ALCEDO. — AMNICOLA. 
Alcedo alcyon add.: Chloroceryle alcyon Sclater, Cat. amer. Birds 264. 
Beavini Waiden, Ann. mag. n. b. 1874. XIII. 158. 
cyanocephala Raffles, Linn. Transact. XIII. 239. = Alcedo euryzona Tem. 
javana add.: Pelargopsis Fraseri Sharpe, Monogr. 103. 
Lecontei add.: Ispidina ruficeps Hartlaub, Ornith. WAfr. 262. 
melanorhyncha add: Pelargopsis melanorbyncha Sbarpe, Monogr. 95; Rbampbal- 
cyon mel. Bonap. Consp. Vol. anis. 9. 
meninting add.: Alcedo Verreauxi Berge, R. Zool. 1851. 
picta add.: Alcedo nitida Gray, Corythornis nitida Bp., Ispidina natalensis 
Sharpe, Ibis 1869. 281. 
ruficeps, = A. Lecontei. 
rufigaster Waiden, Ann. mag. n. h. 1873. XIL 487. = A. Beavini Wald. 
stellata Meyen, add.: Chloroceryle stellata Scl., Ceryle stellata Sharpe, Monogr. 77. 
Alcippe cinerea David, nouv. Arch. Mus. 1872. VII. 66. = A. nipalensis Bl. 
collaris Waiden, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1874. XIV. 156. — Assam. 
Hueti David, Ann. sc. nat. 1874. XIX. 9. — China. 
poecilotis Verreaux, Bull. Arch. Mus. 1870. VI. 33. — China. 
Alcyonides Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. L 83. = Galbula leucotis. 
Alector Bechstein. = Gallus L. 
Alectryon Cabanis, Ersch Grub. Encycl. 1 sect. LXIII. 221. = Euplocamus ery- 
throphthalmus , Eu. purpureus. Eu. pyronotus. 
Alectryopelia. = Columba L. 
Alethe castanota Sharpe, Cat. afr. Birds 1871. — Fantee. 
Aletornis gracilis, nobilis, pernix, venustus Marsh, amer. Journ. Sc. 3 ser. IV. 
256. Gen. spec. tert. Grallatorum. 
Allotrius Sophiae Verreaux, Nov. Arch. Mus. 1872. VII. 8. 64. — Kokonor. 
A. xanthochloris Hodgson, var. pallida David. 
Alseonax ferrugineus Jerdon, Ibis 1872. 124. = Hemichelidon rufilata Swinh. 
latirostris Cab. == Hemichelidon latirostris Gr. 
Alsoeus Kaup. = Sylvia leucopogon. 
Amadina bivittata. = Donacola bivittata Reichb. — Australia. 
ßaviprymna Gray. = A. castaneothorax. $ 
Jagori Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1872. 317. (Oxycerca.) — - Luzon. 
Kelaarti Blyth. — Ceylon. 
nitens Swains, add.: Fringilla aethiops Gm., Hypochera chalybeata Gr. 
notata Müller, Pl. enl. 224. Fig. 2. = Fringilla melanoleuca Gm. — Java. 
optata Hartlaub. — Finsch, Journ. Ornith. 1872. 44 1 1 Spec. del. 
punctata del.: Fringilla punicea Horsf. 
punctipennis Bianconi. — Amadina rufidorsalis. 
punctularia add.: Fringilla undulata Müller, Pl. enl. 139. Fig. 1. 
rubinigra add.: Padda verecunda Reichb. Singv. 
Amandava Reichenbach, ausl. Singv. 15. = Estrilda amandava Bl. 
Amaurodryas albotaeniata Meyer, Wien. Sitzgsber. 1874. LXIX. 498. — Jobi. 
Leucophantes brachyurus Sclater. 
cerviniventris, hypoleuca, vittata Meyer, I. c. — Jobi. 
Amazilia Devillei, A. Dumerili Gould. — Hylocharis Mariae. 
Lessoni Mulsant. = Polytmus cyanocephalus. 
viridig aster , viridiventris. = Hylocharis viridiventris. 
Amblycorax violaceus Bonaparte, Cpt. rend. 1853. = Corvus violaceus Bp. 
Amblyornis Elliot, Ibis 1872. 112. = Ptilorhynchus inornatus Sehl. 
Billshort, thick, culmen much curved ; gonys nearly straight; nostrils partly hidden 
by the feathers of the forehead, which are soft and flexible. A few short bristles pro- 
ject forwards over the culmen and nostrils, which last are round, open, and partly ex- 
posed. Wings moderate, primary longest. Tail very slightly rounded, composed of 
the feathers. Toes slender, middle one nearly as long as the tarsus. 
A melons Gloger, Handb. = Megapodius QG. 
Ammomanes fratercula, lusitana Shelley, Birds Egypte 136. = Alauda deserti Lichtst. 
Amnicola melanopogon Degland, Ornith. Eur. I. 527. = Calaraodyta melanopogon Bp. 
