276 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



different below, the ground is slightly paler and the markings, es- 

 pecially on the belly, have a more transverse and less longitudinal 

 appearance. 



CORACIIDAE. 



* EuRYSTOMUS orientalis calonyx Sharpe. 

 1 d", Mengtsze, 12 Oct., 1910. 



Alcedinidae. 

 Alcedo ispida bengalensis Gmelin. 

 8 specimens, Mengtsze, Feb., April, June, Aug., Nov. 



* Halcyon pileatus (Boddaert). 

 5 specimens, Mengtsze, April, Sept., Oct. 



Halcyon smyrnensis fuscus (Boddaert). 

 24 specimens, Mengtsze, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. 



Meropidae. 

 Merops philippinus Linne. 



13 specimens, Mengtsze, April, July, Aug., Sept. 



Upupidae. 

 Upupa epops saturata Lonnberg. 



10 specimens, Mengtsze, Feb., March, Aug., Sept., Oct. 

 All of these are referable to this form which is probably only a 

 migrant in southern Yunnan. 



Upupa epops, sub. sp.? 



14 specimens, Mengtsze, May, June, July, Aug., Oct., Nov. 



