Ixvi LITERATURE.
G ould, J ohn. Description of th ree new and very b e autiful Species of Birds from
Guatemala and from th e Island o f Lombock. (P. Z. S. 1857, p. 65.)
Contains a description o f Halcyon fu lg id u s from Lom bock; type o f the genus Caridonax
o f Cabanis and Heine (Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 162, 1860).
Verebaux, j . Description d’Oiseaux nouveaux. {Rev. e t Mag. de Zool. 1858, p. 305.)
Cyanalcyon leucopygius is a new species from th e Solomon Islands.
Gray, G. R. List o f th e Bu-ds, with Descriptions o f new Species, obtained by Mr. Alfred
R. Walla ce in th e A ru and K e Islands. (P. Z. S. 1858, p. 169.)
Dacelo tyro is a new species. I t is figured (pi. cxxxiii.) from Aru.
Halcyon sordida is a variety o f the tru e H . sordida (afterwards named Sauropatis grayi by
Cabanis and Heine).
Tanysiptera hydrocharis is a new species.
Cassin, J ohn. TJ. S. Exploring Expedition—Mammalogy and Ornithology. Royal 4to.
P h ilad e lp h ia , 1858.
After giving the species obtained by th e Expedition, the au th o r produces an admirable
essay on th e genus Todiramphus (auct. nec Less.), which clears up a great deal o f confusion,
b u t, from insufficient m aterial a t th e a u th o r’s command, is defective in some few points.
Gray, G. R. Catalogue o f th e Birds o f th e Tropical Islands o f the Pacific Ocean in the
Collection o f th e British Museum. 8vo. 1859.
Halcyon [Actenoides] jacguinoti is supposed to be a new species, founded on a bird mentioned
by Hombron and J a cq u in o t (Ann. Sci. Nat. n. s. xvi. p. 315).
. List o f Bii-ds late ly sent by Mr. A. R. Wallace from Dorey, or Dorery, New Guinea.
(P. Z. S. 1859, p. 153.)
I is a new species.
H e in e , F . Ueber einige neue oder weniger bekannte r Vögel des “ Museum Heineanum."
(Joui'n. f. Orn. 1859, p. 406.)
Tanysiptera margarethæ is a new species.
Uralcyon is a new genus. The type is Tanysiptera sylvia, Gould.
G ould, J . Bii-ds o f Asia, p a rt xii. Folio. Ju n e 1st, 1860.
Dacelo tyro, Halcyon atricapillus, II. fu lg id u s, and I I. omnicolor are figured.
Cabanis, Dr. J ., and H e in e , F. Museum Hcineanum, Theil ii. 8vo. 1860 (p. 143).
Containing a list, with fu ll synonymy, o f th e various species contained in He ine’s Museum.
Notes on allied species are added ; and a ltogether this work is one of the most valuable and
careful expositions o f th e family Alcedinidce ever published.
I t is the Alcedo
Alcedo sondaica is recognized as a distinct species from A . i
engalensis, var. sondaica o f Reichenbach.
Ceryle varia, Strickl., is the name retained for the eastern form o f C. rudis.
Gould).
3 a now genus. The type is Ceryle maxima of Pallas.
s a new genus for th e reception o f the section o f th e genus Halcyon with
striped heads, o f w hich H. chelicuti is the type. Chelicutia of Reichenbach is synonymous ;
b u t this name is rejected as “ barbarous.”
EntomoUa is a new genus for the reception of c ertain eastern Halcyones. E . cyanoventris
is th e type.
Sauropatis is a new name proposed instead o f th e usually assigned name o f Todirhamph
u s auct. (nec Less.), which is considered “ barbarous.” The type is Sauropatis sancta
(V .& H .) .
s grayi is a new species from th e A ru Islands. I t is th e H. sordida of Gray (nec
is a new genus formed for the reception o f C. concretus (Temm.).
is a new genus for th e reception o f A . lindsayi (Vig.).
Caridonax is a new genus for the reception of C .fu lg id u s (Gould).
Carcineutes is a new genus for the reception o f C. pulchellus (Horsf.). I t is th e genus
Lacedo o f R eichenbach, this name being too “ barbarous ” to be entertaiued.
Sauromarptis is a new genus for the reception o f S. gaudichaudi (Q. & G.).
Paralcyon is th e genus employed instead of Dacelo, Leach, which is considered “ b a rbarous.”
H e in e , F. Ueber zwei neue Waldlieste [Sauropatis). (Jouru. f. Orn. 1860, p. 183.)
Sauropatis ju lioe is a now species from New Hebrides.
S. Reichenbachii is Todirhamphus cinnamominus, Reich., from the Marquesas Islands (nec
H. cinnamomina, Sw.). H e rr Heine seems unaware th a t Dr. H a rtlau b had already separated
this b ird under th e self-same name.
G ray, G. R. List o f Birds collected by Mr. Wallace a t the Molucca Islands, with Descriptions
o f new Species (P. Z. S. 1860, p. 341).
Tanysiptera nais is a new species from Amboina.
T. isis is a new species from Batchian and Gilolo. I t is T. margarethæ o f H eine.
T. sabrina is a new species from Kaioa Island.
Ceyx uropygialis is a new species from Batchian and Ternate.
Alcyone affinis is a new species from Batchian.
G ould, J . Birds of Asia, p a rt xiii. May 1st, 1861.
Halcyon fu s c a and H. gularis are figured.
. Birds of Asia, p a rt xiv. May 1st, 1862.
Alcedo bengalensis is figured.