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5. Mayville, New York, 18th May. RadcliiFe Saunders Coll. 

 2. Massachusetts (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. New Jersey, 8th May ( W. E. D. Princeton University, N.J. 



Scott). ' [E.J. 



2. St. Croix, W. Indies (A. fy E. Seebohm Coll. 



Newton) . 



Ceryle amazona (Lath.). 



Ceryle amazonia, Sharps, Mon. Alcedinidee, p. 83 (1869). 



Ceryle amazona, Sol. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 27 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 129 (1892) ; Salo. f Godm. Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer., Aves, ii. p. 475 (1895); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 160 

 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 50 (1900); von Ihering, Rev. Mus. 

 Paulista, iv. p. 260 (1900). 



Four eggs of the Amazon Green Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 1-24 by 1 ; 1-2 by 1-03 ; 1-25 by -96 ; 1-23 by -99. 



3. British Honduras, 25th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. Blancaneaux). 



1. S. America. Crowley Bequest. 



Ceryle septentrionalis, Sharpe. 



Ceryle americana, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. Ill, pi. iv. fig. 53 



(1856). _ 



Ceryle cabanisi, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidte, p. 87 (1868). 

 Ceryle americana, var. cabinisi, Baird, Breiver 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, ii. p. 396 (1874). 

 Ceryle septentrionalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. p. 134 (1892) ; id. 



Hand-l. ii. p. 50 (1900). 

 Ceryle americana septentrionalis, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 39, pi. i. fig. 4 (1895). 



Pour eggs of the Texan Green Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 92 by -73; -91 by 73 : '95 by '73 ; -94 by '74. 



4. S. Antonio, Texas, 16th March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. P. Attwater}. 



2. Mazatlan, Mexico, 24th May Crowley Bequest. 



(-4. Forrer). 



Genus ALCEDO, Linn. 



The eggs of the species of this genus are perhaps more nearly 

 spherical in shape than those of the other members of this family. 

 They are also extremely glossy. 



Alcedo ispida, Linn. 



Alcedo ispida, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. xiii. fig. 2 (1845-54); 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Yog. tab. ii. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; Hewitson, Eygs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 255, pi. Ixiv. fig. i (1856) ; Sharpe, Mon. 

 Alcedinidce, p. 1 (1870) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 113 (1875): 

 Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 292 (1878) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 341, 

 pi. 18 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 141 (1892) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iii. p. 122 (1895) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. 

 Birds, p. 168, pi. 48 fig. 7 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 50 (1900). 



