6X 
ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
uela, resembling B. inornata^ but without a white throat. P. L. Sclater & 
O. Salvin, P. Z. S, 1809, pp. 262, 253, pi. xviii. 
Brackygalba luguhris (Swains.), note on. G. N. Lawi*ence, Ann. Lyc. 
N. H. New York, 1869, pp. 274, 275. 
Alcedinidas, 
Sharpe, R. B. A Monograph of the Alcedinidcs or Kingfishers. 
London: 1869. Parts iii.-vi. Boy. 8vo. 
Of the merits of this work we spoke last year (Zool. Bee. v. p. 72), the 
four parts now to be noticed successfully sustain its reputation. Part iii. 
(1 Jan.) contains figures and accounts of Dacelo gaudichaudi, D. tyro (Zool. 
Rec. iii. p. 79), Tanysiptera nympha, Halcyon hadia, Syma toroioro, S.Jlavi- 
rostris, Ceyx tridactyla and C. philippensis (Zool. Bee. v. p. 72). Part. iv. 
in like manner illustrates Mdidora macrorhina^ Halcyon scnegaloidcSy Ispidina 
madagascariensis, I. IcucogastrUy I. picta, Ccyx uropygialisy Alcyone cyano- 
pectus and Cerylc inda. l^lrt v. comprises Ceryle amazoniay Alccdo herylUnay 
A. semitorquata, Corythornis vintsioides [sc. cristatay ut infra], Ccycopsis fallax 
(Zool. Bee. ii. p. 98, et infra), Ispidina rujicepSy Halcyon orientalis (Zool. Rec. 
V. p. 73) and H cyanoleuca. Part vi. includes Ceryle guttata, C. luguhris, 
C. maxima, C. sharpii (pA mhiC), Alcyone pusilla, Corythornis cristata, C.cccru- 
leocephala, Ispidina natalensis, and Tanysiptera sylvia. f Cf. Ibis, 1870, pp. 121, 
122 j Am. Nat. iii. pp. 149, 150]. 
. On the Kingfishers of South Africa. Ihis, 1869, pp. 275- 
283. 
The scope of this paper is to correct some mistakes in IMr. Layard’s work 
(Zool. Bee. iv. pp. 60, 61), and it chiefly relates to matters of synonymy and 
distribution. The species mentioned are 24 in number, of which 23 are 
peculiar to the Ethiopian Region. 
. Additional Notes on the Genus Ceyx. Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1869, pp. 507-511. 
Contains critical remarks on Dr. Salvadori’s paper {vide infra). C. inno- 
Salvad. = 6\ Strickl. j C. s/n/rynV, Salvad. {ut infra), C. dill- 
wynni (Zool. Bee. v. pp. 72, 73) and C. mclanura, Kaup, are good species ; 
and C. tridactyla (Pall.)=C. rujidorsa, Salvad. {nec Strickl.). In accordance 
with these views, diagnoses differing from those given last year (Zool. Bee. 
loe. cit?) are given. 
Salvadori, T. Monografia del Gencre Ceyx, Lacepede. Atti 
B. Accad. Sc. Torino, iv. (21 March, 1869) pp. 410-476, pi. 
The author divides the genus into two sections, Ceyx proper and Therosa, 
with C. solitaria as its type and only member, but does not take quite the 
same view of them as did Mr. Sharpe (Zool. Bee. v. p. 72). C. urojiyyialis is 
regarded as identical with C. lepida, C. philippensis is referred to the genus 
Alcyone, while 
Ceycopsis is proposed as a new genus (p. 447, note) to contain Dacelo fallax, 
Schleg. (Zool. Rec. ii. p. 98), because of its four toes ; 
Ceyx innominata (pp. 44(5, 465) is the name given to C. rujidorsa, auett., 
Dr. Salvadori retaining the latter for what may be the young of C. tridactyla 
{vide siqird ) ; 
Ceyx sharpii is described and figured (pp. 463-465, pi.) as a new species 
