CEETLE. 137 



c', rfl c? 2 ad. Hidalgo, Texas, April (F. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 sk. Ar7nsti-o)iff). 



^'is'y'^^^A' f' J^ro^ns^ill'^- Texas, Feb.-Mav Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 *', ^'. ? ad. (F. B. Armstronn). 



sk. 



m'. 2 ad. sk. Nueces Co., Texas {F. B. A.). Salrin-Godman Coll. 



w,.o.2ad. et San Antonio, Texas (S. K Salvin-Godman Coll. 



imm. sk. Dresser). 



p'. d juv. sk. Rio Medina, Texas {H. E. D.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



8. Ceryle inda. 



The Spotted Kingfisher, Fdivards, Glean, iii. p. 262, pi. 335 (1764) 

 Alcedo inda Zinn. SysL Nat. i. p. 179 (1766); Gm. Syst. Xat.i. 



p. 448 (1<88) ; Shaw S,- Nodder, Nat. 3Iisc. xxi. pi. 889 (1809) 

 Martm-pechem- verd et roux de Cayenne, Baubent. PI Enl viii 



pi. 592. 



^^.?i^^*^""P^^^'^"'' ^^^'*^ ^* ^°^i^' ^"# -STisf. Jsat. Ois. vii. p. 215 

 (1/80). ^ 



Rufo^us and Green Kingfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 640 



Alcedo viridirufa, Bodd. Tall. PI. Enl. p. 36 (1783) ; Schl. Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 5 (1863) ; id. op. cit. Heme, p. 2 (1874) 

 Alcedo bicolor, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 4ol (1788); Neuwied, Beiir 



Natiirg. Bras. iv. p. 23 (1832) ; Cah. in Schomb. Eels. Guian. ui 



p. /04 (1848). 



Alcedo indica, Brap. Diet. Class. d'Sisf. Nat. x. p. 231 (18'>6) 



Ceiyle bicolor, Boie, Ms, 1828, p. 316; Eaup, Earn. Alced.' v. 8 



^}a^^} ' ^P- ^""^P- ^- P- 160 (1850) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 23 

 (18/1). ^ 



Ceryle inda. Gray, Gen. B i. p. 82 (1847) ; Cass. Cat. Hale. Philad 

 Mus. p. 3 (1852) ; id. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1860, p. 133 ; Laiar 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 290 (1860), viii. p. 183(1864); Scl. & 

 Salv. P Z. S. 1864, p. 363, 1867, p. 581 ; Sharjw, Monogr. Alced. 

 p. 91, pi. 27 (1869) ; Gray, Sand-l. B. i. p. 98, no. 1192 (1869) • 

 Scl. 8,- Salv. Kome>2cl. Av. Neotr. p. 103 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873' 

 p. 293 ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 103 (1886) ; Salv. Ibis, 1886 

 p. 60. ' 



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

 Mus.-p. 61 (1848). 



Chloroceryle bicolor, Eeichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 28. nl. 414 fio-a 

 3118-19 (1851) ; Burm. Th. Bras. ii. p. 406 (1856). 



Amazonis bicolor, Bj). Consp. Valuer. Anis. p. 10 (1854). 



Chloroceryle viridirufa. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th ii n 146 

 (1860). ^ 



Chloroceryle inda, Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 265 (1862). 



Adult male. Above bronzy green ; a streak from the nostril to 

 the eye rufous ; lower part of the back and the exterior aspect of 

 the quills and tail-feathers minutely spotted with white ; inner web 

 of the same irregularly half-banded with white ; entire under sur- 

 face chestnut-rufous, paler on the chin and sides of the neck : bill 

 blackish ; feet red. Total length 8-8 inches, of bill from front 1-9 

 from gape 2-5, wing 3-9, tail 2-G, tarsus 0-07, middle toe 0-6 hind 

 toe 0-05. 



