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LITERATURE. 



as new — le Martin-chasseur de Salusse, afterwards found to be Dacelo cervina, Gould, ant, 

 the Acteno'ide variSe, which was named in the text Actenoidcs variegata, but had been pre- 

 viously described by Prince Bonaparte as Actenoides hombroni. 



Puciierax, Dr. Etudes sur les Types peu connus du Musee de Paris. (Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 

 1853, p. 384.) 



A very valuable essay on the types in the Paris Museum. 



a. Types of Cuvier. 



Ceijx purpureus comprises two distinct species, viz. Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.), and C. riifi- 

 dorsa, Strickl. 



Alcedo vestita is not recognized by Dr. Pucheran, but is evidently Ceryle amazonia. 

 Alcedo ruficeps is Halcyon cinnamomeus (lege cinnamomina). 



Alcedo albicilla is supposed by Dr. Pucheran to be different from Halcyon saurophaga of 

 Gould, but in my opinion is identical. 



b. Types of Vieillot. 

 Alcedo ccerulescens is the A. biru of Horsfield. 



Alcedo australasiw is H. coronata, Miiller. Both of Vieillot's names stand. 



c. Types of Lesson. 

 Alcedo azureus is A. semitorquata, Swains. 



Dacelo albicilla is Alcedo albicilla of Cuvier, and the var. a and b of Lesson are only the 

 young of the same bird. 



Dacelo actceon is Halcyon semicwrulea (Gm.) apud Pucheran ; but as the type is from 

 the Cape- Verde Islands it must belong to the closely allied but larger H. erythrogastra 

 (Temm.). 



Mullee, Baron J. W. von. Beitrage zur Ornithologie Afrika's. Folio. Stuttgart, 1853, 

 1854. 



Halcyon dry as is figured (Lief. iii.). 



BoNAPAETE, C. L. Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum. 8vo. 1854 (p. 9). 



A brief synopsis of the family is given, the number of genera recognized being 26. The 

 paper is full of errors as regards the correct types of the different genera. 



Callalcyon is a new genus, recognized as such for the first time, although previously used 

 as a subgenus in the ' Conspectus.' 



Cancrophaga is a new genus for the reception of the African Halcyones. The type is 

 //. badia, Ycrreaux. Halcyon cancrophaga (Lath.) is proposed to be called Cancrophaga 

 lathami. Unfortunately, however, Latham's species cannot be identified. 



Cyanalcyon is a new genus. Type C. pyrrhopygia (Gould). 



