Alcedinidae
Alcedinidae (kingfishers; class Aves, order Coraciiformes) A family of brightly coloured birds that have large heads, short necks, compact bodies, short, rounded wings, and a short tail. The bill is long, straight, and massive; the toes
syndactylous. The sexes are usually alike. They are found in riverine and terrestrial habitats (the 40 species of
Halcyon (the whitecollared kingfisher,
H.
Chloris, has nearly 50 subspecies), found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific islands, inhabit dry woodland and forest areas) feeding on fish, insects, and small vertebrates. The five
Ceryle species, of America, Africa, and Asia, are blue-grey or black and white. The 11
Ceyx species are blue or red with red bills and are found in southern Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Australia. There are 14 genera in the family, and 84 species, of which the best known are
Alcedo atthis (common kingfisher) and
Dacelo novaeguineae (kookaburra). They are found world-wide.
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'DESCENT II(TM)': TWICE THE 360-DEGREE INSANITY. TWICE THE VERTIGO. IT'S D-DAY AND YOU'RE GOING DOWN!
PR Newswire; 3/13/1996; 700+ words
; ...announced today "D-Day," the release of "Descent II(TM)" for the IBM PC and 100% compatibles. Bigger, faster, louder, "Descent II" is the highly-anticipated sequel...degree, stomach- turning action game "Descent(TM)". In addition to the release...
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Descent II. (Interplay Productions) (Games) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 8/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Descent II Interplay Productions 17922 Fitch Ave...dazzled gamers with the introduction of Descent, its futuristic 3-D shoot-'em-up...for a repeat success with the launch of Descent II. If a sequel to a hit game mimics the...
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'DESCENT II(TM)' FOR THE PC AND MACINTOSH, 'DESCENT(TM)' FOR THE SONY PLAYSTATION(TM) ALL ARRIVING MARCH 13TH - D-DAY!!!
PR Newswire; 1/5/1996; 700+ words
; ...Largest Multi-Platform Launch!) IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- "Descent II(TM)" for the PC. "Descent II" for the Macintosh. "Descent(TM)" for the Sony PlayStation(TM). Interplay Productions announced today that...
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Descent 3.(Graphic Simulations' action game)(Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Macworld; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...may find Graphic Simulations' Descent 3 a bit disorienting. After all, like other gravity-free environments, Descent 3 lets you maneuver on all axes...down" stops and "up" begins. Descent is a name familiar to longtime Mac...
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DESCENSUS CHRISTI AD INFEROS: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO THE DEAD.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...anticipated their inevitable deaths: Christ's descent to the dead. Some might remember the creedal...today,(1) remembrance and appreciation of the descent are waning. Because the descent affirms God's presence in Christ with the dead...
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THE Lowdown ON Descents
Magazine article from: Plane and Pilot; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...airplane down Descents are too often...techniques for descent. If you're...low and fast-descent planning may...worry about descents from 1,500...controlling descents. In some instances, proper descent and approach...
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NEW 150 LEVEL 'DESCENT ANNIVERSARY PACK(TM)' HITS RETAIL SHELVES D-DAY MARCH 13, 1996!
PR Newswire; 3/7/1996; 700+ words
; ...less than one week until the launch of "Descent II(TM)," Interplay Productions is marking the one-year anniversary of the "Descent(TM)" franchise with the 150- level "Descent Anniversary Pack(TM)." The title will...
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Teleconnection mechanisms for tropical Pacific descent anomalies during El Nino
Magazine article from: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 9/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Teleconnection Mechanisms for Tropical Pacific Descent Anomalies during El Nino* (Manuscript...Teleconnection mechanisms in relative descent zones are examined using the quasi-equilibrium...model (QTCM). The regions of anomalous descent neighboring the warm sea surface temperature...
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Descent and manifestation.(religion and science)
Magazine article from: Islam & Science; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...journeys, ascents and descents that take place in the...tend to consider the descent into and ascent from...physical ascents and descents prior to explaining...apparent concerning the descent of things into nature...tajall). Conversely, descents in the physical world...
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Counting descents, rises, and levels, with prescribed first element, in words.(Formula)
Magazine article from: Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...exactly) one of the descent's numbers. For...with exactly k descents such that the first entry of the descent is an even number...9] by studying descents according to whether...second element in a descent pair is congruent...
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Descent and Distribution
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION The area of law that pertains...parents, and the surviving spouse. Line of descent is the order or series of persons who have...all blood relatives. The direct line of descent involves persons who are directly descended...
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descent
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...falling: the plane had gone into a steep descent. ∎ a downward slope...path or track: a steep, badly eroded descent. ∎ a moral, social...undesirable state: the ancient empire's slow descent into barbarism. 2. the origin or background...
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descent groups
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
descent groups These are kin groups who are lineal...descendants of a common ancestor. Unilineal descent is either matrilineal (if traced through...through the father's line). Bilateral descent can be traced through either line. Although...
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Descent
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
DESCENT Hereditary succession. Succession to the...distinguished from purchase. Title by descent is the title by which one person, upon...title by inheritance is in all cases called descent, although by statute law the title is...
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descent, parallel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
descent, parallel See PARALLEL DESCENT .
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