yy alcedinid.t:. 



pi. 30 (1870) ; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 3i'4 (1875) ; Bhith ^- Wald. 

 B. Hunn. p. 70 (lS7o) ; Armstr. Str. F. iv. p. SOo (ls76) ; Hume 

 i) Dniison, Str. F. vi. p. 73 (1878) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. pp. 49, 85 

 (1870); Oate.^, Str. F. x. p. 187 (1882); id. Handb. B. Brit. 

 Btirm. ii. p. 78 (1883). 



Alcedo leucocephala, pt., Schl. 3Iu.s. Pay-Bas, Alced. p. 13 (18G3). 



? Alcedo amauroptera, Schl. op. cit., Remie, p. 8 (1874). 



Adult male. Entire head, neck, and under surface of bodj' j-el- 

 lowish cinnamon or deep ochre ; back, scapulars, and wing-eovei-ts 

 chocolate-brown ; eutire back and rump silvery cobalt ; quills 

 chocolate-brown, light cinnamon along the inner web ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail chocolate-brown : " bill crimson ; legs scarlet ; iris 

 dark brown ; ej-elids brick-red " (./. R. Cripps). Total length 

 13 inches, culmen 3, wing 5-8, tail 4, tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 

 13 inches, culmen 3'4, wing 5"6, tail 3*4, tarsus OMi. 



Tonng. Only differs from the adults in having dusky margins to 

 the ochreous feathers. 



Hah. Eastern Bengal to Arakan, Bormah, and Tenasserini, as 

 far as the Tonka district of the Upper Malay Peninsula. 



a. Ad. sk. Bengal (F. BlytJi). India Museum. 



5-A. Ad. et imm. Near Calcutta, July, Nov., Dec. Hume Coll. 



sk. 



i. Ad. sk. Near Calcutta, Oct. 30. Tweeddale Coll. 



k. (5 ad. sk. Faridpur, May 19 (/. R. Cripps). Hume Coll. 



I, m. <S ad. sk. Arakan Hills, Jan. (E. W. Ontes). Hume Coll. 



n. 2ad.sk. Yaytho,Burmah, June (i?.G. rr.72.). Tweeddale Coll. 



0. cj ad. sk. Desertas Creek, Jan. (J". ^-l;-»;.sf/-oHy). Hume Coll. 



p. S fid. sk, Waughran Cieek, Feb. (J. A. ). Hume Coll. 



q. Ad. sk. Salt Water Creek, Irawady Delta. W. T. Blanford, 



Esq. [P.]. 



r. (S 3^. sk. liaynah Creek, Tenasserim, May Hume Coll. 



(IF. Davisoii). 



s. 5 ad. sk. Amherst, March {J. Armstrong). Hume Coll. 



t, u. J imm. sk. Mergui, Nov., Dec. ( JF. D.). Hume Coll. 



V. S ad. sk. Malawoon, March (A. L. Houyh). Hume Coll. 



w. Imm. St. Tenasserim {Heifer). India Museum. 



X. tS ad. sk. Kopah River, .Tan. ( 71'. D.) Hume Coll. 



y. (S ad. sk. Kossoum, April (J. Darliny). Hume Coll. 



3. Pelargopsis lencocephala *. 



Martin-Pecheur de Java, Daubent. PL Enl. viii. pi. 757. 



Le Martin-pecheur a tete et cou couleur de paille, Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. vii. p. 190 (1780). 

 White-headed Kingfislier, Lath. Gen. Sipi. i. pt. 2, p. 617 (1782). 

 Alcedo jav ana, Bodd. Tahl. PL Enl. p. 47 (1783). 

 Alcedo lencocephala, Gm. Syst. Kai. i. p. 45G (1788) ; Shatc (^- Nodd. 



Nat. Misc. xix. pi. 793 (1807) ; SchL Mus. Pays-Ba.^, Alced. 



* The earliest name for this species is undoubtedly Alcedo javana of 

 Boddaert, but as the species does not inhabit Java, I have dropped Boddaert's 

 name as being misleading. 



