. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. . Figure 2. Profile of the basisphenoid rostrum in various kingfishers possessing a basi- sphenoid notch. As the keel cannot normally be fully exposed without damage to the specimen, its shape as shown is partly an estimate. Not to scale. Right hand end of profile is anterior. a—Ceryle alcyon; b—C. maxima; c alibis; g—Ceyx erithacus; h C. rudis; d—Chloroceryle ama^ona; e—C. inda; f—Alcedo Pelargopsis amauroptera; j—Halcyon Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for r

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. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. . Figure 2. Profile of the basisphenoid rostrum in various kingfishers possessing a basi- sphenoid notch. As the keel cannot normally be fully exposed without damage to the specimen, its shape as shown is partly an estimate. Not to scale. Right hand end of profile is anterior. a—Ceryle alcyon; b—C. maxima; c alibis; g—Ceyx erithacus; h C. rudis; d—Chloroceryle ama^ona; e—C. inda; f—Alcedo Pelargopsis amauroptera; j—Halcyon Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club

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