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LITEEATUEE. 



Forster, J. R. Descriptiones Animalium, curante H. Lichtenstein. 8vo. Berolini, 1844. 

 Alcedo cyanea is a new species. It is Halcyon vagans (Less.). 



TsCHUDI, J. J. von. Untersuchungen iiber die Fauna Peruana. Folio. St. Gallen, 1844-46 



(p. 253). 



Alcedo cabanisii, " Linn.," is a new species. I have followed ornithologists generally in 

 giving Heir von Tschudi credit for this species, as I can hardly suppose that the celebrated 

 German ornithologist after whom it is named was known to Linnaeus ! It is, of course, a 

 lajisus calami, but it reads curiously. 



Blyth, E. Notices and Descriptions of various new or little-known Species of Birds. 



(J. A. S. B. xiv. 1845, p. 190.) 

 Alcedo grandis is a new species, from Darjiling. 



Gould, J. Descriptions of eleven new Species of Australian Birds. (P. Z. S. 1846, p. 19.) 

 Alcyone pulchra is a new species from Port Essington. 

 Alcyone diemenensis is a new species from Tasmania. 



Blyth, E. Notices and Descriptions of various new or little-known Species of Birds. 

 (J. A. S. B. xv. 1846, p. 11.) 

 Alcedo moluccensis is a new species. 



Todirhamphus occipitalis is a new species from the Nicobars. It is probably H. chloris, 

 but may prove to be distinct. 



Gray, G. R., and Mitchell, D. G. Genera of Birds, vol. i. Small folio. 1846-47. 



A resume of the family is given, the genera being as follows : — Dacelo, with 6 species ; 

 Tanysiptera, with 2 species; Halcyon, with 48 species; Ceyx, with 2 species; Alcedo, with 

 19 species, six of which are considered doubtful; Alcyone, with 6 species; and Ceryle, with 

 15 species, one of which is doubtful, and four very doubtful. Of the eleven Kingfishers thus 

 enumerated as irrecognizable by Mr. Gray, I have been able to make out four satisfactorily. 

 The plates, for which alone Mr. Mitchell is responsible, represent the young of Halcyon 

 lindsayi and Ispidina picta. Figures of the characters of the various genera are also given. 



Blyth, E. Report of Curator, Zoological Department. (J. A. S. B. xvi. 1847, p. 1180.) 



Alcedo nigricans is a new species. 



Kaup, J. Die Familie der Eisvogel (Alcedida>). Svo. Darmstadt, 1848. 

 Megaceryle is proposed as a subgenus for the reception of Ceryle guttata &c. 

 (Jhloroceryle for the reception of C. superciliosa &c. 

 Cittura for Dacelo cyanotis. 



Corythomis is a new genus, the type of which is Alcedo nais, sp. n., described from a 

 specimen in the British Museum. It is the young Corythomis galerita. 

 Ispidina is a new genus, the type being /. picta (Bodd.). 



Ispidina nitida is also a new species, the type of which is in the British Museum. It is 



Ispidina natalensis (Smith). 



