CE R Y L E GUTTATA.
( H I M A L A Y A N S P O T T E D K I N G F I S H E R . )
Alceio ....................................................... Vigors, P.Z.S. 1830, p. 22. '
McgaeergU su tta la , Bomp. Consp. Vol. Ams. p. 10 (18o4).
C. sexibus simillibus: dorso fusco, nigro et albo transfasciato : minor.
Hah. in p lag a Himalayan^.
Head crested, black varied with w h ite ; u pper surface o f th e »»»y
banded with w h ite; quills and tail black, spotted and banded I ' " * , ' ! / / / / / / / !
white, th e u pper p a rt o f tho brea,st and flanks n-regnlariy banded
biU b lackish h om re o lo u r; irides d a rk b row n ; legs » f « ™ * A ® / / / /
o f bill from fro n t 2.4, from gape 3.5, wing 7.0, tail 4.2, tarsu s 0.3, middle toe 0.95, hmd
toe 0.2.
Hab. Himalaya (Jerdon.)
Having g iven a fu ll detailed description o f Ceiyh 'T»'®» C
resembles, I have contented myself with th e above very sho rt diagnosis o f th e prese
species; i t will, however, be sufficient to d istinguish i t from its
phical area seems to be confined to th e E a s te rn Himalayan region. Mr
i t in N epal, and Colonel T y tle r remarks ( lc . ), th a t he “ saw v ery few ° ^ ,/® J® " ®
rivers, and none a t any elevation beyond th e h e ig h t o f the rivers. ^
also states th a t i t “ occurs on the small streams beyond Rampoor, beyond Gaoia
Serahan, up to an elevation o f 7,000 feet ; in Kashmir i t is v e ry T ^m o n . ^
Mr. Je rd o n remarks th a t th is species “ has only been ™ T pEp? from <?fixed
in g wooded streams and rivers, and living exclusively on fish. I t wat
perch, and d a rts down g enerally obliquely on its prey, n o t hovering, lik e its oonoCner o
th e plains. I saw i t n e a r Dai’geeling, up to 5,000 feet of elevation.
idb. Afred. p. 21,t. cceeix,Hg. diu'i'(o.ooi_), a/ubb. ^ - „ go-, -Pmvm
Mus. E. I. Co. I, p. 132 (1854), Gray, Cat. Mamm. and Birds of Nepal p. 57 an,
Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 196, Stolickza, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1868, p. 19. Megacerxjlc guUata,
(1849),
Moore, Cat. Birds
Ibis, 1865, p. 408. „ , ,
Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 149 (1860).
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