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species everywhere both along the rivers and creeks and on 

 the rice-fields. 



72. Halcyon chloris armstroiigi Sharpe. — 2 ^^ -'A 

 1915. Iris: brown. This species occurs throughout the Penin- 

 sula aiong the coast and at the tidal estuaries. Robinson 

 has sliown that the two forms kept^' separate by Sharpe 

 under the names of Halcyon humei and Halcyon armstrongi 

 are not worthy of separation, in which respect I fiilly agree 

 ■\vith him. 



73. Ceyx euerythra Sharpe. — 2 d^c^ ''ii 1915. Iris: 

 brown. Wing: 58—59 mm. 



74. Alcedo meiiiiitiiig Horsf. — 1 J^ '^"^/i 1915; 1 2 ^-A 

 1915. Iris: blackish brown. Outside the Malay Peninsula 

 this King-fisher inhabits the Greater Sunda Islands, the Lesser 

 Sunda Islands and the Moluccas. In the females the upper 

 mandible is almost black and the lower ene is reddish brown. 

 In the males, on the contrary, almost the Avholc bill is pure 

 black, with only a slight tinge of red at the base. 



75. Pelarii:opsis capensis malacceiisis Sharpe. — 3 öV 



=50/4 1915; 1 c? ''A 1915; 1 J^ ^\l:. 1915; 1 ad. Vr. 1915. 



76. Loriciilus i^^algulus Linn. — 1 ? ^7^ 1^15. Ins : 

 brown. Wing: 85 mm. In the southern portions of the 

 Peninsula this is quite a common species, being replaced in 

 the north by the allied Loricidus vernalis Sparrm. Both 

 Bornean and Ja van specimens seem to be of a slightly 

 smaller size. 



77. Syrnium seloputo Horsf. — 1 2 ^^4 1915. Iris: 

 dark brown. This fine Owl only occurs in the southern 

 districts, where it, however, is stated to be fairly common 

 in deep jungles. Towards the north it is getting very rare 

 but one specimen has lately been obtained in southern Siam 

 by Mr. E. G. Herbert. 



78. Scops bakkamoeiia lempiji Horsf. — 1 9. ^'r, 1915. 

 Iris: brown. Wing: 151 mm. The Scops-Owls inhabiting the 

 Malay Peninsula and the Sunda Islands belong to the race 

 described by Horsfield (Träns. Zool. Soc. London, 13, 1821, 



