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on the external characters of the head, of which, with the cranium, 
life-size figures are given. He then proceeds to consider the 
pterylology of the species, the body-feathers of which have a long 
downy auxiliary plume, and describes the powder-down patches 
placed one on each side of the rump, this being the only bird of 
the order Picarice in which such are known to exist. He then 
figures and describes the sternum and tongue, and remarks on 
the strueture of the feet. The result of all these researches seems 
to show that Leptosoma can no longer be left among the Queulidee, 
and that its natural position is as the type of a separate family 
near the Coraciidee, with which it is perhaps connected by Bra^ 
chypteracias, 
Leptosoma discolor (sc. afer ) . Mr. Sclater’s opinion as to its affinities agreed 
with. A. Newton, P.Z.S. 1865, p. 834. 
MEROriD^. 
Mcrops philipj^emis, L., occurs also in Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Ibis, I 860 , 
pp. 230, 231. 
Alcedinid^. 
ScHLEGEL, H. De Vogels van Nederlandsch Indie, &c. Mono- 
graphie 2. Ijsvogels. Haarlem : 1864, 4to, pp. 68, tabb. 16, 
figg. 67 ! 
The general scope of this work, which should hb studied in 
conjunction with the ^uthor^s catalogue (Mus. P.-B. Alcedines) 
published in 1863, has been briefly indicated under the heading 
Australian Begion.^^ Thirty nine species or conspecies are 
described, and all but two {Dacelo cinnamomma and D. nigro^ 
cyanea) figured. These are, according to Prof. SchlegePs nomen- 
clature, as follows : — 
Alcedo euryzona, tab. i. figg. 1, 2. 
minor, tab. i. fig. 3. 
' moliiccensis, tab. 1 . fig. 4, 
melanorhyncha, tab. ii. fig. 1 . 
leucocephala, tab. ii. figg. 2-4, 
■ beryllina, tab. iii. fig. 1 . 
meninting, tab. iii. figg. 2 , 3 , 
azurea^ tab. iii. fig. 4. 
solitaria, tab. iii. fig. 5. 
pusilla, tab. iii. fig. 6 . 
Dacelo inacrorliina, tab. iv. fig. 1. 
— — gaudichaudi, tab. iv. figg. 2-4. 
pulchella, tab. v. figg. 1 , 2 . 
melauops, tab. v. figg. 3, 4. 
• cyaiiotis, tab. vi. figg. 1 , 2 . 
— — torotoro, tab. vi. figg. 3, 4. 
princeps, tab. vii. 3 figg. 
coromandeliana, tab. viii. fig. 1 . 
concreta, tab. viii. figg. 2, 3. 
fulgida, tab. ix. fig. 1 . 
Dacelo pileata, tab. ix. fig. 2. 
melanoptera, tab. ix. figg. 3, 4. 
sancta, tab. x. fig. 1 . 
coronata, tab. x. fig. 2 . 
chloris, tab. x. figg. 3, 4. 
forsteni, tab. xi. iig. 1 , 
funebris, tab. xi. fig. 2 . 
albicilla, tab. xi. figg. 3, 4. 
lazuli, tab. xii. figg. 1 , 2 . 
diops, tab. xii. figg. 3, 4. 
dea, tab. xiii. 6 figg., tab. xv. 
figg. 1 , 2 . 
sabrina, tab. xiv. 5 figg., tab. xv. 
fig. 3. 
hydrocliaris, tab. xv. fig. 4. 
rufidovsa, tab. xvi. fig. 1 . 
rubra, tab. xvi. fig. 2 (errore 
cajeli, tab. xvi. fig. 3 . 
lepida, tab. xvi. figg. 4, 5. 
It will thus be seen that, in the author’s opinion, neither the 
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