466 CLASS XVI. 



Halcyon SwAiNS. Bill long, sometimes very long, broad at the 

 base, somewhat depressed. Lower mandible angulate at the in- 

 ferior margin, ascending towards the tip. Wings with first quill 

 short, third longest of all. Tail short or moderate, rounded. 



Sp. Halcyon concreta, Dacelo concreta Temm. PI. col. 346, Diet. univ. d'Hist. 

 Nat., Ois. PL 4, fig. 2 ; Sumatra; — Halcyon Smyrnensis, Alcedo Smymensis 

 L., Albin ^w. III. PI. 27, 28, Buff. PI. enl. 894; Asia Minor, Bengal, 

 Ceylon, Philippine Islands. (Comp. on this species Strickland Ann. and 

 Mag. of Nat. Hist. ix. 1842, p. 441); — Halcyon leucocephala, Alcedo 

 capensis L. PL enl. 590; a large species with very large pale orange- 

 coloured bill, from the East Indies and not from the Cape, &c. 



Cei/x Lacep. (not Temm.). Bill of Halcyon, but habitus of Al- 

 cedo. Tail very short. Feet tridactylous, with inner toe none. 



Sp. Halcyon purpurea, Alcedo tridactyla Pall. Sptic. Zool. vi. Tab. II. fig. r ; 

 VosMAER Bosclirijving van twee kortstaariige Oost-Indische ijsvogeltjes met twee 

 voor-en eenen achtervinger. Amsterd. 1768, 4to. 



Paralcyon Gloger, Dacelo Leach\ Bill depressed at the base, 

 broad, inflated; lower mandible gibbous beneath, ascending towards 

 the tip; upper longer, with tip curved. Wings with first quill 

 short, second and third gradually longer, fourth mostly longest of 

 all. Tarsi reticulate. Tail moderate, broad, or somewhat long, 

 cuneate. 



Sp. Paralcyon gigantea, Alcedo gigantea Lath., Buff. PI. enl. 663, White 

 Voy. PI. 53, p. 237, New Holland, &c. These birds feed on insects, small 

 reptiles and even on snakes. 



Note. — On some other subdivisions cons. Gray Gen. of Birds, Vol. I. 



Family XXXII. Upupince. Wing-coverts short. Primaries 

 ten. Tarsi with transverse scutes anteriorly. Tail with ten or 

 twelve feathers. Bill slender, arched, long or moderate; nostrils 

 basal, lateral. Two outer toes united at the base only. 



Upupa L. (in part). Bill elongate, moderately curved. Head 

 crested. Tarsi reticulate posteriorly. Claws short; claw of hallux 

 longer than the rest, somewhat straight. Wings with first quill 

 short, fourth longest of all. Tail even, broad, with ten feathers. 



Sp. upupa Epops, L., Buff. PI. enl. 52; Lesson Ornith. PI. 79, fig. 2, 

 Naum. Taf. 142; the hoopoe, la huppe, der Wiedekopf; this bird has a crest 

 on the head of two rows of long feathers brownish or ruddy, spotted black, 



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^ A word without signification, anagram of Alcedo. 



