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LITERATURE. 



WALLACE, A. R. On some new or rare Birds from New Guinea. (P. Z. S. 1862, p. 16-4.) 

 Halcyon nigrocyanea is a new species, of which a figure (of the female) is given (pi. xix.). 



. List of Birds collected in the Island of Bouru. (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 18.) 



Tanysiptera acis is a new species. 



Ceyx cajeli is a new species, of which a figure is given. 



A complete list of the species of Tanysiptera is given. 



Schlegel, H. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas — Alcedines. Mai 1863. 



A resume of all the species contained in the great collection at Leyden. The author 

 divides the family into two genera, Alcedo and Dacelo, using the generally accepted genera 

 in a subgeneric rank only. The following points call for remark. Alcedo cyanostigma (p. 11) 

 is considered distinct from A. cristata (auct. nec Linn.), of which it is the young. Alcedo 

 amauroptera is considered to be the same as A. leucocephala; but it is a good species, as 

 Professor Schlegel now freely admits. 



Alcedo picturata is a new species from South Africa. It is A. natalensis, Smith. 



Alcedo lecontei is not that species, but A. ruficeps, Hartl. 



Dacelo tyro is considered to be a stage of plumage of D. gaudichaudi, but is afterward 

 admitted to be distinct. 



Dacelo grayi is a new species from New Hebrides. It is the Sauropatis juliw, Heine. 



Dacelo sacra is not the true H. sacra, but is Todirhamphus tutus (Gm.). 



Only four species of Tanysiptera are recognized — the single remark we have to make 

 being that, although T. sabrina is united to T. doris, Professor Schlegel had at that time 

 not seen the true T. sabrina, which is from Kaioa. 



Dacelo rubra is Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.). 



Heuglin, Th. von. Ueber Alcedinen und Meropiden Nordost-Afrika's. (Journ. f. Orn. 



1864, p. 329.) 



A list of the Kingfishers of North-eastern Africa is given, with their geographical 

 distribution. 



Schlegel, H. De Vogels van Nederlandsch Indie. Royal 4to. Haarlem, 1864. Mono- 

 graphic 2. Ijsvogels (Martins-pecheurs). 

 A resume in Dutch and French of all the Kingfishers found in the Dutch possessions in 

 the East Indies. It is derived from his former list of Alcedines in the Catalogue of the 

 Leyden Museum, and is accompanied by excellent figures of all the species treated of. 



Pelzeln, A. von. Reise der osterrcichischen Fregatte ' Novara' — Vogel. 4to. Wien, 1865. 

 A list of the species obtained by the Expedition is given. Good notes are published on 



Halcyon chloris and Todirhamphus veneratus. 



Schlegel, H. Observations zoologiques, II. (Nederl. Tydschrift voor de Dierkunde, vol. iii. 



p. 187, 1865-66.) 

 Dacelo fallax is a new species. 



