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1. Ceetle AiCYON. The Belted Kingfisher. 



Alcedo alcvon, Linn. S. N. i. p. 180 ; Thompson, Ann. ^ Mag. 



Nat. mk. 1844, p. 430, 1845, p. 69, & 1846, p. 313. 

 Ceryle alcyon, Boie, Ms, 1828, p. 316. 

 Ispida alcyon. Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 336. 

 The Belted Kingfisher, Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 3. ii. p. 236, fig. 



WiU. Amer. Orn. pi. 23. f. 1 ; PI. Enl. 715. 



(Ireland.) 



(?)ii. GAiBtrLiN.a;. 



(?)1. GALBULA. 

 Galbula, Mceh: (1752). 

 Alcedo'' (pars), Linn. (1756). 



(?) 1. Gaibtjla euficatjda. The Rufous-taUed Jacamar. 



Galbula ruflcauda, Cuv. Eig. An. (1829) i. p. 447. 

 Jacamar, Tristram, in Zool. 1853, p. 3906. 



(Loughton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.) 



Fam. V. MEROPIDtE. 



i. Meropin^. 

 1. MEROPS. 



Merops, Unn, S. N. (1756). 

 Ispida (pars), Linn. S. N. (1735). 

 Apiaster, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 532 (1760). 



1. Merops apiaster. The Common Bee-eater. 



Merops apiaster, Linn.Mus.Ad.Fr. ii. p. 21; Temm. Man. d'Orn. 



(1815) p. 260; Brehm, Tog. Deutsehl. i. p.' 147; Plem. Brit. 



An. p. 90 ; Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. An. p. 156 ; Naum. Vog. 



Deutsehl. (1826) v. p. 462, 1. 143 ; Maegill. Hist. Brit. B. iii. 



p. 685 ; Eyton, Cat. Brit. B. p. 28 ; Pr. Bonap. Oeogr. Comja. 



List of B.Tp.9; Keys. ^ Bl. Wirhdth. Eur. p. 35 ; Sehleg. Bev. 



Grit, des Ois. d'Eur. p. 52 ; O. R. Q-ray, Gen. of B. i. p. 86. 

 Merops chrysocephalus, Omel. 8. N. i. p. 463. 

 Merops sohseghagha, ForsTc. Faun. Arab. 1. 

 Merops hungariee, Brehm, Vog. Deutsehl. i. p. 146, 1. 11. f. 1. 

 Bee-eater, Mont. Orn. Diet. ; Tarr. Brit. B. ed. 2. ii. p. 217, fig. ; 



id. ed. 3. ii. p. 222, fig. 

 Common Bee-eater, Penn. Brit. Zool. (1812) i. p. 339 ; Sdby, 



Orn. Diet. i. p. 123. 



PI. Ed. 938 ; Oould, B. of Eur. pi. 59. 



a. ■ ? Presented by Major-Gen. T. Hardwicke. 



h. Devonshire. Presented by Addis Archer, Esq. 



