( 429 ) 



189G, i>. 177, will probably also be referable to S. f. javanica. It is rather brightly 

 coloured, and not quite so large ; the single specimen is, however, difficult to classify. 



The wing of the Kangean bird measuies 300 mm., the tarsus about 69 mm., 

 tail 128 mm., bill 39 mm. 



Local name : " hingkik." 



43. Palaeornis alexandri (L.). 



PsiltacuJi Alej-amlrl Linn., ,Si/.s(. Nat. Ed. X 1 (]loH) p. 97 partini. ('■ Hab. in China, Bengbala, 

 Aethiopica." Errore ! I accept Java, ox Odbel in Amoen. Acad. IV. (I7.i0) p. 23(3, quoted 

 in advance as Linnajus' first quotation, a.s the typical habitat, following Finsch, Tweeddale, 

 Reicbenow, Oates, Salvadori, and others.) 



Pahipiiriiis jarunicuH Vorderm., Nat. Tijilsriir. Ned. Ind. LII (1893) p. 185. 



c? ? ? Kangean E., W. " Iris hellgelb, Fiisse grau, Schnabel roth, an der Spitze 

 gelblich." (Nos. 24, 165, 166 Prillwitz coll.) 



These birds agree well with specimens from Java (Whitehead and Prillwitz coll.) 

 and Bali (Doherty coll.). 



Local name : " Petet." 



44. Eurystomus orientalis australis Sw. 



[C'omcids orietitdlis L., Si/sl. Xal. Ed. XII 1 p. 159 (Ind. orient.)] 

 Eurystomus Australis Swains., An. in Menag. p. 326 (1838) (New Holland). 



c? Kangean N.W. (No. 29.) Local name doubtful. 



This specimen is so pale that I cannot identify it with typical orientalis, less 

 with calomjx. It is, however, with some hesitation that I name it australis, as it 

 is in worn plumage ; and the various forms of this group of Eurijstomus, which 

 are merely subspecies, are sometimes merging into each other. If I was correct in 

 identifying the Eurystomus from the Lesser Sunda Islands with australis, then there 

 is no doubt that the Kangean bird is also a^tstralis. 



4o. Alcedo beryllina Vieill. 



Alcedo beryUiim Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist Nat. XIX (1818) p. 414 (Java). 

 Akcdn beryllina Vorderm., Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. LII (1893) pp. 183, 192. 



? Kangean E. " Iris dunkel, Fiisse braun, Schnabel schwarz." (No. 70.) Dr. 

 Vorderman {t.c. p. 183) mentions also Alcedo ineniniinij from Sepeken. 

 Local name : " huran." 



4<i. Ceyx rufidorsa innominata Salvad. 

 tj ? Kangean ¥.., \V. '-Iris dunkel, Fiisse und Schnabel roth." (Nos. 11, 6it.) 

 Lecal name : " huran." 



It is necessary to go at length into the history of this group of red Ceyces. 

 In 1892 (Cat. B. XVII p. 177) Dr. Sharpe wrote : " It is somewhat remarkable that, 

 after the lapse of twenty years since I finished my 'monograph ' of the Alcedinidae, 

 during the whole of which time I have made a point of collecting material for a 

 proper comprehension of these little red Ceyces, we are still without a solution of the 

 problems which were discussed by Count Salvadori and myself in 1870 and 1871." 

 Uur friend then makes nearly a page full of remarks, queries, and suggestions on 

 this group, and finally recognises as species : 

 Ceyx dillwynni: Borneo and Nias. 



Ceyx euerythra: Malacca, Sumatra, Labuan, N.W. Borneo, Palawan, Mindoro. 

 Ceyx innominata : Java, Lombok, Flores, 



