2. CERYLE. 113 



Ball, Str. F. ii. p. 387 (1874); Hume, t. c. p. 470; id. Str. F. 

 iii. p. 52 (1875) ; Butler, t. c. p. 456 ; Bli/th | Wald. B. Burm. 

 p. 71 (1875); Falrb. Str. F. iv. p. 254 (1876); Godio.-Aust. 

 J. A. S. Bemj. xlv. p. 69 (1876) ; Hume, Str. F. v. p. 19 (1877) ; 

 Oates, t. c. p. 143 ; David ^^ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 77 (1877) ; 

 Hume ^ Dacison, Str. F. vi. p. 85 (1878) ; Davids. S,- Wenden, 

 Str. F. vii. p. 77 (1878) ; Hume, t. c. p. 97 ; Ball, t. c. p. 204: 

 Cripps, t. c. p. 261 ; Leyge, B. Ceylon, i. p. 288 ( 1878) ; Anders. 

 Rep. Zool. Coll. Yunnan, p. 580 (1878) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 pp. 50, 86 (1879) ; Scully, t. c. p. 238 ; Scrape Doiy, t. c. p. 370 ; 

 Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 17 (1879) ; Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 50 

 (1880); Binyham, t. c. p. 156; Butler, t. c. p. 383; id. Cat. B. 

 S. Bomb. Pres. p. 20 (1880) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 102 ; Oates, 

 Handb. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 87 (1883) ; Reid, Str. F. x. p. 22 

 (1883) ; Oates, t. c. p. 188; Davidson, t. c. p. 256; Davison, t. c. 

 p. 352; Murray, Vertebr. Fmm. Sind, p. 112 (1884); Swinh. ^• 

 Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 61 ; Stya7i, Ibis, 1887, p. 230 ; Taylor, Str. 

 F. X. p. 457 (1887) ; Cordeau.r, Ibis, 1888, p. 224 ; Hu?ne, Str. F. 

 xi. p. 47 (1888) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests Sf Eggs Lid. B. p. 8 

 (1890). 

 Ceryle leucomelanura, Reichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 21, Taf. 409 b. 

 fig. 3488 (1851). 



Adult male. Similar to C rudis, but generall}' distinguished by a 

 more distinct black malar line, by having the throat distinctly 

 marked with large spots of black, by having the flanks very 

 distinctly spotted with black ratber than streaked, aud especially 

 by the white base of the tail not showing any bhick bars : " bill 

 black, the mouth inside fleshy yellow ; feet black ; iris dark 

 brown" [J. B. Cripps). Total length ll"o inches, culmen 2-6, 

 wing 5*5, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-45. 



Adult female. Difters from the female of C. rudis in the same 

 way that the male does. Total length 11*5 inches, culmen 2-5, 

 wing 5-6, tail •3'25, tarsus 0-5. 



Hab. Prom Baluchistan to Sind, and over the whole of the Indian 

 Peninsula aud Ceylon eastwards to China. 



a. Ad. sk. Quetta, Nov. (O. T. Duke). Hume Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Sind (Dr. H. Gould). India Museum. 

 d. cJ ad. sk. Kutta Dhera, Upper Sind, Hume Coll. 



Feb. (.-1. O. ID. 



*">/• c? fid. sk. LarkLana, Jan. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



g. d ad. sk. Sukhur, Dec. 30 {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



A, t. c? ad. sk. ClieuabRiver,Uec.(.4.0.//.). Ilmne Coll. 



Ii. 2 ad. sk. Shahpur, Jhehuu River, Nov. Hume Coll. 



25 (.4. O. H.). 



I. 5 ad. sk. Roree, Siud. Hume Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Kutch {Dr. Stoliczka). Hume Coll. 



n. 2 ad. sk. Dhoraji, Kathiawar, Mar. 23. Col. Haj-es Lloj'd 



0. c? ad. sk. Yiee?a,,A\>v\\\(E. A.Butler). Hume Coll. 



p. Ad. sk. Mount Abu (E. A. B.). Hume Coll. 



g. 2 ad. sk. Oodeypore,reb. 13(yl.0.i7.^. Ilunip Coll. 



r, s. cS 2 ad. sk. Sambhur, Jan., Auir. (A'. M. Hume Coll 

 Adam). 



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