LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Alcyone pusilla halli Mathows, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 280, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cairns, Queensland. 
Alcyone ramsayi North, Ibis, 1912, p. 119, Fob. 7th : Fort Essington, Northern Territory. 
Micmlcyone. pusilla yorki Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. 1, p. 103, March 4tli, 1918 : Capo York, North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory. 
Family DACELONID^E. 
CCLVL Genus SYMA. 
Syma Lesson, Bull. Sci. Nat. Ferussac, Vol. XI., p. 443, (July (?) 1827. Tvpe(bv monotypy) s Syma torotoro 
Lesson. 
304. SYMA TOROTORO. YELLOW-BILLED KINGFISHER. 
[Syma torotoro Lesson, Bull. Sci. Nat. Ferussac, Vol. XI., p. 443, (July ?) 1827: Dorey, Arfak Peninsula, New 
Guinea. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 5 (pt. i.), March loth, 1851. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 1, pi. 334, March 
4th, 1918. 
Halcyon (Syma ?) flavirostris Gould, in Jardine's Contr. Ornith., 1850, p. 105 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland. 
CCLVTI. Genus DACELO. 
Dacelo Leach, Zool. Miscell., Vol. II., p. 125, pi. 106, 1815. Type (by monotypy) : Dacelo gig antea=Alcedo gigas 
Boddaert. 
Paralcyon Gloger, in Froriep's Notizen, Vol. XVI., p. 278, March 1827. New name for " Dacelo Leach/' 
Agreutcs Billherg, Svnops. Fannie Scand., Vol. I., pt. n., Aves, tab. A., 1828. New name for " Dacelo Leach." 
Of . Austral Av. Rcc., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 39, Oct. 23rd, 1913. 
Choacalcyon Lesson, Traite d'Orn., 4e livr., p. 248, Sept. 25th, 1830. Type (by subsequent designation. Lesson, 
Compl. de Buffon, Vol. IX., p. 355,1837) : Alcedo gigas Boddaert. 
Nycliccyx Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. Naturg., pt. 5, p. 338, (before Oct. 17th) 1841. New name for " Dacelo Leach." 
305. DACELO GIGAS. KOOKABURRA. 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 18 (pt. xv.), June 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 2, pi. 335, May 15th, 
1918. 
Alcedo gigas Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum., p. 40, No. 663, (pref. Dec. 1st) 1783 : New South Wales. 
? Alcedo undulata Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insub., pt. n., p. 90, 1786 : " New Guinea "=New South Wales. 
Alcedo fusca Gmelin, Svst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. i., p. 454, July 25th, 1788 : New South Wales. 
Not Alcedo fnsca Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum., p. 54, No. 894, (pref. Dec. 1st) 1783. 
Alcedo gigantca Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 245, 1790 (before Dec. 9th). New name for Alcedo fusca 
Gmelin. 
? Dacelo jidvus Lesson, Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, Vol. VI., p. 250, after Nov. 1825. Nom . nud. : New South Wales. 
Choiicalcyonaustrale Lesson, Traits d'Om., 4e livr., p. 248, Sept. 25th, 1830 : New South Wales. 
Dacelo gigas subsp. minor Robinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus., Vol. II., Nos. 3 and 4, p. 116, Jan. 1900 : Cooktown, 
Queensland. 
Dacelo mclennani North, Agric. Gazette, N.S.W., Vol. XXII., pt. 7, p. 609, July 3rd, 1911 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Dacelo gigas trcgellasi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 287, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Olinda, Victoria. 
Dacelo gigas t vatsoni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 70, July 21st, 1917 : Watson River, Gulf of 
Carpentaria, Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. Introduced into West Australia 
and Tasmania. 
306. DACELO LEACHH. BLUE-WINGED KINGFISHER. 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 19 (pt. xxxi.), June 1st, 1848 ; pi. 20 (pt. xv.), June 1st, 1844. Mathews, 
Vol. VII., pt. 2, pi. 336, May 15th, 1918. 
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