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of the two wandering individuals recorded from Chiang Mai, I have 

 observed it only along swift, clear streams that flowed through gorges 

 or dense forest. It is shy and difficult to collect. 



One of my specimens had the irides brown ; the bill, feet, and toes 

 coral-red; the claws black. 



The adult has the crown, nape, and sides of the head black ; a broad 

 collar on the hindneck white or buffy white; the remaining upper- 

 parts deep shining blue, brighter on the lower back and rump; the 

 basal half of the wing black, the rest deep shining blue with a white 

 band across the primaries ; the chin and throat white, changing grad- 

 ually to rufous-buff on the remaining underparts (including the un- 

 der wing coverts) . The immature is similar but has very narrow dark 

 edgings to the feathers of the breast. 



LACEDO PULCHELLA AMABILIS (Hume) 



Burmese Banded Kingfisher 



Carcineutes amabilis Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 1, 1873, pp. 474-475 ("the east- 

 ern Pegu Hills in the latitude of Thayetmyo"). 



Carcineutes pulchellus, Gyldenstoepe, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 1915, p. 231 

 (listed) ; Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., 1916, p. 115 (Pha Kho, Huai 

 Pu) ; Ibis, 1920, p. 588 ("Throughout the whole country"). 



Lacedo pulchellus amabilis, de Schatjensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1934, p. 262 (Doi Suthep).— Deign an, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 

 1936, p. 93 (Doi Suthep). 



In the North, the banded kingfisher is an uncommon but generally, 

 distributed species. At Huai Pu, Eisenhofer took one female, May 

 22, 1912 (Stockholm), another May 31, 1912 (Hannover) ; at Khun 

 Tan, an adult female, June 9, 1913, and four others without dates, in- 

 cluding two juvenile males (Stockholm). On Doi Suthep, where it 

 has been taken a number of times, it is found between 2,000 and 3,800 

 feet. I collected an adult male at Ban Muang Sum, December 25, 

 1936 ; this is probably the most northern locality at which the species 

 has been taken, but it occurs also in Kengtung State, where I have 

 once seen it. 



Gyldenstolpe's specimens were shot in thick bamboo jungle, at some 

 distance from running water, and the bird observed by me in Kengtung 

 was in a similar situation. The example from Ban Muang Sum was 

 on a low hill covered with dry, open pine forest. On Doi Suthep it 

 lived in dense evergreen or mixed evergreen and bamboo and, while 

 never far from some stream on that well-watered mountain, was 

 obviously a dry-land species. My specimens had fed upon grass- 

 hoppers and other insects and, in one case, a lizard. 



Three males had the irides gray; the eyelids pale orange, edged 

 coral-red ; the bill and interior of the mouth coral-red ; the feet and 

 toes dull yellow; the claws dark brown. A female differed only in 



