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VERNACULAR NAMES FOR AUSTRALIAN BIRDS, 143 
Sub-order—Halcyones. 
FAMILY—ALCEDINIDA: “ KINGFISHERS,” 
SuB-FAMILY—ALCEDININE. 
Aleyone azurea ('). ‘ Blue Kingfisher.” 
. Alcyone pulchra. ‘ Purple Kingfisher.” 
. Alcyone pusilla. “ Little Kingfisher.” 
SuB-FAMILY—DACELONIN-. 
. Syma flavirostris. ‘ Yellow-billed Kingfisher.” 
. Dacelo gigas. “ Brown Kingfisher ” (Laughing Jackass). 
. Dacelo leachii. ‘‘ Leach Kingfisher.” 
. Dacelo cervina (*).  ‘“ Fawn-breasted Kingfisher.” 
. Halcyon macleayi. ‘ Forest Kingfisher.” 
. Halcyon pyrrhopygius. ‘ Red-backed Kingfisher.” 
. Haleyon sanctus. ‘Sacred Kingfisher.” 
. Halcyon sordidus. ‘ Mangrove Kingfisher.” 
. Tanysiptera sylvia. ‘ White-tailed Kingfisher.” 
Sub-order—Coccyges: ‘‘ Cuckoos,” &c. 
FAMILY—CUCULIDA: “CUCKOOS.” 
SuB-FAMILY—CucULINA. 
Cuculus intermedius (canoroides). ‘ Oriental Cuckoo.” 
Cuculus pallidus. ‘ Pallid Cuckoo.” 
Cacomantis flabelliformis. “‘ Fan-tailed Cuckoo.” 
Cacomantis variolosus (*). ‘* Square-tailed (Brush) Cuckoo.” 
Cacomantis castaneiventris. ‘‘ Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo.” 
Mesocalius palliolatus (osculaus). ‘‘ Black-eared Cuckoo.” 
Chalcococeyx basalis. ‘ Narrow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo.” 
Chalceocoecyx lucidus. ‘‘ Broad-billed Bronze-Cuckoo.” 
Chaleococcyx plagosus. ‘‘ Bronze-Cuckoo.” 
Chalcococeyx malayanus (minutillus) (*). ‘Little Bronze- 
Cuckoo.” 
Chalcococcyx peecilurus. ‘ Rufous-throated Bronze- 
Cuckoo.” 
Eudynamis cyanocephala (flindersi). ‘ Koel.” 
Scythrops novee-hollandiz. ‘ Channel-bill.” 
SUB-FAMILY—CENTROPODIN®. 
Centropus phasianus (°). ‘‘ Coucal.” 
(‘) Includes A. diemenensis. (2) Includes D. occidentalis. 
(3) Includes C. insperatus and C. dumetorum. (4) Includes C. russatus. 
(5) Includes C. macrourus and C. melanurus. 
