ALCEDO BIRU. 
Ord. W e Les Passereaux, Cuvier. 2^ Division. Les Syndactyles. 
Ord. VII 1 ?* Alciones, Temminek 
Ord. II. Pic*, Sect III. Pedibus gressoriis, Linn. Syst. 
Ord. II. Ahbulatores, Uliger. Fam. 6. Angulirostres. 
ALCEDO, Linn. Lath Cm. Temm. IMiger, %c. 
Char. Gen. — Rostrum capite longius, rectum, porrectum, validum, tetragono- 
compressum, acuminatum, acutum, culmine subdistincto, dorsato, recto, gonyde, 
ascendente, mandibulis subaequalibus. Tomia subtilissime incisulo-fimbriata. 
Vibrissm nullae. 
Karen in basi maxillae prope culnien sitae, supeme tectae, inferne rima longitudinali 
patentes. Lingua brevis, carnosa, plana, fere sagittata. 
Pedes breves, congrui, gressorii, tibia inferius denudata. Tarsus digiti medii 
dimidium tantum aequans. Digiti antiei externi subasquales, coadunati apice 
discreti, interims dimidio brevior, interdum nullus. Unguis medius acie 
interna dilatata. Acrotarsia obsolete, acrodactyla apertius scutulata. (HUger.) 
# liostro gracili } culmine carinato. 
Alcedo subazurea nitore tlialassino, remigibus interne caudaque subtus fuscis, 
gula jugulo abdomine macula colli laterali alisque subtus albis. 
Meninting-watu seu Burung-Biru, of the Javanese* 
Alcedo Biru, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. Vol. 
XIII. p. 175. 
IN the Systematic Catalogue of Birds from Java, which was printed in the 
XHIth Volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society, the views of 51. Tem- 
minek regarding Alcedo were adopted. When the Catalogue was prepared, the 
examination of the various species from that Island, suggested clearly a division of 
