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Pelargopsis gurial burmanica, Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., 

 1913, p. 54 (Den Chai) ; 1916, p. 114 (Chiang Rai, Pha Kho, Pak Ta) ; Journ. 

 Nat Hist. Soc. Siam, 1915, p. 231 (listed) ; Ibis, 1920, p. 590 ("Siam proper"). 



Ramphalcyon capensis burmanica, Deignan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 

 1931, p. 162 (Chiang Mai) ; 1936, pp. 92, 133 (Chiang Mai, Mae Ping river 

 north of the Rapids).— Riley, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 172, 1938, p. 174 (Mae 

 Khan). 



Eisenhofer sent to Hannover a male taken at Pang Pui, April 21, 

 1912, and to Stockholm an unsexed, undated specimen from Khun Tan. 

 I took examples at Chiang Mai, Ban Mae Klang, Ban Sop Mae Chaem, 

 Ban Mae Wan, and at the foot of Doi Mae Kong Ka. In April and 

 Maj 7 , 1931, I observed it on Doi Ang Ka to 2,000 feet. In the neigh- 

 borhood of Chiang Mai it was wholly absent during the driest season 

 (March 25-June 29) , uncommon and local during the rest of the year. 



Gyldenstolpe took a specimen in dry forest (Den Chai, February 15, 

 1912), but I have observed this large and heavy kingfisher only in 

 the immediate vicinity of water, whether this be a bamboo-shaded 

 lagoon, a rushing stream of the lower hills, or a broad and placid 

 river. It requires considerable depth of water and a favorite perch 

 from which to plunge upon its prey is a branch which shades an under- 

 cut riverbank. It is a shy species and avoids exposed positions, and 

 it would be more often overlooked were it not for the loud, harsh cries 

 that it utters when startled. 



Gyldenstolpe notes that one of his specimens had the irides brown ; 

 the bill red, tipped dusky brown ; the feet and toes brick red. 



This is a large kingfisher with a massive bill. It has the upper half 

 of the head brownish gray ; a broad nuchal collar and the entire under- 

 parts ochraceous ; the center of the back, the rump, and some of the 

 upper tail coverts shining turquoise blue; the remaining upperparts 

 deep blue. 



HALCYON COROMANDA COROMANDA (Latham) 



Indian Rufous Kingfisher 



[Alcedo] coromanda Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 1, 1790, p. 252 ("in Coro- 



mandela," ex Sonnerat; vide Whistler and Kinnear, Journ. Bombay Nat 



Hist. Soc, vol. 37, 1935, p. 763). 

 Callialcyon lilacina, Gyldenstolpe, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 1915, p. 231 



(listed). 

 Halcyon coromanda coromanda, Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., 



1916, p. 116 (Khun Tan) ; Ibis, 1920, p. 588 (Khun Tan). 



Eisenhofer sent to Stockholm an undated male from Khun Tan and 

 Gyldenstolpe, at the same locality, took a female, April 28, 1914; the 

 bird is otherwise unknown from the northern provinces, where it is 

 probably very rare. 



