ALCYOJ^ES. 
Family ALCEDINID^F. (Bonaparte.) 
Genus Alcedo. (Linnceus.) 
Generic Characters . — Beak long, straight, quadrangular, 
pointed, sharp edged, and very rarely depressed. Nostrils 
basal, lateral, obliquely pierced, and almost entirely closed by 
a naked membrane. Beet short, naked above the knee; three 
toes in front, the exterior of which is joined to the middle 
toe as far as the second articulation, and this with the inside 
toe as far as the first articulation. Hind toe broad at its 
base, and its claw the smallest. First and second wing 
primaries shorter than the third, which is the longest in the 
wing. 
BLACK-AND-WHITE KINGFISHEE. 
Alcedo rudis. 
Linn^us. 
Beisson. 
SWAINSON. 
Strickland. 
Boie. Bonaparte. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Alcedo rudis, 
“ ispida. ex albo et nigra varia, 
“ ispida hicinta et hitorquale, 
“ cerylevaria, 
Ceryle rudis, 
Martin-pecheur pie, 
Geschdekter JSisvogel, 
Specific Characters . — Feathers of the occiput long and pointed; 
tail with a broad black band, tipped with white at its end; a 
broad black band across the crop, interrupted in the middle. 
Length from tip of beak to end of tail eleven inches and a half; 
