excepted ( Z V Z / r S l X y W e X c i m t “ fre® Timor and Flores
an d in having th e blue o f th e uppm- su rfa cl in o re™ '’' 7 ’ » l ” 7 i w T'“ '^ “ »®“ S
le n t me several specimens for examiniifin Hi •'' ' lias v e ry kindly
Reichenbach was no d oubt rio-ht, b u t i T a n S f ' " variation P rofessoi
a single Ceylonese specinieil placed in th e m
d e te c ted ; i t is only oil comparing a s X s „ f I n ! w ! ®®®V®“ ®'°to ®®“ S"i ™ “ 'd n o t be
v a ria tio n can be p erceived. T l i e l in v i r ,n L l 7 ™ "',‘7 ? ®®"®® »‘»e»’ th a t a
irom th e In d ia n in being o f a more'’ vivTd X I -‘I: “7 from Central Asia differs
I h is difference is also n oted b y von Schrenk if®®“ ®».»'“® and much p ale r red underneath,
as I c annot de te ct any real d f e X e l l r e X X ® " A l t a i and is a curious fact
form There can, I th in k , be Ik d e X b l C r e ®P®®X®“ ® *»® "®“ “‘ I ” ®™
an o th e r local v a rie ty , as w as noticed lo n v avo bv t I X " 1° “ Jifm ® X / ' ’*™“ ’' ““ “ stitutes
p. 7 7 ). The plumifie is a lto g eth er S 1 J“P' Aves.
mtense. M r.W aU a c eb ro u g h tLm e several s l e c b n X f »J“ ®? “f th® u pper surface more
b e d th em w ith A . moluccenm (P .Z .S 1863 n 4841 TP T l i “™®® io®?''ty and has identi-
having th e e ar-coverts blue. T h e re is a ls ( ie 's I ,r e b ;A 7 ®''’ 'T®''®'’! ‘®‘‘ '''®‘*“ ®t species,
o t Alcedo ien g a lem isiiom Fo rmo sa as compared .(Ii® ’! “ ®® T 7 ”® “ *»® ®P®®™®“ ®
consistmg in th e g re a te r development o f the bkie n lm b e f “ ““ land o f China,
breast. In addition also to th e ir larg er si7e t h l l X i n i ®®f ®fr»er side o f the
m climng to b erylline-green. The liS J e series b r o S X . f »*®f “ *“ * “ °t®
second v isit to Formosa ex h ib its th is d i a l l X ¡ 7 i f re X ^ X S™ h o e d u rin g his
v e ry km d ly g iv en me some notes on th e specimens in b! „ " 7 7 ™ “ P>®Si ““ d he has
^ I now append a table o f measurements X e l f , 7 »■!,®!»®®fr°“ 'vhich w ill be g iven below.
In ju x ta -p o sitio n a re placed a few Alcedx !P®®“ ?®“®fr'®“ various locaUties.
«ise and p ro p o rtio n ah l" s h o r t e r ' l m t e t o n S c ^ ^ r r s t ^ S X t s i l i e t ; ! ' ^
No.
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Locality.
A. ispida.
24
25
26
A. bengalensis.
England.
Greece.
Jericho.
Central A sia,.
Cairo.
Cejlon.
Bengal.
India.
Java.
Malacca.
Japan.
Labuan.
Gilolo.
Hainan.
Amoy.
Formosa.
Phillipines.
A u th o riiy .
mus. E, B. S.
II. B. Tristram,
mus. r ! B. s .
J . K. Lord,
mus. Walden.
mus. R. B. S.
mus. R. Swinhoe.
Wallace.
Whitely.
Hillwyn,
Wallace.
Swinhoe.
Cuming.
Long tot.
7'2
7'2
7-1
6-9
7-5
7-2
6-8
7.3
7 5
7-0
6*7
6-5
66
6-3
6-4
6-4
6-2
6-1
6-1
6-0
5-8
6-4
6-4
6-5
6-1
6-2
6-0
1-7
1-7
1-6
1-6
1-7
1-7
1-6
1-6
1-65
1-5
1-5
1-7
2-0
1-65
1-75
1-65
1-6.5
1-65
1-75
1-65
1-65
1-65
1-65
1-65
1-65
1-65
1-65
1-6
Al.
3-0
2-95
2-95
2-95
3‘0
S-0
3 0
3-0
8 0
31
2-95
2-9
2-8
2-6
2-7
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-7
2-85
2-7
2'8
2-8
2-85
2-85
2-9
to the common Eu ropean one issp__.
i r r i g a t o d p a d i y - f i e l d s , a n d d W
a telegraph wire. , 1 7 '!® ! “ ‘T X X I ' b m i k s of riv e rs ; Buchanan Hamilton states
F F>i.xm Ail- fi- F L M a r s h a l l h a s f a v o u r e d m e AVith t h e foilowmg. , -r. i
’“ X ? f 7 ¥ r o b f o i n e d Afad e hengahmis in th e UmbaUa district, the Ganges
m m m m w m . expanses oi d a ik the Uttle Kingfisher, unable to obtain an
between ^ 'X ^ a k e T f t s e K Ä canals whieb traverse th e d istric t;
” “ “ ) ^ a ™ c 5 r a th is b ird from Cashmere, and the
is abundant about t h e neiglibourhood of f o l d ' ' i r i s m u d i'r a r e r ab o u t the
S n b l S i s X r l n d i i l d l d i r r a t ümb allali. where I only procured one specimen,
» ' l i f o e s ” writes Sir Emerson Tennent, in h is well-known work on Ceylon,
and patience.”
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