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Order CORACIIFORMES 



Family ALCEDINIDAE 



Genus CERYLE Boie 



Ceryle lugubris guttulata Stejneger 



Ceryle guttulata Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 14, No. 904, 

 Aug. 2, 1892, p. 294. New name for Alcedo guttatus Vigors, 

 Proc. Comm. Sci. Corr. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1, No. 2, Feb, 1, 

 1831, p. 22 (Himalayas; type locality restricted to Cachar 

 District, Assam State, India, by Stuart Baker, Journ. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 28, 1922, p. 314), not Alcedo guttata Bod- 

 daert, 1783. 

 Range: Reported from the western provinces of the northern plateau 



(Chaiya Prakan, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Tak), 



Ceryle rudis leucomelanura Reichenbach 



C[eryle]. leucomelanura Reichenbach, Icones ad Synopsin Avium, 

 continuatio No. viii, Alcedineae, 1851, p. 21, pi. ccccix b. No. 



3488 (Ceylon). 

 Bange: Along the broader streams of the northern plateau (Chiang 

 Rai, Chiang Mai), the southeastern provinces (Chanthaburi), the 

 central plains, and the western provinces south to Phet Buri. 



Genus ALCEDO Linnaeus 



Alcedo atthis bengalensis Gmelin 



[Alcedo] bengalensis Gmelin, Caroli a Linne . . . Systema naturae 

 ed. 13, tom. 1, pars 1, 1788, p. 450 (Bengal State, India). 

 Range: Common in every part of the country from Chiang Rai to 

 the extreme South. 



Alcedo meninting laubmanui Mathews 



Alcedo laubmanni Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 46, No. 

 299, Nov. 4, 1925, p. 21. New name for Alcedo Asiatica 

 Swainson, Zoological Illustrations, ser. 1, vol. 1, No. 9, June 

 1821, pi. 50 and text ("some part of India"; type locality re- 

 stricted to Bengal State, by Stuart Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 vol, 39, 1919, p. 37), not Alcedo Asiatica Meuschen, 1787. 

 Range: Reported from the northern plateau (Chiang Mai, Nan) 

 and the central plains (Sukhothai). 



Alcedo meninting verreauxii De la Berge 



Alcedo Verreauxii De la Berge, Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, tome 2, 

 [not earher than November] 1850, p. 621 (Borneo). 

 Range: The peninsular provinces from the Isthmus of Era to the 

 extreme South. 



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