441. 



Family— CORACIID.E : korax, raven. 

 Sub-family— C0RAC1TN.E : korax, raven. 

 Genus— EURYS'TOMUS : eurus, broad ; stoma, mouth, 

 austra'lis : australis, Australian. 



Family— MEROP'ID.E : merops, endowed with speech (meros, 

 [Cent. Diet.]) 

 Genus — MER'OPS : merops, a bee-eater. 

 442. orna'tus : ornatus, adorned. 



part ; ops, voice 



Species 457. — Fax-tailed Cuckoo. 



Sub-order— HAL'CYONES : alkuon or halkuon, kingfisher. 



Family— ALC EDI N'lD^E : alcedo, kingfisher. 



Sub-family— ALCEDINl'N^E ; alcedo, kingfisher. 



Genus — AL'CYONE : alkuon, kingfisher. 



443. azur'ea : French azur, azure. 



444. pul'chra : vulcher, beautiful. 



445. pusil'la : pusillus, very little. 



-family — DACELONJ/NjE : dacelo is a transposition of alcedo, a kingfisher 

 (Cent. Diet.) 

 Genus— SY'MA : Sume, Symi, an island near the coast of Caria. 



446. flaviros'tris : flavus, yellow ; rostrum, bill. 



