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Alcedo aurea is the name given to the bird figured by Vosmaer (Nat. Besch. Vog. pi. 2). 

 It is a Galbula. 



Boddaeet, P. Table des Planches Enlumineez d'Histoire Naturelle de M. Daubenton : folio. 

 Utrecht, 1783. 



In this work, which is extremely rare, names are given to Buffon's plates. 



Alcedo gigas (p. 40) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 663). 



Alcedo fusca (p. 54) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 894). 



Alcedo pileata (p. 41) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 673). 



Alcedo guttata (p. 42) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 679). 



Alcedo rubra (p. 48) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 778. fig. 2). 



Todus pictus (p. 49) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 783. fig. 1). 



Alcedo chloris (p. 49) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 783. fig. 2). 



Alcedo javana (p. 47) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 757). 



Alcedo nigra (p. 22) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 756. fig. 1). This name must surely 

 have been a misprint. 



Alcedo viridirufa (p. 36) is a new species (ex Buff. pi. 592). 



Scopoli, J. A. Delicise Floras et Faunae Insubricse, Pars 2, folio. Ticini, 1786. 



Latin titles are given to the birds described by Sonnerat in his ' Voyages.' They are as 

 follows : — 



Alcedo coromandeliana, Scop, (ex Sonn. Voy. Ind. ii. p. 212, pi. 118)=Merops coromandus 

 (Lath.). 



Alcedo albiventris, Scop, (ex Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. p. 64, pi. 31)=Halcyon albiventris (Scop.). 

 Alcedo tridactyla, Scop, (ex Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. p. 66, pi. 32) = Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.)] 

 Alcedo collaris, Scop, (ex Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. p. 67, pi. 33)= Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 

 Alcedo undulata, Scop, (ex Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. p. 170, pi. 10Q)=Dacelo gigas (Bodd.). 



Gmelin, O. F. Linnsei Systema Naturse, torn. i. 8vo, 1788 (p. 447). 



In this work all the Linnean species are enumerated, and titles given to Latham's species 

 described in the ' General Synopsis.' 



Alcedo orientalis is the name proposed for Latham's " Eastern Kingfisher." This bird I 

 cannot determine. 



Alcedo sunnamensis is proposed for Latham's " Surinam Kingfisher." It is Alcedo inda, L. 

 Alcedo purpurea (ex Latham's "Purple Kingfisher ")= Alcedo tridactyla, Pall. 

 Alcedo cceruleocephala (ex Latham's "Blue-headed Kingfisher ")= Alcedo galerita, Mull. 

 Alcedo bengalensis is a new species founded on Latham's " Indian Kingfisher." 

 Alcedo leucorhyncha (ex Latham's " White-billed Kingfisher "). Indeterminable. 

 Alcedo brasiliensis (ex Latham's " Brazilian Kingfisher "). Indeterminable. 

 Alcedo americana is a new species founded on the " White and Green Kingfisher " of 

 Latham. 



Alcedo bicolor (ex Latham's "Rufous and Green Kingfisher")=yl/m/o inda (L.). 



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