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A MONOGRAPH
THE ALCEDI NI DÆ:
FAMILY OF EINGFISHERS.
E. B. S H A E P E , F .L .S ., &c„
LIBBARIAM TO THE ZOOI.OGICAL SOCIEtï OF LONDON, 3IEMBEB OP THE GERJIAS OEXiTHOLOGlSTS’ SOClKfY, 4 c., &C.
Perque dies plaeidos hiberno tempore septem
In cu b ât alcyone pendentibus oequore nidis.
Ovid, Met. xi. 745.
f c i t i r o i t ;
P U B L I S H E D B Y T H E A U T H O R .
1868—71.
