C E B Y L E AMAZONIA.
(AMAZON G R E EN K IN G F ISH E R .)
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Alcedo
Ceryle amazona,
Chloroceryle amazona,
Chloroceryle amazonia,
Ceryle amcLzonia,
Ceryle amazonce,
Alcedo vestita,
Alcedo rubescens,
Chloroceryle leucosticta,
Martin-pescador obscuro dorada,
Martin-pescador garganta roxa,
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Lath. iQd. Orn. I, p. 2-57 (1790).
Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 313.
Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 28, t. ccecxii, fig. 3110-3111 (1851).
Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 148 (1860).
Sei. and Salv. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 363.
Leot. Ois. de Trinid. p. I l l , (1866).
Bum, Diet. Sci. Nat. xxix, p. 472.
Vieill. Nouv. Diet, d’llist. Nat. xix, p. 408 (1818).
Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 29, t. eeccxiv, fig. 3116-17 (1851).
Azara, Apunt, No. 419.
Azara, Apunt, No. 420.
dissimilibus : dorso oeneo-viridi : gulâ albâ : major : alis extus immaculatia.
Hah. in Regione NeotropicS,.
Male. Bronzy-green above; bead c re sted ; a larg e band o f feathers commencing from
the base o f the bill, and encircling th e neck, w h ite ; quills blackish, edged externally with
bronzy.green, the in n er web white a t th e base and waved w ith bronzy-green markings on
Additional References.—Alcedo amazona, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xix, p. 889 (1818), Bon. et tieill.
Enel. Meth. I, p. 292 (1823), Wied. Beitg. Natui-g. Bras. IV, p. 12. (1832), Tsch. Faun. Peruan. p. 254 (1844),
Hartl. Ind. Azar. p. 26 (1847), Cab. Scbomb. Reis, in Guian. II. p. 704 (1848), Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 5
(1863). Ceryle amazona Gray Gen. of Birds, I, p. 82 (c. 1844), Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 62
(1848), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 160 (1850), Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 3 (1852),Licht. Nomenel. Av. p.
27 (1854), Selater, P.Z.S. 1855, p. 136, Pelz. Sitz. Akad. Wien, 1856, p. 515, Moore, P.Z.S. 1859, p. 53, Cass.
Proc. Phil. Acad. 1860, p. 133, Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 195, Muller, Reis, in Mex. I l l , p. 663 (1865), Salv. P.Z.S.
1867, p. 152, Sci. and Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 978, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 23 (1868). Choloceryle ainazona, Bonap.
Consp. Vol. Anis, p. 10 (1854), Burm. Th. Bras. II, p. 405 (1856), id. La Plata Reise, II, p. 446 (1861), Selater.
Cat, Am. Birds, p. 265 (1862) Ceryle amazonia, Sci. and Salv. P.Z.S. 1866, p. 192, id. P.Z.S. 1867, pp. 279,
Ki3i TraitiS rl’rirn t, 94.9 HR.ai) , Puch. Eev. de Zool. 1858, p. 386, Hartl. JouTD. f. Cm.
;eth. I, p. 392 (1823). Choloceryle leucosticta, Burm. Th.
581. Alcedo vestita, Less. Traité d’Orn. p. 2
1855, p. 423. Alcedo rvhescens. Bon. et Vieìll. Encl.
Bras. I I p. 406, note (1856).
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