116 ALOKDTNID^. 



(1878) ; Hume Sf Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 85 (1878), viii. p. 80 



(1879) ; Bimjham, t. c. p. 193, ix. p. 156 (1880) ; Oates, Handb. 

 B. Br. Bunn. ii. p. 76 (1883) ; Blakist. Amended Lift B. Japan, 

 p. U (1884) ; C. H. T. Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 409 ; Stt/an, Ibis, 

 1887, p. 230 ; Hume, Sir. F. xi. p. 48 (1888) ; Seebohm, B. Japan. 

 Emp. p. 174 (1890) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests Sf Eyys Ind. B. 

 iii. p. 6 (1890). 



Alcedo lugubris, Temm. PL Col. iv. pi. 548 (1834) ; Sold. Mas. 



Pai/S'Bas, Alced. p. 2 (1863). 

 Alcedo (Cervle) lugubris, Temm. ^ Schl. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 77, 



pi. 38 B (1850). 

 Ceryle lugubris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 160 (1850) ; Beichenb. Handb., 



Alced. p. 22, Taf. 408. figs. 3099-3100 (1851) ; Swinh. B. Z. S. 



1863, p. 333 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 97, no. 1184 (1869) : Sharj^e, 



Monogr. Alced. p. 59 (1869); Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 348; id. 



Ibis, 1873, pp. 96, 361 ; David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 78, pi. 10 



(1877) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 600, 1888, p. 463. 

 Megaceryle guttata, Kaup, Fani. Eisv. p. 8 (1848) ; Bp. Omsp. 



Valuer. Anis. p. 10 (1854) ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. 



p. 149 (1860). 

 Megaceryle lugubris, Bp. t. c. p. 10 (1854) ; Cab. ^- Heine, t. c. 



p. 149 (1860). 



Adult male. Head crested, black, varied with white spots, some 

 of the central crest-feathers being pure white : rest of upper 

 surface of body ashy grey, banded with white ; wing-coverts black, 

 spotted with white ; quills, upper tail-coverts, and tail black, 

 banded with white ; round the hind neck a broad white collar ; 

 sides of face and car-coverts black, the feathers varied with white 

 margins ; cheeks pure white, as well as the throat ; these parts 

 separated from each other by a line of black, which commences 

 on the chin and follows the malar line till it joins the pectoral 

 band ; on the hinder cheeks this band is tinged with brick-red ; 

 across the chest is a band of black-and-white spotted feathers of 

 varying pattern, but washed with brick-red ; breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts white, the sides of the body barred with ashy 

 black, a few bars also visible on the lateral under tail-coverts ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, with a few shaft-streaks 

 and spots of black. Total length IGS inches, culmen 2-9, wing 7'3, 

 tail 4-2, tarsus 0-4. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but wanting the brick-red 

 colour on the hinder cheeks and pectoral band. The axillaries and 

 long under wing-coverts are pale rufous, the coverts near the edge 

 of the wing being white ; the sides of the body also slightly tinged 

 with rufous, and having a few indistinct ashy bars : " bill black, 

 greenish at the base ; legs and feet olive-green ; iris dark brown " 

 {Hume, MSS.). Total length 14-5 inches, culmen 2-8, wing 7"2, 

 tail 4'2, tarsus 0*45. 



Young. Similar to the adult female, but much more strongly 

 washed with rufous on the flanks, the under tail-coverts being also 

 pale rufous, lighter than the flanks and under wing-coverts ; the 

 pectoral band is much narrower and the black markings take the 



