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A LCEDINIDyE. 
Genus ALCEDO Linne. 
Alcedo Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. vol. i. p. 115, 1758. Type (by 
subsequent designation, Swainson, Zool. 111. 1820, pi. 2G) : Alcedo 
ispida L.= Qracula althis L. 
Alcedo atthis (Linn6). 
Distr . — Europe, North Africa, Palestine, to Greece, Italy, and 
Southern Russia, to Solomon Islands. 
[Alcedo atthis atthis (L.). (17-141.) 
Qracula atthis Linn6, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. vol. i. p. 109, 1758 : Egypt 
(ex Hasselquist, Iter. Palaest. p. 240, 1757). (Fig. Sharpe, 
Monogr. pi. 1.) 
Distr. — North Africa. Extra-liinital.] 
Replaces ispida Linne. 
Alcedo atthis hispidoides Less. (17-152.) 
Alcedo hispidoides Lesson, Compl. de Buffon, vol. ix. p. 345, 1837: 
Buru. (Fig. Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 4.) 
Alcedo moluccensis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv. p. 11,1846 : Moluccas 
(ex Lesson, Voy. ‘ Coquille,’ vol. i. p. 343, Nov. 29th, 1828, nude name). 
Distr. —Celebes, Buru. 
Alcedo atthis floresiana Sharpe. (17-151.) 
Alcedo floresiana Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. vol. xvii. p. 151, 
1892 : Flores. 
Distr. — Flores. 
Alcedo atthis pelagica Stres. 
Alcedo ispida pelagica Stresemann, Nov. Zool. vol. xx. p. 316, 1913 : 
St. Aignan Island. 
Distr. —St. Aignan Island to East New Guinea, D’Entrecas¬ 
teaux and Louisiade Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, and 
Admiralty Islands. 
Alcedo atthis salomonensis R. A H. 
Alcedo ispida salomonensis Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. xii. 
p. 255, 1905: Rendova, Solomon Islands. 
Distr. —Solomon Islands. 
Sub-Genus CYANISPIDA. 
Cyanispida Laubmann, Arehiv f. Nat. lxxxix. 1923, p. 195 (1924). 
Type (by original designation) : Alcedo ccerulescens Vieillot. 
Cyanispida ccerulescens (Vieillot). (17-161.) 
Alcedo ccerulescens Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. vol. xix. p. 401, 
1818 : Timor, error=Java. (Fig. Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 9.) 
