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ALCEDINIDyfi. 
Genus ALCYONE, Sivainson. 
ALCYONE AZCJIIEA, Latham. 
Azure Kingfisher. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 69, p. 139. 
The Azure Kingfisher is always found in the vicinity of water, 
where it makes a tunnel in the bank of a river or tank ; at the 
extremity of the excavation it deposits its eggs, six in number, on a 
mass of east fish bones. Eggs pearly white, and round ; a set taken 
on September 23rd, 1862, from a tunnel in the side of a waterhole 
at Dobroyde by Mr. John Ramsay, measure as follows :— length 
(A) 0 - 91 x 0 - 75 inch ; (B) 0-87 x 0 75 inch ; (C) 0 85 x 0 - 75 
inch ; (D) 0-88 x 0‘73 inch ; (E) 0-85 x 0-73 inch ; (E) 0'87 x 
0'72 inch. 
The breeding season commences in September, and continues 
during the months of October and November. 
Hob. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, Victoria and South 
Australia. {Ramsay.) 
ALCYONE DIEMENENSiS, Gould. 
Tasmanian Kingfisher. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 70, p. 141. 
The niditication of this species is similar to that of the preceding 
one. 
A single specimen of the egg of this rare bird in the Macleayan 
Museum Collection is glossy white. Long diameter 0 9 inch, 
short diameter 0 - 76 inch. 
Hub. Tasmania. (Ramsay.) 
