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which there was no trace of nest-building material. I took an ex- 

 ample in postnuptial molt at Doi San Pa Bong, June 2. 



An adult male had the irides dark brown; the orbital skin bright 

 smalt blue ; the bill duller smalt blue, with the culmen blackish ; the 

 feet and toes plumbeous ; the soles dusky flesh ; the claws horn. 



The male has the head, neck, and upper breast olive-green, strongly 

 suffused with yellow on the throat and upper breast; the remaining 

 upperparts chestnut-brown; the primaries and outer secondaries 

 black, narrowly edged with white along the outer web ; the inner sec- 

 ondaries and the coverts black, narrowly and regularly barred with 

 white; the central pair of rectrices chestnut-brown, narrowly tipped 

 with black ; the next two pairs all black ; the other pairs black, broadly 

 tipped with white ; the remaining underparts bright yellow, strongly 

 suffused with red-orange on the lower breast and sides of the abdo- 

 men. The female differs in having the head, neck, and upper breast 

 dull brownish olive; the back dull olivaceous-brown, changing to ru- 

 fous on the rump and upper tail coverts ; the upper wing coverts and 

 inner secondaries barred with rufous-buff instead of white ; the under- 

 parts yellow with only a slight suffusion of orange on the breast. 



Order CORACIIFORMES 

 Family ALCEDINIDAE 



ALCEDO ATTHIS BENGALENSIS Gmelin 



Indian Common Kingfisher 



[Alcedo] bengalensis Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 450 (Bengal). 



Alcedo ispida bengalensis, Gtldenstolpe, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 1915, p. 231 

 (listed) ; Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., 1916, p. 115 (Mae Rua, Chiang 

 Saen) ; Ibis, 1920, p. 589 ("Throughout the whole country"). — de Schatjensee, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1928, p. 572 (Chiang Mai). 



Alcedo atthis bengalensis, de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1929, p. 573 (Chiang Mai) ; 1934, p. 261 (Chiang Saen).— Deign an, Journ. 

 Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 1931, p. 162 (Chiang Mai) ; 1936, pp. 92, 133 

 (Chiang Mai, Mae Ping river north of the Gorges). 



The nok katen noi is one of the commonest and most familiar birds 

 of the northern lowlands. Eisenhofer sent to Hannover one taken at 

 Pha Hing, April 26, 1912, and to Stockholm 12 from Khun Tan. I 

 have 19 specimens from localities in all parts of our area, including 

 Mae Sariang, the base of Doi Mae Kong Ka, Ban Bo Sali, Ban Thung 

 Ma Num, Chom Thong, Sala Mae Tha, Ban Na Noi (Chiang Mai 

 Province), Bang Hong Khaeo, Muang Pong, and Ban Nam Puat 

 (French Laos) . At Chiang Mai it completely disappeared during the 

 driest months (early April to early June) and then seemed to be absent 

 also from other localities in the western districts, although at the same 

 season I found it common enough in Nan and Chiang Kai Provinces. 



