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5’Vai.lace, A. R. On some new or rai-e Birds from New Guinea, (P. Z, S, 1 8 6 2 , ji. 1 64.)
m i q / o n nigrocyanea is a new species, of w h ic t a flguve (o f th e female) is given (pi, xix.).
. L is t o f B irds collected in th e Islan d o f Bouru. (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 18.)
Tanysiptera acis is a new species.
Ceyx oajeli is a new species, o f which a figure is given.
A complete lis t o f th e species o f Tanysiptera is given.
Schlegel, I I. Muséum d ’Histoire Na turelle des Pays-Bas—Aloédines. Mai 1863.
A résumé o f a ll th e species contained in th e great collection a t Leyden. The author
divides th e family into two genera, Alcedo and Dacelo. using th e generally accepted genera
in a subgeneric r an k only. T h e following points call for remark. Alcedo cyanostigma (p. 11)
is considered distinct from A . cristata (auct. nec Linn.), o f which it is the young. Alcedo
amauroptera is considered to be the same as A . leucocephala-, b u t it is a good species, as
Professor Schlegel now freely admits.
Alcedo p ic tu ra ta is a new species from South Afi-ica. I t is A . natalensis. Smith.
Alcedo lecontei is n o t th a t species, b u t A ruficeps, Hai-tl.
Dacelo tyro is considered to b e a stage o f plumage o f D. gaudichaudi, b u t is afterward
admitted to be distinct.
Dacelo grayi is a new species fr om New Hebrides. I t is th e Sauropatis ju lioe , Heine.
Dacelo sacra is n o t th e tru e I L sacra, b u t is Todirhamphtis tu tu s (Gm.).
Only four species o f Tanysiptera are recognized—th e single rema rk we have to make
b eing th a t, a lth o u g h T. sabrina is united to T. doris. Professor Schlegel had a t th a t time
n o t seen th e tru e T. sabrina, which is from Kaioa.
Dacelo rubra is Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.).
H euglin, T h . von. Ueber Alcodinen und Meropiden Nordost-Afrika’s. (Journ. f. Orn.
1 8 6 4 , p . 3 2 9 .)
A list o f th e Kingfishers o f North-eastern Africa is given, with th eir geographical
distribution.
S chlegel, H . De Vogels van Nedeiiandsch Indie. Royal 4to. Haarlem, 1864. Monographie
2. Ijsvogels (Martins-pêcheurs).
A résumé in D u tch and French o f a ll th e Kingfishers found in the Dutch possessions in
th e E a st Indies. I t is derived from his former list o f Aloédines in th e Catalogue o f the
Leyden Museum, and is accompanied by excellent figures o f a ll th e species treated of.
P elzeln, A. von. Reise d e r österreichischen Freg atte ‘ N ovara’—Vögel. 4to. Wien, 1865.
A lis t o f th e species obtained by th e Expedition is given. Good notes a re published on
Halcyon cMoris and Todirhamphus veneratus.
Schlegel, H . Observations
p . 187, 186 5 -6 6 .)
F is a new species.
I, I I . (Nederl. T ydschrift voor de Dierkunde, vol. iii.
Schlegel, H, Notice sur le sous-genre Tanysiptera. (L. c. p. 269.)
A most elaborate and exhaustive article, based upon the material in th e Leyden Museum.
The object is to show th a t th ere are only three or four species, and n o t so many as are
admitted by Mr. Wallace and myself.
V eerbaux, j . Description de quelques oiseaux nouveaux apparten an t à la collection
zoologique d u Muséum. (Nouv. Arch, du Mus. ii. Bull. p. 21, 1866.)
Tanysiptera riedeli is a new species.
D iggles, s . Ornithology o f Australia. Small folio. Queensland, 1867-69.
P a r t 1. Dacelo gigantea is figured.
P a rt 2. Halcyon sanetus and H. macleayi are figured; b u t the figure o f the former bird is
taken from a young 11. macleayi.
P a r t 12. Dacelo leachii is figui-ed.
P a rt 15. Tanysiptera sylvia, ad. e t juv., is figured.
F insch, O., and H artlaub, G. Beitrag zur Fau n a Centralpolynesiens; Ornithologie der
Viti-, Samoa- und Tonga-Inseln. 8vo. Halle, 1867.
The Kingfishers are here most elaborately treated, the synonymy being carefully worked
out.
Halcyon pealei (p. 39) and H. cassini (p. 40) are described as new; b u t I believe them to
be only stages o f H. sao'a.
L ayard. Bii-ds o f South Africa. 8vo. Cape Town, 1867.
A list o f South-African Kingfishers is given {cf. Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 275).
Bocage, J . V. B arboza du. Aves das possessoes portuguezas da Africa occidental que
existem no Museu de Lisboa. (Jorn. Acad. R. das Sciencias de Lisboa, 1867 i
p. 129.)
A lis t o f the species in the Lisbon Museum is given.
Sharpe, R. B. On two new or little-known Kingfishers belonging to th e Genera Ceyx or
Cittura. (P. Z. S. 1868, p. 270.)
Ceyx wallacei is a new species from the Sula Islands.
Cittura sanghirensis is a new species from Sanghir.
G ould, Joihn. Description o f a new Species o f the Genus Ceyx. (P. Z. S. 1868, p. 404.)
Ceyx philippinensis is a new species from Manila.
Sharpe, R. B. On the Genus Ceyx. (P. Z. S. 1868, p. 587.)
A list o f th e species known u p to date is given.
Ceyx dillwynii is a new species fr-om Labuan.
P eters, W. Voi-laufige Mittheilung ü ber einige neue V ogelarten aus Mossambique. (Journ
f. Orn. 1868, p. 131.)
H. orientalis is a new species from Inhambane.