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HALCYONID^. 



GENUS LIV— ( 



Rostrum longum, crassum, 

 tetragonale, lateratim com- 

 pressum, acutum. 



Cauda brevis. 



Digitus anticus interior nul- 

 lus. 



EYX, Lacepede. 



Bealc long, thick, tetrago- 

 nal, laterally compressed, 

 acute. 



Tail short. 



Inner fore toe wanting. 



The characters which distinguish this genus from 

 the Crab-eaters and Kingsfishers are very trivial ; the 

 necessity of separating it is therefore questionable : the 

 first species is closely allied to Alcedo, and the second 

 to Halcyon. 



Sp. 1. Ce. Luzoniensis. 



Al. tridactyla. Shaw, v. v'liu jj. 104. — Lugonia. 

 Sp. 2. Ce. Azurea. 



Alcedo azurea. Lath. Ind. Orn. Swp. xxxii. Swains. ZooL 

 Illust, pi. 26. — Al. tribrachys. Shaw, v. viii. p. 105. — New Hol- 

 land. 



GENUS LV.— GALBULA, Brisson. JACAMAR. 



BeaJc very long, straight, 

 quadrangular, acute, en- 

 tire. 



Legs short, naked ; the an- 

 terior toes united at the 

 base. 



Rostrum longissimum, rec- 

 tum, quadrangulare, acu- 

 tum, integrum. 



Pedes breves, nudi; digiti 

 antici usque ad medio con- 

 nexi. 



The Jacamars all inhabit the warmer regions of 

 America : the propriety of removing them from the 

 great scansorial group of Authors and associating them 

 with the Kingsfishers cannot be disputed, as they have 



