326 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
ALCEDINIDAE— THE KINGFISHERS. 
Five species are included in Berlepsch and Hartert's paper, all 
of which were observed on the Orinoco by the writer. These, like 
the Jacamars, frequent the same general localities throughout the year. 
The native names Matniqiicro and Martin Pcscador are applied 
indifferently to any and all kingfishers found in the Orinoco region. 
Key to the Genera, Species and Subspecies of Alcedinidae. 
u. Breast and sides, including flanks, chestnut. 
b. Middle of belly and crissum white (the smallest of the .American 
kingfishers) ChloroccryU aaica acnca. 
6'. Center of breast and crissum chestnut, nearly uniform with sides. 
c. Very large, wing more than 14 cm; back slate blue, not iridescent . . Metaceryle lorguala torqwila. 
c' . Much smaller, wing less then 14 cm ; back dark green, iridescent . . Chloroceryle inda. 
a'. Sides and flanks not chestnut but with a broad chestnut band across 
the breast in the males. 
c. Innerwebsof tail-feathers spotted with white Chloroceryle amazona. 
t'. Innerwebsof tail-feathers white for basal half or more Chloroceryle americana ameri- 
Chloroceryle inda (Linnaeus). 
Alccdo inda L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1766. p. 179. 
Ccrylc inda Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 104, 
Observed at various points on the Orinoco above the mouth of 
the Apure River. It is recorded from points on the Caura River l)y 
Berlepsch and Hartert. 
Chloroceryle aEnea aenea Pallas. 
Alccdo (acnca) Pallas, in Vroeg's Cat. Ois.,- Adumbr., 1764, i, no. 54 
( Surinam ) . 
Ceryle superciliosa Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 104. 
Common all along the river; also recorded from points on the 
Caura River. 
Eye seal brown; l)ill blackish; feet dusky. 
Meg.acerylE Torquata torquata (Linnaeus). 
Alccdo torquata L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1766. p. 180. 
Ceryle torquata Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884. p. 435 (Rio Apure) ; Berlepsch 
& Hartert, p. 104. 
Not observed at Bolivar. Common at Caicara and fartiier up the 
river, as far as the first falls, at least. 
Eye dark seal brown ; bill black, slate color at base of mandible and 
at basal angle of ma.xilla ; feet dusky plumbeous olive. 
