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CATALOGUE OF 



Division 2. Syndactyli. Cuvier. 



GENUS 1. MEROPS. Linnceus. 



Sp. 1. M. API ASTER. Linnceus. 



Syn. Merops Apiaster, Wils. Ray, Gmel. Lath. M. Chrysocephalus, 

 Lath. Le Guipier Vulgaire, Temm. Le Guipier, Buff. 

 Yellow-Throated Bee-eater, Lath. Bee-eater, Lath. Mont. 

 Shaw, Bewick. 



Division 3. Alcyones. Temminck. 



GENUS 1. ALCEDO. Ray. 



Sp. 1. A. ISPIDA. Ray. 



Syn. Alcedo Ispida, Linn. Ray, Will. Gmel. Lath. Briss. Le 

 Baboucard, and Le Martin Pechenr, Buff. Martin Pecheur 

 Alcyon, Temm. Kingfisher, English Authors. 



ORDER HI. SCANSORES. Stephens, 

 LES GRIMPEURS. Cuvier. 



GENUS 1. Picus. Linnceus. 



Sp. 1. P. MARTIUS. Linnceus.* 



* In most modern Catalogues, the claims of this bird to a place in the British 

 Fauna have been considered doubtful. A notice, however, was read before the Linnean 

 Society, November 17, 1835, by Mr. White, of a specimen shot near Billingford, Norfolk. 



