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F orster, J . E . Descriptiones Animalium, curante H . Lichtenstein. 8vo. Berolini, 1844.
Alcedo cyanea is a new species. I t is Halcyon vagans (Less.).
T schudi, J . J . von. Untersuchungen ü be r d ie Fau n a Peruana. Folio. St. Gallen, 1844-46
(p. 253).
Alcedo cabanisii, “ Linn.,” is a new species. I have followed ornithologists generally in
giving H e r r von Tschudi credit for th is species, as I can hardly suppose th a t the celebrated
German ornithologist afte r whom it is named was known to Linnæus ! I t is, o f course, a
lapsus calami, b u t it reads curiously.
B lyth, E. Notices and Descriptions o f various new or little-known Species o f Birds.
(L A. S. B. xiv. 1845, p. 190.)
Alcedo grandis is a new species, from Darjiling.
G ould, J . Descriptions o f eleven new Species o f Australian Birds. (P. Z. S. 1846, p. 19.)
■ Alcyone p u lch ra is a new species from P o rt Essington.
Alcyone diemenensis is a new species from Tasmania.
B lyth, E. Notices and Descriptions of various new or little-known Species of Birds.
{J. A. S. B. XV. 1846, p. 11.)
Alcedo moluccensis is a new species.
Todirhamphus occipitalis is a new species from th e Nicobai-s. I t is probably II. chloris,
b u t may prove to b e distinct.
G ray, G. E ., and M i t c h e l l , D. G. Genera o f B irds, vol. i. Small folio. 1846-47.
A résumé o f th e family is given, th e genera being as follows -.— Dacelo, with 6 species ;
Tanysiptera, with 2 species ; Halcyon, with 48 species ; Ceyx, with 2 species ; Alcedo, with
19 species, six o f w hich a re considered doub tfu l; Alcyone, with 6 species; and Ceryle, with
15 species, one o f which is doubtful, and four vei-y doubtful. O f the eleven Kingfishers thus
enumerated as in'ecognizable by Mr. Gray, I have been able to make out four satisfactorily.
T h e plates, for which alone Mr. Mitchell is responsible, represent the young of Halcyon
lindsayi and Ispidina p icta . Figui-es o f the characters o f the various genera are also given.
B lyth, E . Report of Curator, Zoological Department. (J . A. S. B. xvi. 1847, p. 1180.)
Alcedo nigricans is a new species.
K aup, J . Die Familie der Eisvögel (Alcedidæ). 8vo. Darmstadt, 1848,
Megaceryle is proposed as a subgenus for th e reception of Ceryle g u tta ta &c.
Chloroceryle for the reception o f C. superciliosa &c.
Cittura for Dacelo cyanotis.
Corythornis is a new genus, th e tyiJe o f which is Alcedo nais, sp. u., described from a
specimen in th e British Museum. I t is th e young Corythornis galerita.
Isp id in a is a new genus, the type being I . p ic ta (Bodd.).
Isp id in a nitida is also a new species, the type o f which is in the British Museum. I t is
Isp id in a natalensis (Smith).
G ould, J . Birds o f A ustralia, vol. ii. Folio. 1848.
Beautiful plates o f Dacelo gigantea, D . leachii, D. cervina, Halcyon sanetus, H. pyrrhopygia,
H. sordidus, I I. madeayii, Aloyone azurea, A . p u s illa are given.
Dacelo cervina is described for th e first time.
Gray, G. R. List o f Specimens o f Birds in th e Collection o f th e British Museum. 12mo.
1848 (p. 51).
The specimens in th e British Museum are here enumerated. The types o f Halcyon
albicilla, Gould, / / . superdliosa. Gray, Alcedo nais and A . nitid a o f Kaup, and Halcyon
platyrostris, Gould, are the most noticeable rarities.
Halcyon superciliosa is here mentioned for th e first time, though no description is given.
I t is th e tru e Alcedo sacra o f Gmelin.
P eale, T itian. United States Exploring Expedition—Birds. Folio. Philadelphia, 1848.
I have never seen this b o o k ; b u t from Dr. Ha rtlau b ’s critical notes on it (Archiv f. Naturg.
1852, p. 93) it appears tb a t
Dacelo nullitorguis was described as a new species. I t is Todirhamphus veneratus (Lath.).
Dacelo vitiensis is a new species. I t is Halcyon sacra (Gm.).
Dacelo minima is a new species. I t is Todirhamphus recurvirostris, Lafi-.
Dacelo coronata is a new species. I t is Halcyon sacra (Gm.).
J.VRDiNE, Sir W. Illustrations of Ornithology. 8vo. 1848-1852.
Alcyone cincta is a supposed new species, and is figured under this name on th e plate.
Afterwards identified with A . cyanopectus, Lafr.
Alcedo guadribrachys is figured (pi. 79).
B lyth, E. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum o f the Asiatic Society. 8vo. Calcutta,
1849 (p. 46).
Twenty-five species are n amed ; one more is added in the fii*st appendix, and one more in
the addenda to appendix, no. 1 (p. iii). In the fu rth er addenda to appendix, no. 3 (p. xxrii),
Mr. B lyth believes Alcedo grandis, Bl., to be the adult, and A. nigricans, Bl., to be the young
o i Alcedo euryzona o f Temminck. This view is correct as regards A . n igricans; b u t Mr. Blyth
has since altered his opinion as regards A . grandis.
G ould, J . On new Species o f B irds from Australia. (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 200.)
Tanysiptera sylvia is a new species from Cape York.
Halcyon [Syma 1) Jlavirostris is a new species from the same locality.
Cassin, J ohn. Descriptions o f new Species of Birds o f th e Genera Paradisea, Pastor, and
Buceros, and a proposition to rename others o f th e genera Alcyone and Hirundo. (Proc.
P hil. Acad. 1850, p. 67.)
A. azurea, apud Lesson, from New Guinea has been mistaken for the tru e A. azurea of
Australia, and is proposed to be called A . lessonii.
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