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takes his English names from a plate of Edwards (vol. i. pi. 8). On turning to this bird I 

 find that it is not a recognizable species. It would do for Pelargopsis amauroptera, but for 

 the fact of the black depicted on the wing. It looks like a manufactured bird, made up of 

 the above-mentioned Pelargopsis with the body of some African species, perhaps H. senega- 

 lensis or //. dryas. Latham refers as a synonym of this bird to the Grand Martin-pecheur de 

 Madagascar of Buffon (PI. Enl. 232). This, however, is a good species, and bears the name 

 of Halcyon qularis (Kuhl) ; var. B of his Smyrna Kingfisher (from Albin's marvellous figure, 

 vol. iii. pL 28) is the true II. smymensis. 



8. White-headed Kingfisher (ex Buff. Ois. vii. p. 190). 9. Crab-eating Kingfisher (ex 

 Buff. Ois. vii p. 183); (a) var. A (ex Linn. S. N. i. p. 180)=//. senegalensis (L.); (b) var. B 

 ex ins. St. Jago=/7. erythrogastra (Temm.) ; (c) var. C (ex Buff. Ois. vii. p. 194)=jE semi- 

 coerulea (Forsk.). 10. Wliite-collared Kingfisher. 11. Green-headed Kingfisher, " Bouru " 

 | ex Buff. Ois. vii. p. 190). 12. Sacred Kingfisher (descr. orig.), ex ins. Soc. ; cum var. A= 

 //. saa-a (Gm.), ad. ; var. B (pi. xxvii.), " Ulietea" (=H. sancta,'V. & H.) ; var. C, " New 

 Zealand "=//. vagans (Less.); var. D, ex Sonn. Voy. p. 67, t. 33,=#. chloris (Bodd.). 13. 

 Venerated Kingfisher, " Apye" {descr. orig.). 14. Respected Kingfisher (descr. orig.). 15. 

 Black-capped Kingfisher (ex Buff. Ois. vii. p. 189) ; var. A, ex Sonn. Voy. p. 65, t. 31,= 

 //. albiventris (Scop.). 1G. Common Kingfisher (A. ispida, L.), var. A, Le Martin Pescheur 

 du Senegal, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 485, no. 7. pi. 39. fig. 1. 17. Bed-headed Kingfisher (A. 

 erithaca, L.) ; var. A = Ceyw tridactyla. 18. Purple Kingfisher. 19. Rufous Kingfisher 

 (A. madagascariensis, L.). 20. Blue-headed Kingfisher (ex Buff. Ois. vii. p. 198). 21. 

 Indian Kingfisher (ex Buff. Ois. vii. p. 201). 22. Crested Kingfisher (A. cristata, L.); var. 

 A, ex Seba (=Coryfhomis cyanostigma (Riipp.). 23. Eastern Kingfisher (ex Brisson). 24. 

 Ternate Kingfisher (A. dea, L.). 25. Cayenne Kingfisher (ex Brisson). 26. Cinereous King- 

 fisher (A. torquata, L.). 27. Belted Kingfisher, var. A; var. N—A. alcyon, L. ; var. C is 

 indeterminable. 28. Brazilian Spotted Kingfisher. 29. Rufous and Green Kingfisher (ex 

 Huff. Ois. vii. p. 215)=Ccryle inda (L.). 30. White and Green Kingfisher, " Cayenne,"= 

 Ceryle americana (Gm.). 31. Brazilian Kingfisher (ex Brisson). 32. Spotted Kingfisher 

 (ex Edwards, pi. 3o5)=Ceryle inda (L.). 33. Surinam Kingfisher (ex Fermin, Voy. Surin. 

 ii. p. 181)= Ceryle inda (L.). 34. Supercilious Kingfisher (A. superciliosa, L.). 35. White- 

 hilled Kingfisher (ex Seba). 36. Three-toed Kingfisher. 



Fokskal, P. Descriptiones Animalium, ed. Niebuhr, 4to, 1778 (p. 2). 

 Alccdo semicajrulea is described as a new species from Yemen, in Arabia. 



M llhr, P. L. S. Linne vollstandiges Natursystem, &c, 8vo, 1776. 



Ah cdo rubra is the name assigned to the bird figured by Vosmaer(Nat. Besch. Vog. pi. 3). 

 It is a (hilhiila. 



Alccdo galcrita is the name given to the bird figured by Buffon (PI. Enl. 356. fig. 1). 

 This name stands. 



Alccdo IcKcoccphala is the name given to the bird figured by Buffon (PI. Enl. 356. fig. 2). 



It is the Alccdo sctn/ca rulea of Forskal. 



