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LIST OF OSTEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 



The Sacred Halcyon. Halcyon sanctus. 

 Sternum. South Australia. Presented by His Excellency Capt. 

 G. Grey. 



The Blue-eared Halcyon. Halcyon cyanotis. 

 Skeleton. From M. Frank's collection. 



Ceryle, Boie. 



The Black and White Kingfisher. Ceryle rudis. 

 Sternum. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Alcedo, Linn. 



The Common Kingfisher. Alcedo ispida. 

 Sternum. England. Presented by T. Ingall, Esq. 

 Sternum, young. England. Presented by T. Ingall, Esq. 



The Indian Kingfisher. Alcedo bengalensis. 

 Sternum. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 Skeleton. From M. Frank's collection. 



Alcyone, Swains. 



The Azure Kingfisher. Alcyone azurea. 

 Skeleton. Port Essington. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



Fam. 6. MeropidjE. 



Merops, Linn. 



The Common Bee-eater. Merops apiaster. 

 Sternum. Europe. From M. Lefevre's collection. 

 Skull. Egypt. Presented by Dr. Turnbull Christie. 



Nyctiornis, Swains. 



Atherton's Nyctiornis. Nyctiornis Atherstoni. 

 Sternum. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Tribe 2. Tenuirostres. 

 Fam. 1. UpupidjE. 



Upupa, Linn, 



The Common Hoopoe. Upupa epops. 

 Skeleton. Egypt. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 

 Sternum. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



