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(? JUQ. Mt. Wuchi, Central Hainan, 15. xi. 1906 (No. 56). 



As far as I can see, the two specimens from Secha are true caloni/.r as described 

 by SUarpe, while I am doubtful about the pair from Hoihow and the young birds. 

 M calonijx is different, it can only be the northern subspecies of E. ofientalis. 



126. Halcyon pileata (Bodd.). 



AU-pAo piUata Boddaert, Tahl. PI. Eid. p. 41 (1783— ex Daubenton, China), 

 Haleijoii pileatus Grant, P.Z.B. 1900. p. 488 (S.W. aad N. Hainan). 



3 <?^, 2 ? ? Hoihow, February and March 19U2, October 1003 (No. 37). 

 <? Kinngchan, 6. iii. 1902 (No. 37). 



127. Halcyon smyrnensis fusca (Bodd.). 



llalcijim smt/rnensis Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 488 (various parts of Hainan). 



7 <?c? November 1905, 1906 (No. 114). 



2 c?<J Mt. Wuchi, October 1905 (No. 114). 



No-Tai, 30. ix. 1902 (No. 114). 



<?9 Lei Muimon, 10, 14. i. 1903 (No. 114). 



The Indo-Chinese form of this widespread Kingfisher is much smaller and 

 darker than H. s. sini/men-sis, as has often been explained ; nevertheless onr 

 colleagues Sharpe (Hand-list ii. p. 56) and Grant (I.e.) do not separate the two 

 forms. 



Dr. von Madardsz (Annates Mus. Nat. Hangar. 1904) has described two new 

 subspecies of Halcyon smyrnensis. One of these is the form inhabiting Ceylon, 

 and he named it Halcjjon yencrosa. This subspecies is fairly distinct, being smaller, 

 and the brown on the sides of the neck and breast is deeper. 



Besides this. Dr. von Madarasz described a single female from Blalacca 

 (Singapore) under the name of Halcyon jierpidchra. This seems to be unfounded, 

 and I believe that all the continental forms from Malabar to China can be united 

 under the name of //. .s. fusca, which originally referred to Malabar liirds, and 

 which Dr. von Madarasz appears to have overlooked, as he did not mention it at all. 



128. Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.). 



Grant, P.Z.S. 1900. p. 487. 



Apparently found on Hainan for the first time by Whitehead. 



2 ^cJ, 2 ? $ Yon Boi, 30. v., 7. vi. 1004 (No. 283). 



These specimens agree with Indian examples; only one of the "females "(?) 

 has the wing 60 mm. long, a length not reached by any of the others, nor by any 

 Indian specimen in the Tring Museum. 



129. Ceryle lugubris guttulata Steju. 



Cenjlc gultulala Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. pp. '294, 295 (Continental India and China) ; 



Hartert, Noi'. Zool. 1901. p. 88. 

 Ceryle lur/iibris conlinentalis Hartert, Nov. Zool. 190O. p. .')34 (Himalaya and Assam) ; corr. Noo. 



Zool. 1901. p. 88. 

 Cenjle lugubris Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 487. (" Interior o£ South-west Hainan " : teste Slyan.) 



2 cJ<?, 2 ? ¥ Mt. Wuchi, Central Hainan, November 1905 (No. 275). 

 2 <J(J Mt. Wuchi, November 1906 (No. B 275). 



