ALCEDINIDJE. 51 



ii. HALCYONINJE. 



1. DACELO. 



Dacelo Leach, Zool. Misc. with pi. (1815). 

 Paralcyon Gloger (1827). 

 Choucalcyon Less. Tr. a" Orn. p. 248. (1831). 

 Melidora Less. Tr. a"Orn. p. 249. (1831). 



1. DACELO GIG AS. The great brown Kingfisher. 



Alcedo gigas Bodd. Tabl. des PL enl. (TAubent. p. 40. 

 Alcedo undulata Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insub. 

 Alcedo fusca Gmel. S. N. i. p. 454. 

 Dacelo gigas G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 

 Alcedo gigantea Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 245. 

 Dacelo gigantea Leach, Zool. Misc. pi. 106. 

 Choucalcyon australe Less. Tr. a" Orn. p. 248. 



PL enl. 663.; Sonn. Voy. t. 106.; Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 18. 



a. New Holland, young. 



b. New Holland. Presented by R. Brown, Esq. 



c. New Holland. Presented by M.-Gen. T. Hardwicke. 



d. North-western Australia. Presented by Lt.-Col. Sir T. L. 



Mitchell. 



e. South Australia, male. Presented by His Excellency 



Capt. Sir G. Grey. 



/. South Australia, female. Presented by His Excellency 

 Capt. Sir G. Grey. 



2. DACELO LEACHII. Leach's Dacelo. 



Dacelo Leachii (Lath.) Linn. Trans, xv. p. 205. 

 Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 19. 

 a. Australia. 



3. DACELO CERVINA. The buff Dacelo. 



Dacelo cervina Gould. 



Gould, B.. of Austr. ii. pi. 20. 



a. Gould's Island 



b. Port Essington, male. 



c. Port Essington, young. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



d. Port Essington. Presented by Dr. Sibbald, R. N. 



e. New Holland. Presented by the Linnean Society. 

 fh. Port Essington. Presented by Capt. W. Chambers, 



R.N. 



