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Alcediiiidae. 



1845. Thompson, W. Occurrence of the Belted Kingfisher, Alceclo Alcyon, linn., in 



Ireland. <^ Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. , xvi, 1845, p. 430. 



1846. Newman, E. Occurrence of the Great Belted Kingfisher [Ce:^le alcyon] in Ire- 



land. < Zoologist, iv, 1846, p. 1212. 



1846. Thompson, W. Additional note on the Belted Kingfisher, Alcedo Alcyon, Linn., 

 ohtained in Ireland. <^ Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., xvii, 1846, pp. 69, 70. 



1852. Cassin, J. Catalogue | of the | Halcyonidse | in the collection of | the Acad- 

 emy of Natural Sciences | of Philadelphia. | <^ Fublished with the Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci.Fhila., Yol.Yi; dated Nov. 1, 1852; not paged. Also separately, 8to, 

 foil. 10. 

 Synonymatio. 



1863. SCHLEGEL, H. Alcedines. <^Miis. Hist. Nat. Paijs-Bas, 3" livr., Mai, 1863, pp. 

 1-52. 



The Kingfishers are all ranged in two genera, Alcedo and Dacelo, corresponding nearly with 

 the subfamilies of other authors ; there being treated of the former 32 spp., and 46 of the latter, 

 represented by a total of 544 specimens in the Leyden Museum. A. pioturata, p. 16; Dacelo 

 grayi, p. 37, spp. nn. 



See same author at 1874. 



1868. Endicott, W. E. The Belted Kingfisher [Ceryle alcyon]. <C, Am. Nat., ii, 1868, 

 p. 218. 

 Note on the mode of nesting. 

 1868. Fowler, A. The Belted Kingfisher [Ceryle alcyon]. <^m. Nat., ii, 1868, pp. 

 403-405. 

 On the breeding-habits, nest and eggs. 



1868. March, P. G. Kingfisher's [Ceryle alcyon] Nest again [with reference to pre- 

 ceding accounts in the same Journal]. <^ Ain. Nat., ii, 1868, p. 490. 

 Description of two nests. 



1868-71. Sharpe, E. B. A Monograph | of | the Alcedinid*: | or, | Family of King- 

 fishers. I By I E.B. Sharpe, F.L. S. &c., | Librarian to the Zoological Society 

 of London, Member of the German Ornithologists' Society, &c., &c. | — | 

 Perque dies placidos hiberno tempore septem | Incubat alcyone pendentibus 

 aequore nidis. | Ovid, Met. xi. 745. | — | London: | published by the author. 

 I — I 1868-71. 1 vol. 4to. not paged, plates not numbered. Title, 1 1. ; 

 dedication, 1 1. ; contents, list of plates and introduction, pp. i-lxxii, with 1 

 plate of generic details and 1 map. Text, unpaged, 304 pp. Plates, unnum- 

 bered, 120. Index, pp. i-xii. List of subscribers, 1 page. Published in 15 

 parts, 1868-1871, as follows :— 



Parti, July 1, 1868; II, Oct. 1, 1868; m, Jan. 1, 1869; IV, Apr. 1, 1869; V, July 1, 1869; 

 YI, Oct. 6, 1869 ; Vn, Jan. 1, 1870 ; VrU, Apr. 1, 1870 ; IX, July 1, 1870 ; X, XI, Oct. 1, 1870; 

 XII, K"ov. 1, 1870; Xni, Dec. 1, 1870; XIV, XV, Jan. 1, 1871; the last containing the per- 

 manent title, introduction, and other furnishings. 

 According to the table of contents the pages and plates are citable as foUows : 

 Alcedo ispida, p. 1, pi. 1 ; leyigalensiis, p. 11, pi. 2 ; grandis, p. 19, pi. 3 ; malaccensis, p. 21, pi. 4; 

 asiatica, p. 23, pi. 5 ; quadribrachys, p. 25, pi. 6 ; semitorquata, p. 27, pi. 7 ; euryzona, p. 29, pi. 8 ; 

 beryllina, p. 31, pi. 9. Corythomis vintzioides, p. 33, pi. 10 ; cHstata, p. 35, pi. 11 ; cceruleocephala, 

 p. 39, pi. 12. Alcyone azurea, p. 41, pi. 13 ; pulchra, p. 45, pi. 14 ; diemensis, p. 47 (no pi.) ; les- 

 soni, p. 49, pi. 15 ; afflnis, p. 51, pi. 15 ; pusilla, p. 53, pi. 16 ; cyanopectus, p. 55, pi. 17. Ceryle 

 guttata,^. 57, pi. 18; lugubris,j). 59 (no pi.): riidis,j). 61, pi. 19; maxima, j). 67, pi. 20 ; sharpii, 

 p. 71, pi. 21 ; torquata, p. 73, pi. 22 ; stellata, p. 77 (no pi.) ; alcyon, p. 79, pi. 23 ; amazoma, p. 83, 

 pi. 24; cabanisi, p. 87, pi. 25; americana, p. 89, pi. 26 ; inda, p. 91, pi. 27 ; supereiliosa, p. 93, pi. 

 28. Pelargopsis melanorhyncha, p. 95, pi. 29; amauroptera, p. 97, pi. 30; leucocupilla, p. 99, pi. 

 31 ; gouldi, p. 101, pi. 32 ; fraseri, p. 103, pi. 33 ; gurial, p. 105, pi, 34; 'malaccensis, p. 107 (no pi.) ; 

 burmanica,-p. 109, pi. 35: floresiana, p. Ill, pi. 36. Oeyx philippensis, p. 113, pi. 37; solitaria. 



