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LITEEATUEE. 



Gould, J. Description of Ceryle sharpii, a new Species fromt he Gaboon. (Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 1869, p. 271.) 

 Ceryle sharpei is described. 



. Description of a new Species of Dacelo from North-western Australia. (P. Z. S. 1869, 



p. 602.) 



Dacelo occidentalis is described. 



Shakpb, R. B. On the Kingfishers of South Africa. (Ibis, 1869, p. 275.) 

 Critical remarks on the Alcedinidm of Mr. Layard's book. 



Salvadobi, T. Monografia del genere Ceyx. (Atti del R. Accad. delle Scienze di Torino, iv. 

 1869, p. 440.) 



Ceycopsis is a new genus. The type is Dacelo fallax of Schlegel. 



Ceyx sharpei is a new species from .Borneo. It is figured, and stated to have been con- 

 founded by Reichenbach under the name of C. tridactyla. 



< cyx innominata is a new species. It is the C. riifidorsa auct, nec Strickl. ; but an 

 examination of the type at Cambridge shows that it is also C. riifidorsa of Strickland (cf. 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 510). 



The above is one of the best papers ever written on any of the genera of the Alcedinidce. 

 and is very exhaustive. 



Sharpe, R. B. Additional Notes on the Genus Ceyx. (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 507.) 

 Critical remarks on Count Salvadori's paper above mentioned. 



. On a new Kingfisher belonging to the Genus Tanysiptera. (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 630.) 



Tanysiptera ellioti is a new species. 



Gray, G. R. Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, Part I. 8vo. 1869. 

 A complete list of Kingfishers is given up to the present date. 



Alcedo hartlaubi is a supposed new species from Ashanti ; but I cannot see the distinctness 

 from true Corythornis <•>/<( nostigma. 



Sharpe, R. B. On the Genus Pelargopsis. (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 61.) 



An attempt to clear up the confusion existing respecting the Kingfishers of the genus 



Pelargopsis. 



P. gouldi is a new species from the Philippines. 



P. fraseri is the P. leucocephala auct., nec Gm., from Java. It is also the true Alcedo 

 capensis of Linnceus ; but as no such bird exists at the Cape of Good Hope, the name 



cannot be retained. 



P. burmanica is a new species. 

 P.Jloresia/na is a new species. 



P. malacceiisis may be regarded as a subspecies of P. gurial, but may have to be separated 



as a species. 



