﻿B 



A MONOGRAPH 



OF 



THE ALCEDINID JE : 



OR, 



FAMILY OF KINGFISHERS. 



BY 



K B. JHARPE, F.L.S., &c, 



LIBRARIAN TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, MEMBER OF THE GERMAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' SOCIETY, &C, &C. 



Perque dies placidos hiberno tempore septem 

 Incubat alcyone pendentibus aequore nidis. 



Ovid, Met. xi. 745. 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 



1868-71. 



