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the above facts into consideration, I have been forced to the conclu- 

 sion that the hitter is only an aberration or an age character and has 

 no geographic significance. In other words, A. m. scintillans should 

 be considered as a synonym of A. m. meninting. 



The range of A. m. meninting as at present understood would there- 

 fore be as follows: Southern Tenasserim, south through Peninsular 

 Siam to the Malay States, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and some of the 

 southern islands of the Philippines, 



This form does not seem to be a common bird in Peninsular Siam. 

 Ogilvic-Grant ^^ records it from Biserat and Jalor, Patani; Robinson 

 and Kloss ^* from Pulo Terutau; and later ^^ from Junkseylon. 

 Baker ^^ lists it from Klong Wang Hip. 



ALCEDO EURYZONIA NIGRICANS Blyth 



Alcedo nigricans Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 16, p. 1180, 1847 (Malacca). 



One male, Kao Luang, Nakon Sritamarat, September 21, 1928; 

 one male, Sichol, Bandon, May 24, 1930. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took a male at Kao Soi Doi, 1,000 feet, Trang, 

 February 17, 1899. He gives the color of the soft parts as: Iris dark 

 brown; bill very dark brown, blackish above; feet red. 



This form ranges from the Malay States to Peninsular Siam and 

 Tenasserim. Robinson *^ records it from Chong Trang, and Kao 

 Nawng, Bandon.*^ It seems to be a rare bird in Peninsular Siam and 

 apparently has not been taken often in the Malay States. There are 

 two females from Borneo in the United States National Museum, 

 but there are none of this sex from the mainland. A male from Dutch 

 East Borneo is considerably smaller than the three mainland males, 

 and the neck patch is a richer, much deeper color, near tawny; cinna- 

 mon in the mainland specimens. No specimens from Java have been 

 examined. 



The male from Borneo measures: Wing, 79; culmen, 45 mm. The 

 three males from Peninsular Siam measure: Wing, 83-91 (87); culmen, 

 48.5-50.5 (49.5) mm. 



CEYX ERITHACUS ERITHACUS (Linnaeus) 



Alcedo erithaca Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 115, 1758 (Bengal). 

 Alcedo tridactyla Pallas, Spicilegia zoologica . . ., vol. 7, pi. 2, fig. 1, p. 10, 1769 

 (India) . 



One male, Nong Khor, near Sriracha, September 30, 1925; one 

 female, Koh Kut, May 23, 1929; one male, Nakon Sritamarat, Sep- 

 tember 16, 1926. 



*' Fr.scictili Malayenses, pt. 3, p. Ill, 1905. 



*• Ihis. 1911, p. 32. 



« Jonru. Nar. Hist. Sos. Siam, vol. 3, p. 95, 1919. 



*> nv:,i., p. 433. 



n Ibis, 1911. p. S3. 



"Journ. Federated Maiay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 91, 1915. 



