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HALCYON COROMANDA (Latham). 

 {Alcedo] coromanda Latham, Index Ornith., I, 1790, p. 252 ("C'oromandela"). 

 Two from Tapanuli Btw. It was also noted on Simalur and Lasia. 



HALCYON PILEATA (Boddaert). 

 Alcedo pileata Boddaert, Tabl. PL Enl., 1783, p. 41 (China). 



Four from Simalur and one from Tapanuli Bay, all males. The ( 

 stomach of one specimen contained a lizard. Total length varies from i 

 292 to 299 mm. 



On Simalur it was "found along fresh- water creeks and streams: 

 not so common as the last" {A. cMoris]. Seen also on Babi. 



? HALCYON CHLORIS (Boddaert). 



Alcedo chloris Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl., 1783, p. 49 (Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., VII, ,. 

 p. 190; Bouro, Moluccas). 



Three adult males, from Simalur. In these specimens the color 

 seems to be that of H. armstro7igi, with perhaps a little less green on 

 the ear-coverts. They are very much like Natuna birds. Size large; 

 wings, 115-117; bill, from gape, 58-60 mm. 



' *• Generally common . " 



? HALCYON ARMSTRONGI Sharpe. 



Halcyon armstrongi Sb^a-rte, Catal. Birds Brit. Mus., XVII, 1892, p. 277 ("from i 

 the Sunderbunds to Burmah, Tenasserim, and Siam, south to the Malayan i' 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, and Northern Borneo"). 



An adult male, from Loh Sidoh Bay. This individual has greener 

 ear-coverts than those recorded above as IT. chloris. Loh Sidoh Bay 

 is practically the same as Acheen, whence Sharpe has recorded 

 JI. chloris. 



Family BUCEROTID^. 



DICHOCEROS BICORNIS (Linnaeus). 



{Buceros] Hcorms Linn^us, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., I, 1758, p. 104 ("China"). 

 One specimen, from Tapanuli Bav. Length, 109.2 cm.; weight, 

 2.381 kg. 



ANTHRACOCEROS CONVEXUS (Temminck). 



Buceros convexm Temmi-^ck, PI. Col., II (Pt. 89), Feb., 1832, pi. dxxx (Java). 

 "Common" on Pulo Mansalar. Length, 787 mm. 



RHYTIDOCEROS UNDULATUS (Shaw). 

 Buceros undulatm Shaw, General ZooL, VIII, Pt. 1, 1811, p. 26 (Java). 

 "Common" on Pulo Mansalar, but no specimens were obtained. 



