302 



I^OUTII AMEIIUAN ii\Hm. 



thf prt'ceding. Bill lonp, tliiii. Tarsi longer than hiiul too; almost or quite as 

 long as tlif inner auteriur. I'liiniagt.' with a green metallic gloss ul>uve ; the 

 occi|)ut witli a crest of rather short, iuilisliuct Icuthurs. Type, *1. amazoua. 



The p'iiii8 CV/i/lf was established by l>«>ie on the A/rrdo rt'dis, of Liniupus, 

 an Atrieaii S[»ecies. Muilern sy.steinati.sts sejtarate the Aiiieiieau Kiii;;H.sheis 

 I'roia those of tlie Old World, aud if correct iu so viuiu^ another geueric 



1640 



CfryU alryon. 



name must be selected for the former. If the two American sections he 

 combined into one, Ch/owrrn/Ic of Kanp (type, Ahfdo amnznna) must 1)6 

 t.'iken as beinjjf the older, unless, indeed, hpida of Swainson (1837) be 

 admissible. This appears to have been based on Alccdo nlcyon, although 

 including also some Old World species. 



Ceryl© alcyon, Bote. 



BELTED KINOFISHEB. 



Akrrfn nJqion, Ltmnmifs, Ryst. Nat. I, 1766, 180. — Wilson, Am. Orn. Ill, 1811, 59.— 

 ArnrnoN, Orn. Biof,'. I, 1831, 384 ; pi. Ixxvii. — I p.. Bir<ls America. — Max. Cab. J. 

 Vr, 1858, 102. Ceriih alcyon, BoiE, Isis, 1828, 316. — BuKWEii, X. Am. Oolog\% I, 

 1857, 110, pi. iv, fig. 52 (egg). — Wood, Am. Naturalist, 1868, 379 (nesting). — Baikd, 

 Birds N. Am. 1858, 158. — Cooper & SrcKi.EY, 167. — Dai.l & Bannister, Ch. 

 Ac. I, i, 1869, 275 (Alaska). — FiNscH, Abh. Nat. Ill, 1872, 29 (Alaska). — Samuels, 

 125. — Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 337. —Allen, B. Fla. 300. Mcffacrn/le aJciio», 

 REiCHENn. Handh. Sp. Orn. I, ii, 1851, 25, pi. ccccxii, fig. 3108-9. Is])ida ludm-ici- 

 ana, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 452. ''Alo:do jaguacafe, Dumont, Diet. Sc. Nat. 

 I, 1816, 455 " (Cassin). '' Alcrdn ffvnev, Vieillot, Nonv. Diet. XIX, 1818, 406," 

 (Cas.sin). Streptoccryh alcyon, Cabams, Mus. Hein. II, 151, 



Sp. Char. Head with a long crest. Above ashy-blue, without metallic lustre. Beneath, 

 with a concealed band across the occiput, and a spot anterior to the eye. pure white. 

 A band across the breast, and the sides of the body under the wings, like the back. 



