DAGBLO (Alcedinidae) — Leach, Zool. Miscell. 1815. — Gray, Genera Birds 
I. 79. — Sharpe, Monogr. Alcedinidae (London 1870). 
Synon.; Entomophila Leach. — Halcyon Swains. — Tanysiptera Vigors. — Todi- 
rhamphus, Choucalcyon, Syma, Melidora Lesson. — Cittura Kaup. — Nycticeyx, Paralcyon, 
Coporhamphus Glog. — Entomothera Horsf. — Chouacalcyon Gray. — Callalcyon, Calial- 
cyon Bonap. — Lacedo, Hylcaon, Chelicutia, Monachalcyon Reichb. — Lyma Selb. — Ac- 
tenoides Hombr. — Pagurothera, Entomobia, Sauropatis, Sauromarptis, Astacophilus, Ca- 
ridagrus, Caridonax, Carcineutes Cab. — Cynalcyon Verr. 
Bill long, very broad and elevated at the base, with the sides compressed and 
the culmen straight towards the tip, which is much compressed and slightly hooked; 
the lateral margins curved up and sinuated near the end; the gonys curved upwards 
to the tip of the lower mandible; the nostrils lateral, basal, the opening small, 
longitudinal and exposed. Wings moderate with the first quill long and the third, 
fourth and fifth nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate and rounded. Tarsi very 
short, robust and- covered with small scales. Toes long and unequal; the inner 
toe short and united to the middle as far as the first joint; the outer long and 
united to near the third joint; the hind toe moderate and all broadly padded 
beneath; the claws long, compressed and curved. — 64 Specc. 
acts [Buru. 
Tanysiptera acis Wallace, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1863. XXI. 23. 
actaeon Lesson, Traité Ornith. 247. = Dacelo semicaerulea Schleg. 
albicilla Lesson, Traité Ornith. 247. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Alced. 42. 
\Nova Guinea. Mariannae. Pelew. Batjan. 
Alcedo albicilla Cuvier, Dum. diet. sc. nat. XXIX. 273. 
Halcyon albicilla Gray, Genera Birds I. 79. 
Halcyon saurophaga Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1843. XI. 103; Voy. Sul- 
phur 33. Tb. 19. 
Todirhamphus saurophagus Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 157. 
Todirhamphus albicilla Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 30. Tf. 418. 
Fig. 3134. 35. 
Alcedo cyanoleuca Temminck, Mus. lugdun. 
Sauropatis albicilla Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 159. 
Sauropatis saurophaga Gray, Handlist Birds I. 93. 
albiventris Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Alced. 31. [Africa merid. 
Martin pêcheur de Vile de Luzon Sonnerat Voy. Guin. Tb. 31. 
Alcedo albiventris Scopoli, Délie. Flores Faun. Insubr. 90. — [cf. Dacelo 
pileata.] 
Dacelo striata Drapiez, Diet, class, hist. nat. X. 223. 
Dacelo fuscicapilla de Lafresnaye, Mag. Zool. 1833. III. Tb. 18. 
Halcyon fuscicapilla Gray, Genera Birds I. 79. 
Dacelo Vaillanti Temminck, Mus. lugdun. 
Alcedo Vaillanti v. Müller, Journ. Ornithol. 1855. IIL 72. 
Chelicutia fuscicapilla Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 39. Tf. 424. 
Fig. 3152. 53. 
Alcedo fuscicapilla Grill, Zoolog. Ateckn. Victorin 46. 
Pagurothera fuscicapilla Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 153. 
Halcyon albiventris v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornithol. 1867. XV. — Sharpe, 
Monogr. Ale. 179. 
atricapilla Lesson, Traité Ornith. 246. = Dacelo pileata Schleg. 
Giebel, Thesaurus. II. 1 
