2. CERYLE. 



107 



black at the tip; feet bright coral-red, claws darker horn-colour; 

 eyelids coral-red; iris brownish black "(Dr. Vorderman). Total 

 length 12 inches, culmen 3, wing 5-75, tail 3"5, tarsus 0'6. 



Hah. Java, Sumatra, Eillitou, aiid Borneo, as well as the Malayan 

 Peninsula. 



a. Ad. sk. 

 h, c. Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 d, e. Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 /. cj ad. sk. 



ff. Ad. sk. 



h. Ad.sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 

 k. cj ad. sk. 

 I. Ad. sk. 

 m, n, o. Ad. sk. 

 p. tS ^^- sk. 

 q. Ad. sk. 

 r. 5 fid. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 

 t. Ad. ; u. Juv. 



sk. 

 V. Ad. sk. 



Penang (Sharpe Coll.). Tweeddale CoU. 



Malacca, Aug. {R. G. W. E.). Tweeddale Coll. 



Malacca, July ( W. Danison). Hume Coll. 



Pulo Xongsa, Nov. 27 (IF. 



Davison). 

 Singapore, Jau. 20. 



Sumatra. 



Sumatra. 



Siedjounjong, Sept.(Cfl;-Z Bock). 



Lampong (E. C. Buxton). 



Java {Dr. Horsfield). 



Java {Ley den Mus.). 



Java. 



E Java. 



Billiton. 



Borneo. 



Hume Coll. 



Dr. A. McKin'av 



;p.]. 



\\allace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale C<.11. 

 India Mu.^eum. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Rajah Brooke [P.]. 



Labuan {J. 

 Coll.). 



Motley : Sharpe Tweeddale Coll. 



2. CERYLE. 



Type. 



Ceryle, Boie, Ms, 1828, p. 316 C. rudis. 



Ispida, Sicains. Classif. B. ii. p. 326 (1837) C. alcyon. 



Megaceryle, Kaup, Fam. Eisvi. p. 8 (1848) C. guttata. 



Chlorocei-yle, Kavp, t. c. p. 8 (1848) C. superciliosa. 



Amazonis, lieichh. Handb., Alced. p. 28 (1851) C. superciliosa. 



Streptocerjle, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 10 (1854). C. torquata. 

 Ichthynomus, Cah. Sf Seine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 150 



(1 860) C. maxima. 



Eanr/e. The countries of the Mediterranean ; the whole of the 

 Ethiopian and Indian regions, extending through China to Japan, 

 The whole of the New World. 



Key to the Sjiecies. 



A. Without any gi-een in the plimiage, which is 

 black and white or grey. 

 a. Upper surface black aud white, or greyish 

 black and white (not slaty grey), barred 

 across with black. 

 a'. Size smaller; tail with white base, 



a". With a double black band across the 

 breast. 



