Buceros pica, Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 899, 1847.
Buceros a/finis, Hutton, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xviii, p. 802,1849; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus.,
As. Soc., Bengal, p. 48, 1849.
Hydrocissa pica, Bonap., Consp. Gen. Av.,.t. i., p. 90, 1850v .
Hydrocissa albirostris, Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 589, 1856-58;
Cab. & Heine. Mus. Hein., th. ii, p .-171, 1860; Jerdon, Birds of India, vol. i, p. 247,
1862; Ibis, 1872, p. 5 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 851; Salv., Ucc. Born., p. 82, 1874;
Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 470; op. cit., 1875, p. 55; op. cit., 1876, p. 20; Blyth &
Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., 1875, p. 68; Bingham, Stray Feathers,
1876, p. 84.
Hydrocissa coronata, Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,„vol. xxxix, 1870, p. 95.
a. & b. Shienpagah, Upper Burma, 15th January 1868.
As these two birds were of one flock there can be no doubt of their specific
identity, even although they differ much in size and in the form of their casques.
One corresponds to B. albirostris, Shaw, and the other to B. dffinis, Hutton.
Jerdon has also recorded that in the Dehra Doon he had killed one or two individuals
of the supposed species (R. affinis) of much smaller size, nearly corresponding
with the dimensions of R . albirostris, and he pointed out that the Oachar
birds referred by Major Godwin-Austen to R . coronata agreed in their measurements
with R . affinis, Hutton.
With regard to R . intermedia, Blyth, which resembles R . albirostris, except
that its outer tail feathers are wholly white, it is noteworthy that birds of this
species occur with some of their tail feathers wholly white, a circumstance that
suggests a very close affinity between it and R . coronata, and R . convexa.
Family— JJP TJPIIJE.
Genus TJpupa, Linn.
19. TJptjpa indica, Bonap.
Upupa minor, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1882, p. 97 (nee Shaw).
Upupa senegalensis, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiv, p. 189 (1845); Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc.,
Bengal, p. 46, 1849.
Upupa indica, Bonap., Aten. Ital., 1854, p. 12; Keich. Handb. Scans., p. 820, taf. D. xcvi, fig. 4037,
1853; Fmsch. & Hartl., Yog. Ostafr., p. 198, 1870; Sharpe & Dresser, Hist., B. Europe,
pt. vii, October 1871, p. 5.
Upupa ceylonensis, Reich, u t supra, p. 320, taf. D. xcv, fig. 4086, 1853.
Upupa epops, Burgess, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1855, p. 27 (nec Linn.) .
TJpupa nigripennis, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 725, 1856-58, (ex Gould
Ms.); Gray, Handl., vol. i, p. 102, 1869.
Upupa longirostris, Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 893, 1862; Sharpe & Dresser, u t supra, p. 6; Hume,
Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 89. '
a. b. Upper Burma, 20th September 1868 (eulmen 2‘2—2*5).
c. Bhamo, 27th January 1868 (eulmen 2-0).
d. Bhamo, 6th February 1868 (eulmen 2-15).
e. Bhamd, 22nd February 1868 (eulmen 2*0).
In the account of the Hoopoes given in the ‘Birds of Europe’ the length of
bill in Indian examples of ZF. nigripemis is said to vary from 2-0 inches to 2*35,
while, in Burmese examples, the bill varies from 2'0 to 2*5 inches, which agrees
with the measurements of my five specimens. Mr. Hume, in some remarks
on this speoies, observes that whereas a Pegu bird had a bill measuring
2-5 inches, he had never known an Indian bird to have one exceeding 2-l inches.
Independently, however, of the birds mentioned in the article on Hoopoes in the
Birds of Europe, there is a bird in the British Museum measuring 2-2 inches in
the bill. Although the majority of the Burmese specimens may have a longer
bill than others from India, there are some , which do not exceed the latter,
and therefore I cannot see any grounds for separating TJ. longirostris as a distinct
species.
Family—AL GEJJWIDÆ.
Genus H a l c y o n , Swainson.
20. H a l c y o n sm y r n e n s is , Linn.
Martin-péchewr de la côte de Ralabar, Buff., Pl. Enl., p. 894.
jlçedo smyrnensis, Linn,, Syst. N a t, t. i, ,p. 181, 1766; Mc'Clell,, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1839,
p. 156.
Alcedo fusca, Bodd., Tabl. Pl. Enl., p. 54 (1783, ex Buff.) ; Martens, Jonm . i. Om., 1866,
p . 18-■ 1 ■ 1
Halcyon smyrnensis, Steph., Gen. Zool., Toi. liii, p. 99, 1826; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1831, p. 84;
Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 79, 1846 ; id., Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus., p. 55, 1848 ; Blyth, Cat. B.
Mus,, As. Soc., Bengal, p. 47, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 155, 1850 ; Cass., Cat. Halcyon,
Pbilad. Mus., p. 6, 1852 ; Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 268 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B.
Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 125,1856-58; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 348; Tristr., t.c., p. 86_; Sharpe,
Monogr. Alced., pl. lix, 1870; Hume, Stray Feathers, 187,8, p. 168; Adam., t. e., p . 872;
Bail, op. ait., 1874, p. 887; Hume, t. o.„ p. 470.; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 105, 1875;
Dresser, B. Eur., pt. xlii, 1875 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 51 ; Armstrong, op. a t., 1876,
p. 806; Hume, t. »., p. 388; op. cit., 1877, p. 1 ? ; | e., Oates, p. 143; Fairbank, op. a t.,
. 1876, p . 894.
Dacelo smyrnensis, Less., Traité d'Om., p. 246,183.1.
Halcyon fusca, Gray, Gen. B., vol. 1, p. 79, 1846; id., Cat. Fi'ssir. Brit. Mus., p. 55,1848 ; Bonap.
Consp., t. i,-p. 155, 1850 ; Cass., Cat. Halcyon, Philad. Mus., p. 6, 1852; Horsf. & Moore,
Cat. B. Mus". E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 125,1856-58 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 224, 1862 ; Pelz.,
Beise "Novara, Vogel., p. 49, 1865 ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol xxxviii, 1868, p. 19 ;
"Walden, Ibis, 1871, p. 165 ; Jerdon, op. cit., 1872, p. 4.
Eniomothera smyrnensis, Reich., Handb. Alced., p. 13, 1851.
Eniomothera fusca, Reich., I. c., p. 12, t. ccccix, figs. 8088-89, 1 8 5 1 .- -y
Entomobia smyrnensis, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., th. ii, p. 155, note, 1860.
Entomobia fusc'a, id., I. e., p. 155, 1860. .
JJavelo fusca, Schl., Mus. P.-B. Alcedines, p. 28, 186$; Heugl., Orn. n. o. Afr., 188, 1869.
Prevalent in Upper Burma.