32 ALCEDINID.E. 



5. Mayville, New York, 18th May. RadclilFe Saunders Coll. 

 2. Massachusetts [Henshaw Coll.). Ralvin-Godman Coll. 



6. New Jersey, 8th May ( W. JE. D. Princetou University, N.J. 



Scott). [E.]. 



2. St. Croix, W. Indies {A. S,- E. Seebohm Coll. 



Neivton). 



Ceryle amazona {Lath.). 



Ceryle amazonia, Sliarpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 83 (1869). 



Ceryle amazona, Scl. ^ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 27 (1889) ; Sliarpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 129 (1892) ; Salv. >|- Godm. Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer., Aves, ii. p. 475 (1895); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 160 

 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 50 (1900); von Ikeriur/, Her. Mus. 

 Faulista, iv. p. 260 (1900). 



Four eggs of the Amazon Green Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 1-24 by 1 ; 1-2 by 1-03 ; 1-25 by -96 ; 1-23 by -99. 



3. British Honduras, 2-"Jth May Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



{F. Blancaneaux). 



1. S. America. Crowley Bequest. 



Ceryle septentrionalis, Sharpe. 



Ceryle americana, Brewer, N. Amer. Oul. pt. i. p. Ill, pi. iv. fig. 53 



(1856). 

 Ceryle cabanisi, Sharpe, Mon. Alcediiv'dfs, p. 87 (1868). 

 Ceryle americana, var. cabinisi, Baird, Breivvr Sf Ridyiv. N. Amer. 



Birds, ii. p. 396 (1874). 

 Ceryle septentrionalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. p. 134 (1892) ; id. 



Hand-l. ii. p. 50 (19(J0). 

 Ceryle americana septentrionalis, Bendire, Life-IIist. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 39, pi. i. fig. 4 (1895). 



Pour eggs of the Texan Green Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 •92 by -73 ; -91 by 73 : -95 by -73 ; -94 by -74. 



4. S. Antonio, Texas, 16th March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{H. P. Attwatvr). 



2. Mazatlan, INIe.xico, 24th May Crowley Bequest. 



(.4. Forrer). 



Genus ALCEDO, Linn. 



The eggs of the species of this genus are perhaps more nearly 

 spherical in shape than those of the other members of this lamily. 

 They are also extremely glossy. 



Alcedo ispida, Linn. 



Alcedo ispida, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xiii. fig. 2 (1 845-54); 

 Baedeker, Bier Fur. Vor/. tab. ii. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; Heivitson, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 255, pi. Ixiv. fig. i (1856) ; Sharpe, Mon. 

 Alcedinidce, p. 1 (1870) ; iJresser, Birds Fur. v. p. 113 (1875); 

 Ler/ge, Birds Ceyl. p. 292 (1878) ; Seehuhm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 341, 

 pi.' 18 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 141 (1892) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 122 (1895); Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. 

 Birds, p. 168, pi. 48 fig. 7 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 50 (1900). 



