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Alcedo atthis bengalensis Gmelin 

 Alcedo coerulescens Vieillot 

 Alcedo cristata Pallas 

 Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann) 

 Halycon senegalensis (Linne) (Type 

 thoracic, type D coracoid) 



Halcyon chelicuti (Stanley) (Type 3 

 thoracic) 



Halcyon cinnamomina Swainson (Type 

 6 thoracic) 



Halcyon chloris (Boddaert) 



Family Todidae 



Carotids A-1 generally (see list of species below) ; type 1 thoracic 

 artery; ligamentum botalli usually absent; origin of vertebrals and 

 superficial cervicals variable; an accessory oesophageal artery arises 

 as a branch of the left common carotid artery. 



Todus multicolor Gould 



Todus angustirostris Lafresnaye (B-4— s) 



Species studied 

 By Glenny 



I Todus mexicanus Lesson 

 Todus subrilatus G. R. Gray 



Family Momotidae 



Carotids A-1 ; type 1 and type 2 thoracic artery (see list of species 

 below) ; ligamentum botalli present — may be much reduced or remain 

 as a linea botalli; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise separately 

 from the common carotid artery. 



Species studied 

 By Garrod 



Eumomota superciliaris= Eumomota su- 



psrciliosa (Sandbach) 

 Momotus momota lessonii Lesson 



By Glenny 



Eumomota superciliosa 

 (Type 1 thoracic) 



(Sandbach) 



Baryphthengus ruficapillus martii 

 (Spix) (2) (Type 2 thoracic) 



Moviolxis momota coeruliceps (Gould) 

 (Type 1 thoracic) 



Momotus momota conexus Thayer and 

 Bangs (Type 1 thoracic) 



Family Meropidae 



Carotids A-1 and B-4-s (see list of species below) ; type 1 thoracic 

 artery; ligamentum botalli usually absent, or may remain as a linea 

 botalli; vertebrals and superficial cervicals usually arise separately 

 from the common carotids, but the points of origin of these vessels 

 are very close to eacli other; an accessory oesophageal artery is 

 generally present as a branch of the left common carotid artery. 



Species studied 

 By Garrod 



Merops apiaster Linn^ (B-4-s) 

 M crops ornatus Latham (B-4-s) 



By Glenny 



Melittophagus pusiUus (P. 

 (A-1) 



L. S. Aluller) 



Melittophagus variegatus (Vieillot) (A-1) 

 Aerops albicoUis (Vieillot) (B-4-s) 

 Merops apiaster Linn6 (E-4-s) 

 Merops superciliosus lAnn6 (B-4— s) 

 Merops orientalis Latham (B-4-s) 



