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LITEEATURE. 



Alcedo maculata (ex Latham's " Brazilian Spotted Kingfisher") is not recognizable. 

 Alcedo cayennensis (ex Latham's " Cayenne Kingfisher "). Not distinguishable. 

 Alcedo atricapilla (ex Latham's " Black-capped Kingfisher ") = A pileata, Bodd. 

 Alcedo atricapilla, var. (3 (ex Sonnerat)=A albiventris (Scop.). 

 Alcedo venerata is a new species founded on Latham's " Venerated Kingfisher." 

 Aleedo sacra is a new species founded on Latham's " Sacred Kingfisher." 

 Alcedo sacra, var. /3, is the adult A. sacra. 



Alcedo sacra, var. y (ex Latham's " Sacred Kingfisher," var. B)=E. sancta, V. & H. 

 Alcedo sacra, var. S (ex Latham's "Sacred Kingfisher," var. C)=E. vagans, Gray. 

 Alcedo sacra, var. e (ex Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. p. 67, pi. 33)=A chloris, Bodd. 

 Alcedo chlorocephala (ex Latham's "Green-headed Kingfisher ")=A. chloris, Bodd. 

 A /redo ccerulea (ex Latham's "White-collared Kingfisher"). Indeterminable with cer- 

 tainty. 



Alcedo fusca (ex Latham's "Great Brown Kingfisher ") = Alcedo gigas, Bodd. 

 Alcedo maxima (ex Latham's " Great African Kingfisher ")= Alcedo maxima, Pall. 

 Alcedo maxima, var. fi=Ceryle maxima (Pall.). 



Alcedo leucocephala is a new species. It is Latham's " White-headed Kingfisher." 



Alcedo fiavicans is described for the first time. The subject of the description (though 

 the fact is not acknowledged) is the bird called Ten-rou-joulon by the natives of Celebes 

 (rf. Buff. Ois. vii. p. 191). The whole story appears a fabrication. 



Alcedo novce guineas (ex Latham's " New Guinea Kingfisher "). Indeterminable. 



Alcedo (vgyptiaca (ex Latham's " Egyptian Kingfisher "). Indeterminable. 



Alcedo grandis (ex Latham's " Great Jacamar") is a Galbula. 



Latham, Dr. Index Omithologicus, 4to, 1790 (p. 245). 



In this volume the author brings the synopsis of the Kingfishers down to the time of 

 writing, and here he first assigns Latin appellations. For most of the birds, however, 

 d< scribed by him in the 'General Synopsis' Gmelin had already given names, which are 

 allowed by Latham in the present ' Index.' I shall therefore only give the few titles which 

 are here assigned for the first time. 



Alcedo gigamtea (ex "Great Brown Kingfisher" of the 'General §ya.o-ps\s')= Alcedo 

 gigas, Bodd. 



Alcedo cancrophaga (" Crab-eating Kingfisher"). Indeterminable. 



Alcedo OOTOmamda is the name proposed for Sonnerat's Martin-Pecheur violet de la cote 



de Coromandel. 



Alcedo amazonia is the name proposed for the "Amazonian Kingfisher" (Lath. Suppl. to 

 Syn. p. 11G). 



Shaw and Nodder. Vivarium Naturae, or 'The Naturalist's Miscellany,' 24 vols. 8vo. 



1790-1813. 

 Alcedo cristata is figured (vol. i. pi. 15). 

 Alcedo iepida is figured (vol. iv. pi. 129). 



