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niWIIMII, J. F. General Zoology, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D., &c. Vol. xiii. 

 part 2. Aves: 8vo. 1S25. 



A very fair resume of the species of Kingfishers, those of Swainson and Temminck 

 described up to the present date being included. 



Cms luzoniensis is the name proposed for Shaw's Alcedo tridactyla. It is the true Ceyx 

 tridactyla (Pall.). 



Vieillot, L. P. Galerie des Oiseaux, 4to, vol. i. Paris, 1825. 

 Alcedo cinereifrons is figured (pi. 1ST). 

 Alcedo gigantea is figured (pi. 188). 



Jardine. Sir W., and Selbt, P. J. Illustrations of Ornithology. 4 vols. 4to. 1825-1839. 



Ceyx azurea is figured (pi. 55. fig. 1). 



Ceyx tridactyla is figured (pi. 55. fig. 2). This is the true C. rufdorsa, Strickl. 

 Halcyon sanctus, ad. et juv., are figured (pis. 96, 97). 

 Halcyon macleayi is a new species, figured (pis. 100, 101). 



Riitell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika. Vogel bearb. von Dr. Ch. Cretz- 

 schmar. Folio. Frankfurt a. Main, 1S26. 

 Dacelo pygmaa. Cretzsch., is a new species from Kordofan and Eastern Abyssinia. It is 



the Alcedo chclicuti of Stanley. 



Lesson*. R. P. Voyage autour du Monde sur la Corvette 'La Coquille.' Zoologie, vol. i. 



4to. Paris, 1S26 (p. 684). 

 Syma is a new genus. The type is Syma torotoro, sp. n., from New Guinea. 

 Dacelo macrorhinus is a new species from New Guinea. 

 Alcedo vagans is a new species from New Zealand. 



Vigors, N. A., and Horsfield, Tnos. Description of the Australian Birds in the Collection 

 » of the Linnean Society. (Trans. Linn. Soc xv. p. 170, 1S27.) 

 " Dacelo leachii. Lath. MSS.," is described as a new species for the first time. 



Halcyon sanctus is a new species. 



Lesson*, R. P. Sur le genre Todirhamphus. (Mem. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, hi. p. 11, 



1828.) 



The full description of the genus is given. The type is T. divinus, Less., —T. veneratus 

 (Lath.). This and T. tutus compose the known members of the genus. 



Boie. F. Bemerkungen viber mehrere neue Vogelgattungen. (Isis. 1S28. p. 312.) 

 The genus & ryle is founded. The type is C. rudis. 



Vk, r.>. N. A. On Birds from the Himalayan Mountains. (P. Z. S. 1830. p. 22.) 



Alcedo guttatus is a new species. 



