Family HALCYONID. 
I. Subfamily ALCEDININZ. 
1. Genus ALCEDO, Linneus. 
1. Atcepo IspripA, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 179. Selby, Ill. Brit. Orn. 
pl. 40 fig. 1. 
Gracula Atthis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 165. ? 
Alcedo subispida et advena, Brehm. Vog. Deuts. i. p. 149, 150. 
1. Adult male, Sweden. 
2. Adult female, Sweden. 
3. Adult male, France. Presented by Wm. S. Warder, Esq. 
4. Adult male, France. Presented by A. L. Heer- 
mann, M. D. 
», 6. Adults, Europe, from the Rivoli collection. 
7. Very young, Europe, from the same. 
2. ALCEDO BENGALENSIS, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 450. Temm. and 
Schleg. Faun. Japon. Aves. pl. 38. 
‘* Alcedo hispidioides, Less.” Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 68. 
Alcedo hispidula, Catalogue of Rivoli collection p. 23. 
1. Adult male, India. Presented by Mr. Thomas Ryan. 
2. Adult female, Bengal. 
3. Adult male, Java. 
4. Adult male, Java, from the Rivoli collection. 
, 6. Adults, Japan, from the same. 
, 8. Younger, from the same. 
§. A. bengalensis? male, Celebes. 
10,11. Adults, India, from Capt. Boys’ collection. 
8. ALCEDO EURYZONA, Temm. PI. col. iv. p. (Liv. 86. No plate of this 
species.) 
Alcedo nigricans, Blyth. Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1847, p. 1180. 
1. Adult male, Molucca. 
2. Adult male, Borneo. 
4, ALCEDO MENINTING, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xiii. p. 172. 
Temm. Fl. col. 289, fig. 2. ’ 
Alcedo asiatica, Sw. Zool. Ill. i. pl. 50. 
“ Alcedo Bengalensis, Gm.”’ Lesson Traité i. p. 243. 
1. Adult, Java, from the Rivoli collection. 
2, 3. Younger, Java, from the same. 
4. Young, Java, from the same. 
