G ould, J . Description o f Cenjle sharpii, a new Species fromt he Gaboon. (Ann. Nat. Hist.
1869, p. 271.) '
i is described.
Description, o f a new Species o f from North-western A ustralia. CP Z S 1869
p. 602.) V • • •
s is described.
S h.ie p e , R. B. On th e Kingfishers o f S outh Africa. (Ibis, 1869, p. 275.)
Critical remarks on th e Alcedinidoe o f Mr. Layard’s book.
Saltadoei, T. Monografia del genere Ceyx. (A tti del R. Accad. delle Scienze di Torino, iv.
1869, p. 440.)
s is a new genus. T h e type is Daxelo fa lla x o f Schlegel.
i is a new species from Borneo. I t is figured, and stated to have been confounded
by Reichenbach under th e name o f C. tridactyla.
species. I t is th e C. rufidorsa a u c t, nec Strickl. ; b u t an
examination o f th e type a t Cambridge shows th a t i t is also C. rnfidorsa o f Strickland ( c f
S harpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 510).
T he above is one o f th e best papers ever written on any o f th e genera of the Alcedinidce,
and is v eiy exhaustive.
S harpe, R. B. Additional Notes on th e Genus Ceyx. (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 507.)
Ci-itical i-emarks on Count Salvadori’s paper above mentioned.
On a new Kingfisher belonging to th e Genus j
io ti is a new species.
)era. (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 630.)
G ray, G. R. Hand-list o f G enera and Species o f B irds, P a r t I. 8vo. 1869.
A complete list o f Kingfishers is given u p to th e present date.
Alcedo hartlauhi is a supposed new species from A shanti ; b u t I cannot see th e distinctness
from tru e Corythornis cyanostigma.
Sharpe, R. B. On the Genus Pelargopsis. (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 61.)
An a ttem p t to clear u p the confusion existing respecting th e Kingfishers o f the genus
Pelargopsis.
P . gouldi is a new species from th e Philippines.
P . f r a s e n is th e P. leucocephala auct., nec Gm., from Java. I t is also th e tru e Alcedo
capensis o f Linnæus ; b u t as no such bird exists a t th e Cape o f Good Hope, the oame
cannot be retained.
P . burmanica is a new species.
P . flore siana is a new species.
P . malaceensis may be regarded as a subspecies o f P . gurial, b u t may have to be separated
as a species.
LITERATTJEE. Ixxi
F insch, Dr. 0 ., and H artlaub, Dr. G. Ornithologie Ost-Afrika’s. (Von der D ecken’s Reise.
iv. p. 163, 1870.)
Halcyon chelicutensis is th e more grammatical reading proposed for H. chelicuti (Stanl.).
Sharpe, R. B. A Monograph o f th e Alcedinidoe, or Kingfishers. Imp. 8vo. Published by
th e Author, 1868-71.
Tanysiptera emilioe is a new species from Raou.
Pelargopsis malaceensis, provisionally separated (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 67), is declared to be a
good species.
BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
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