1G4 ALCEDIXID^. 



Alcedo cristata (nee L.), Kittl. Kupf. Voy. pi. 29. figr. 3 (1833) ; Ihn 

 Murs in Lefebvre, Voy. Abi/sa. p. 82 (1845) ; Grai/, Gen. B. i. 

 p. 81 (1847'); id. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mas. p. 64 (1848); Bp. 

 Con.sp. i. p. 159 (1850); Ifartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 3(5 (1857); 

 Schl. Mm. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 11 (1863) ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 325 ; 

 Laijurd, B. S. Afr. p. 65 (1807) ; Hem/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 180 

 (1869); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 96, no. 1166 (1869); Finsch ^• 

 Ilarfl. Voc/. bstafr. p. 167 (1870); Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 20; 

 Cab. J. f. 'O. 1878, p. 235 ; Fisc/ier ■^' Reich, t. c. p. 255 ; Fischer, 

 t.c. p. 285; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 293; Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, 

 p. 307. 



Alcedo cyanostigma, Riipp. Netie Wirb., J'oy. p. 70, pi. 24. fig. 2 

 (1835-40); Guer. Sr Lafr. in Ferr. ■S)- Galin. Voy. Abi/As. iii. p. 248 

 (1847); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 81 (1847); Ileuyl.' Syst.' ITebers. p. 18 

 (1856) ; Gray, Cut. Fis ir. Brit. Mus. p. 64 (1848) ; Bp. Comp. i. 

 p. 164 (1850); Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 11 (18(i3) ; Antin. 

 Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 29 (1864) ; Hartm. J. f. O. 18(34, p. 226, 1865, 

 p. 203 ; Chapm. Trav. S. Afr. ii. App. p. 409 ( 18(38) ; Heuyl. Orn. 

 N.O.-Afr. i. p. 182(1869); Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. x. p. 70 

 (1883) ;■ Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 297. 



Alcedo cyanostigiuata, Des Murs in Lefebvre's Voy. Abyss, p. 81 

 (1845). 



Alcedo caeruleocephala (nee Gm.), Gray, Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus.'p. 64 

 (1848, spec. exam.). 



Con thornis cristata, Kaup, Fam. Eisv. p. 13 (1848); Reichenb. Handb., 

 Alced. p. 18, Taf. 403. ligs. 3176-77 (1851) ; Cass. Cat. Halcyon. 

 Philad. Mus. p. 4 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Vulucr. Ani.s. p. 10 (1854) ; 

 Verr. Reu. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 353; Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 245 ; 

 Cab. i^ Heine, Mus. Hein.Th.. ii. p. 146(1860); Hartl.J.f. 0.1861, 

 p. 105 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 22 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, pp." 280, 283 ; 

 id. Monogr. Alced. p. 35, pi. 11 (1869) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1873, p. 201 ; 

 Sharpe ^- Boiii ier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. JiO (1870) ; Ayres, 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 291 ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Verein Bremen, \ii. 

 p. 110 (1881); Holub ^- Von Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 63 

 (1882); Fischer, Zeitsch. yes. Orn. i. p. 361 (1884); id. J. f. O. 

 1885, p. 126; Matschie, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 140, 151. 



Corythornis cj'anostigma, Kaup, Fam. Fisv. p. 13 (1848) ; Reichenb. 

 Handb., Alced. p. 19, Taf. 395. figs. 3057-58(1851); Cass. Cat. 

 Halcyoti. Philad. Mns. p. 4 (1852) ; Sharpe, Monoyr., Intr. p. vi 

 (1871); Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 364; Ussher, t. c. t^. bO; Shelley, 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 68; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. pp. 108, 806 

 (1875-84) ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 198 ; Ayres. t. c. p. 425 ; Bocaye, 

 Orn. Anyola, p. 96 ^l'^'^''); Ousialet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bull. 

 p. 72 (1879) ; Sharpe, in Gates' Matabele-Land, App. B, p. 303 

 (1881); Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 567; id. Ibis, 1882, p. 244; id. 

 Ibis, 1883, p. 556; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. v. p. 70 (1883); 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) i. p. 112 (1884); Hartert, 

 J. f. O. 1886, p. 594 ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. vii. p. 159 (1885), 

 viii. p. 248 (1886), x. p. 70 (1888) ; Sou::n, Jorn. Li,sb. 1886, p. 156 ; 

 Symoruls, Ibis, 1887, p. 327 ; Saload. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) 

 vi. p. 222(1888). 



Alcedo hartlaubi, Grai/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 96, no. 1167 (1809). 



Alcedo (Corythornis) cj-anostigma, Oust. Bibl. Haut Ftudes, xxsi. 

 Art. 10, p. "4 (1886). 



Adult male. Head with a malachite-green crest, each feather 

 being greenish blue with a black shaft, and crossed, by two black 

 bands, the tip of the feather being black preceded by a band of 



