Ij,, LITEBATDEE.
A lc eio cymoleuca is a new species from Angola.
A h e d o cinereifrorts is a new species from Malimba. I t is A m a hm h c a o f Shaw.
Alcedo rubescms is a new species from Paraguay (ex Azara). I t is Alcedo amencana of
Latham.
Alcedo nutans is a new species from Malimba. I t is Alcedo p ic ta o f Bocldaert.
Alcedo cyanoventris is a new species from J ava.
Alcedo v in d is is a new species from Paraguay. I t is Alcedo amencana o f Gmelin.
Alcedo heryllina is a new species fr'om Java. I t is yX. cmrulescens (suprà).
Alcedo australasia i s a new species from “ Australasia.”
K uhl, H . Buffoni e t Daubentoni figurarum Avium coloratarum nomina systematica, ed.
Tb. van Swinderen. 4to. Groningm, 1820 (p. 4).
Alcedo gula iis is a new species (ex PI. Enl. 232).
Dumont. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, xxix. p. 472 (c. 1820).
Alcedo vestita, “ Guv.” is a new species. I t is Ceryle amazonia (Lath.).
Alcedo ruficeps, “ Cuv.” is a new species. I t is I L cinnamomina, Sw.
SwAiNSON, W . Zoological Illustra tions, vol. i. (1820-21).
Alcedo asiatica is a new species from Java.
Alcedo azurea is figured (plate 26).
Halcyon is a new genus ; type H. senegalensis (L.).
s is figured (plate 27).
. Zoological Illu stra tio n s, vol. ii. (1821-22).
Halcyon cinnamominus is a new species from “ New Zealand.” I t is figured (plate 1).
. Zoological Illustra tions, vol. iii. (1822-23).
Alcedo semitorquata is a new species from th e Fish River, Cape Colony. I t is figurée
(plate 26).
H o e s p ie ld , Dr. T h o s . Systematic Arrangement and Description o f Birds from th e Island
o f Ja v a (Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 133, 1822),
Alcedo meninting (p. 172) is a new species, = A lced o asiatrca, Swams.
Alcedo b i n (p. 172) is a new species, = A lc ed o cærulescms, Vieill.
Mntomothera (p. 173) is a new genus, formed for th e reception o f K ingfishers intermediate
between Alcedo and Dacelo. The type is Alcedo coromanda (Lath.).
Alcedo melanoptera (p. 174) is a new species, = U a lc gm cyanmentns (Vieill.).
’ ’ ” 'p . 176) is a new species.
LicnTEESTElN, Dr. H . Verzeichniss der Donbletten des Zoologischen Museums : small 4to.
A m I^m L is a new species from Senegambia. I t is tbe same as AUedo cheUcuU of
Stanley, from Abyssinia.
Bosnateeee et V ieillot. Tableau Encyclopédique e t Méthodique des trois Règnes de la
Nature—Ornithologie, 1*'° partie, 4to, 1823 (p. 281).
A complete compilation, the only new species described being :—
AUedo cinerea (p. 2 8 9 )= A lced o torquata. L.
Alcedo Uparara (p. 293). “ L a Guyane, Cayenne.” Indeterminable, b u t n o t an American
Kingfisher.
Alcedo cyauea (p. 395, ex A.zar9.)=AUedo torquata, L.
AUedo variegata—Aloedo chelicuti, Stanl.
AUedo tricolor. Indeterminable.
T emmixck, C. j . Nouveau Eeceuil de Planches coloriées d'Oisoaux, vol. iv. folio, 1 8 2 3 -
1836.
Thanks to th e pains taken by Mr. Crotch (Ibis, 1868, p. 500), we are now acquainted
with the dates a t which th e livraisons of this work were issued. Although some o f the
Kingfishers were described as early as 1823, they do n o t seem to have been known to
Bonmterre and Vieillot ; nor do these authors appear to have been acquainted with the
present work.
Ceyx lepida is a new species from Amboina.
Ceyx solitaria is a new species from tbe Bay of Lobo, in New Guinea.
Ceyx pusilla is a new species from th e same locality.
Figures o f a ll th re e species are given.
AUedo lu g uM s is a new species from Japan, o f w hich a figure is given.
Alcedo biru and Alcedo menintinq are figured.
AUedo melanorhyncha is a new species from Celebes: a figure is given.
AUedo omnieolor is a new species described and figured for tbe first time under th e above
MS. name proposed by Reinwardt. I t is Halcyon cyanoventris (V.).
AUedo diops is a new species fr-om “ Amboma, Timor, and Celebes.’ All these localities
are erroneous.
AUedo lazuli is a new species from “ Sumatra.” The locality is erroneous. Figures of
both species are given.
Alcedo euryzonia (err. eryzona) is a new species described, b u t n o t figured, from Java.
Dacelo cyanotis is a new species from “ Sumatra.” The locality is erroneous.
Dacelo concreta is a new species from Sumatra.
iiaceZoiJi/Xc/ieïia, Horsf., is figured.
Dacelo huccoides is a new species from “ Java and Sumatra.” I t is the female Dacelo
pulchellus (Horsf.).
Figures o f all the above-mentioned birds are given.
Q uoy e t GAiMzrau. Voyage autour du Monde, execute sur les corvettes rU ra n ie e t la Phy
sicienne, Zoologie : 4to. Paris, 1824.
Dacelo gaudichaud is a new species from the P apuan Islands (Planche 15).
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