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HALCYON PILEATA (Boddaert) 



Alcedo pileala Boddaert, Table des planches enlumin^ez d'histoire naturelle, 

 p. 41, 1783 (China). 



Five males and two females, Banirkok, February 6 and October 30, 

 1924, October 22 and 29, and December 29, 30, 1925, and January 19, 

 1927; one female, Nong Khor, February 12, 1927; one male, Lem 

 Sing, March 15, 1930; one female, Koh Chang, January 5, 1926; one 

 male, Rajaguri, April 10, 1926; one male and one female, Koh Tao, 

 September 25, 26, 1928. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following: Five males and two 

 females in Trang (Prahmon, March 19 and 21, 1890; Lay Song Hong, 

 October 9, 1896; Trang, January 13, 26, 1897; Kantany, January 16, 

 1897); one male, Pulo Adang, Butang Islands, December 15, 1899; 

 one male and three females, Tenasserim (Tanjong Badak, January 6, 

 1900; Bok Pyin, February 19, 1900; Victoria Point, November 24, 

 1900; Maliwun Creek, December 20, 1901); two females, Mergui 

 Arcliipelago (Loughborough Island, January 26, 1900; and Victoria 

 Island, December 5, 1903). He gives the colors of the soft parts as: 

 Iris dark brown; bill red, dusky at base; feet red, blackish in front 

 and top of toes. 



Tliis species has a tremendous range, being found from Korea, in 

 the north, south through China to Indo-China, Siam, Burma, and 

 Assam, west to Nepal, thence south through Peninsular Siam to 

 Celebes. 



In the northern part of its range it is only a summer resident, but 

 farther south it is said to be resident the year around. The resident 

 birds in the southern part of its range are probably augmented in the 

 cold season by the migrants from farther north. It seems to be a 

 rather common bird in Siam proper and in Peninsular Siam also. 



Herbert ^^ took a single egg from a hole in a tree in the middle of 

 July at Paknampo, central Siam. 



It is said to be a seacoast bird, going inland only along the large 

 rivers. 



ENTOMOTHERA COROMANDA COROMANDA (Latham) 



Alcedo coromanda Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 1, p. 252, 1790 (Coro- 

 mandela; type locality fixed by Oberholser, Rangoon, Pegu). 



One male and one female, Nakon Sritamarat, March 28, 1924; one 

 male, Koh Kut, May 25, 1929. 



Dr. Abbott secured a male at Tychmg, Trang, April 24, 1896. He 

 gives the soft parts as: Feet red, claws orange-yellow; orbital ring 

 orange. 



The form ranges from the Himalayas of Nepal east to Assam, 

 Burma, southeastern China, Indo-China, Siam, and down Peninsular 



»» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 309, 1924. 



