Genus A l c e d o , Linn.
21. A l c e d o b e n g a l e n s i s , Gmelin.
Alcedo bengalensis, 6m ., Syst. Nat., t . i, p. 450, 1788; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal,
p. 49, 1849 ; Jerdon, B.. Ind., vol. i, p. 281, 1862 ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced., pi. ii, 1870.
Alcedo minor, Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas. Alced., p. 7, 1868.
Alcedo ispida minor, Heugl., Om. n. o. Afr., p. 178, 1869.
Alcedo bengalensis, var. sondaica, Reich., Handb. Alced., p. 8, 1851.
Alcedo sondaica, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., th. ii, p. 8, 1851.
Alcedo japonica, Bonap. Consp., vol. Anis., p. 10,1854.
Alcedo moluccensis, Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1868, p. 484 (nee Blyth).
a. Mandalay, 26th September 1868.
b. .Bhamô, 6th February 1868.
c. Muangla, Sanda Valley, 18th May 1868.'
These two Burmese specimens seem to me to agree with Indian examples, but
the one from Yunnan is rather different, having the ear-coverts and under surface
rather pale rufous, the blue of the back very bright, and the blue spots on the
wing-coverts very slightly developed.
This Kingfisher is not uncommon in TJpper Burma, and I traced it along the
Tapeng river to Sanda.
Genus C e r y l e , Boie.
22. C e b y I iE b u d i s , Linn.
Martin-pêcheur noir et blanc de Senegal, Buff., Pl. Eni. 62.
Martin-pêcheur huppe du Cap de Bon Espérance, Buff., Pl. Enl. 716.
Alcedo rudis, Linn., Syst. N at., t. i, p. 181, 1766.
Ceryle rudis, Boxe, Isis, 1828, p. 816 ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced., pl. six, 1871.
Ispida rudis, Jerdon, Madr. Joum., 1840, p. 232.
Ceryle varia, Stridd., Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. vi, p. 418,1841.
Ispida bitorquata, Swainson, Classif. of B., p. 336, 1837.
Ispida bicincta, Swainson, B. of W. Afr., vol. ii, p. 95, 1887.
Ceryle bicincta, Reich., Handb. Alced., p. 20, ccccviii, fig. 8098, 1851.
Ceryle leucomelaneura, Reich., Handb. Alced., p. 21, t. cccix, fig. 3488, 1851.
a. Bhamô, 6th February 1868.1
b. $ Tapeng River, 2nd February ] 875.
The male bird above mentioned has the whole of the throat and fore-neck
thickly blotched with black, with which colour all the feathers are broadly tipped
to an unusual degree, although markings on the throat are not uncommon, even in
very adult birds, as the present example undoubtedly is.
Family— CORA CIIDÆ.
Genus C o r a c i a s , Linn.
28. C o r a o ia s a f e i n i s , Mc’Clelland.
Coradas affinis, Me’Clell., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1839, p. 164; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus.
E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, 1856-58, p.' 574; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, 1862, p. 217 ; Schl., Mus. P.-B.
Coraces, p. 186; Gould, B. Asia, xx; Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. iii, 1876, p. 50; op.dt.,
vol. iv, 1877, p. 18; Oates, c., p. 143 ; Armstrong, i. e., p. 805.
a. Mandalay, 26th September 1868.
b. c. Bhamô, 6th and 15th February 1868..
d. Manwyne, Sanda Valley, 12th May 1868.
e .f. Muangla, Sanda Valley, 22nd May 1868.
The two specimens killed at Muangla have the black tips to the tail feathers
much less pronounced than in the other examples. This bird is not at all uncommon
■in the valley of Sanda, especially in the neighbourhood of the towns and villages,
which are generally embosomed in gigantic bamboos and fine trees. I did not
observe it beyond Muangla.
- Family—MER OPI1Æ.
Genus M e r o p s , Linn.
24 M e r o p s p h i l i p p i n e n s i s , Linn.
Le Grand Guêpier des Philippines, Briss. Om.,- t. iv, p. 560, pi. xliii, fig. 1, 1760; D’Aubent.,
PI. Enl., pi. lvii, 1788.
Merops philippinus, Linn., Syst. Nat., t. xiii, p. 183, (1767, ex Briss.) ; Gray, List Fissirostres,
p. 59,1848; Blyth, Cat.B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 52,1849 ; Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854-,
p. 263; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 86, 1856-58; Phillips, Proc.
Zool. Soc., 1857, p.-87 ; Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein-, th. ii, p. 139, 1860 ; Gould, Proc. Zool.'
Soc., 1859, p. 149; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 228; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 207,1862; Schleg., Mus.
P.-B. Merops, p. 2, 1863 ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, p. 129 ; Beav., Ibis, 1867, p. 318 ; Gray,
Traudì- I ., vol. i, p. 99, 1869 ; Wald., Tr. Zool. Soc., vol. viii, p. 42, 1872; Holdsw., Proc.
Zool.. Soc., 1872, p. 422 ; Wald., Tr. Zool. Soc.,-vol. ix, p. 149, 187.5 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs,
p. 101,1875 ; Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 72,1875 ; Hume,
Stray Feathers, 1875, pp. 324-456; Legge, t. c., p. 281; Fairbank, op. cit., 1876, p. 254;
Hume, op. cit., 1877¿ p. 18 ; Oates, i. e., p. 143 ; Fairbank, t. c., p. 294.
Le Guêpier vert à queue d’azur, Montb., Hist. Nat. Ois., t. vi, p. 5.04,1788.
Le Guêpier âaudin, Levaòli., Hist. Nat. Guêp., p. 49, pl. xiv, 1806.
Merops javanicus, Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc., vol. xiii, p. 171, 1821 ; Raffles, op. cit., p. 294, 1822 ;
Bonap. Consp., vol. i, p. 160, 1850; Reich., Handb. Meropidæ, p. 66, taf. ccccxliv, figs.
8227-28, 1852; Wald., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1863, p. 484.
Merops savignyi, Kittl. in Luthé’s Voy. (Postéis), vol. iii, p. 827.
Merops cyanorrhos, Temm., MS. in Mus. Brit.
Merops daudini, Cuv., Règne Anim., vol. i, p. 442, 1829 ; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 99, 1869;
Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., Í871, p. 848; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 162; op. dt., 1875,
p. 49 ; Armstrong, op. dt., 1876, p. 304.
Merops typicus, Hodgs., in Gray’ s Zool. Misc., p. 82, 1844.