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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



subregion generally, extending to the Philippine Islands, where an aberrant form occurs. 

 It is doubtful whether the Philippine species of Alcyone really does not belong to Ceyx, so 

 that true Alcyone may be said to be confined to the Australian Region. 



Range of the Species. 



1. A. azurea. Spread over the entire Australian continent. 



2. A. pulchra. Coexistent with A. azurea in the northern portion of Australia, and 

 perhaps replacing it to the north-west. 



3. A. diemenensis. The representative of A. azurea in Tasmania. 



4. A. lessoni. Inhabits New Guinea and the Aru Islands. 



5. A. qffinis. The representative of A. lessoni in Batchian and Gilolo. 



6. A. pusilla. The smallest species of the genus, inhabiting the northern portion of 

 Australia, extending over the Papuan Islands as far north as Gilolo. 



7. A. cyanopectus. Confined to the Philippine Islands; but the precise locality is 

 unknown. 



Table of the Geographical Distribution of the Genus Alcyone. 





Indian 

 Region. 



Australasian Eegion. 



Moluccan Group. 



Papuan Group. 



Australia. 



Philip- 

 pines. 



Batchian. 



Gilolo. 



New 

 Guinea. 



Aru 

 Islands. 



Australia 

 generally. 



North 

 Australia. 



Van Diemen's 

 Land. 















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Genus 4. Ceryle. 

 Range of the Genus. 



Over the whole of the New World, where it is the only form of Kingfisher. In the Old 

 World it ranges over the whole of the Ethiopian and Indian Regions, extending within the 

 limits of the Palearctic Region in the south and north-east only. Does not extend into the 

 Australian Region at all. 



The various groups, each of which possesses a peculiar style of plumage, as pointed out 

 (antea, p. viii), have all been separated into distinct genera at one time or another ; and it 

 may be useful to make use of these divisions in the present instance, as geographical pecu- 

 liarities are exemplified by some of the divisions of the genus here indicated. 



