﻿lviii LITERATURE. 



Smith, Dr. Andrew. On South- African Birds, &c. (S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1836, p. 143.) 



Halcyon swainsonii is a new species. 



Halcyon senegaloides is a new species. (Figured, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 68.) 



Temmi.vck, C. J. Tableau Methodique. Folio. Paris, 1836. 



Alcedo melanoptera is a new species (nec Horsf.). It is A. gularis of Kuhl (p. 75). 

 Alcedo cryt/irogaster is a new species from St. Jago (p. 75). 



BONAPAETB, C. L. On Mexican Birds. (P. Z. S. 1837, p. 108.) 



Ceryle torquata is described as a new species. (This must be in error, as it is the Alcedo 

 torquata of Linnaeus ; but the statement "Ceryle torquata, nob.," is distinct enough in type.) 



Gould, J. On New Australian Birds. (P. Z. S. 1837, p. 142.) 



Halcyon incinctus is a new species, closely allied to Halcyon macleayii. (Afterwards 

 recognized as the female of that species.) 



Burton, Staff-Surgeon. On New Birds from the Collection at Fort Pitt, Chatham. (P. Z. S. 

 1837, p. 89.) 



Ceyx microsoma is a new species. It is Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.) 



SwAiNSON, W. Natural History and Classification of Birds (Cabinet Cycl.), vol. ii. (1837) 



p. 334. 



Syma lessonia is the name proposed for S. torotoro, Less., the reason for the change not 

 being given. 



Alcyone is a new genus. The type is A. australis, Sw., = Alcyone azurea (Lath.). 

 Halcyon rujirostris is named from Buffon's 232nd plate. It is II. gularis (Kuhl). 



Swaixson, W. Birds of West Africa, vol. ii. 12mo. 1837 (p. 93). 



Ispida qigantea is a new species. It is the Alcedo maxima of Pallas. A figure is given 

 (pi. 2); but the back, which is described as "spotted with white," is not thus depicted in 

 the plate. 



Ispida Hcincta is a new species. It is the Ceryle rudis (L.). 



Halcyon torquatus is a new species. It is the Alcedo malimbica of Shaw. 



Halcyon rujiventer is a new species, but is not distinct from the Abyssinian H. semicoerulea. 



Halcyon cyanotis is a new species. It is Ispidina picta (Bodd.). 



GoiLD. J. On the Fissirostres collected by Mr. Darwin. (P. Z. S. 1837, p. 22.) 



Halcyon erythrorhynchvs is a new species from the Island of St. Jago. (It is the //. ery- 



tlirogastra of Temminck.) 



Lafrksnaye. Oiseaux nouveaux. (Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 224.) 



Dacclo rvffulus is a new species. It is the Alcedo madagascariensis of Linnaeus. 



M i i.i.kk, S. Vcrhandelingen over de Naturlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche oberzeesche 

 bezittingen — Land- en Volkenkunde. Folio. Leiden, 1839-44. 

 Halcyon coronatus is a new species (p. 175). 



