3. AlCEDO. 



151 



a''\b'%c'\ d'ad.; 



d^'. Juv. sk. 

 e". 5 ad. sk. 



. c? ad. sk. 



, cJ ad. sk. 



, Imni. sk. 

 (S ad. sk. 

 c? ad. sk. 



Juv. sk. 





Ad. sk. 

 6 ad. 



sk. 

 s", t}\ Ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 m''. Ad. sk. 

 y^'. $ ad. sk. 



?(;''. Ad. sk. 



x'\ 2 ad. sk. 

 ?/'■'. Ad. .sk. 

 s^'-^?^". Ad. sk. 

 e^\ Ad. .'^k. 



/i'W^». Skulls. 



Ningpo, April [R. S.). 



Shanghai, Feb. (Capt. 

 I nee). 



Shanghai, Aug. (H. Berg- 

 man). 



Shanghai, March {Shanghai 

 31 us.). 



Chusan, Oct. {Capt. Ince). 



Chefoo, June 2 {E. S.). 



S. Manchuria, June. 



Ussuri-Land {N. Prjeval- 



ski). 

 Port Hamilton, Corea. 



Japan {ex Leyden Mas.). 



Japan. 



Yezo (McVean). 

 Hakodadi, Sept. 24 {H. 



Whitehj). 

 Hakodadi, Sept. {J. Bla- 



kiston). 

 Nagasaki. 

 Nagasaki, Jan. 25. 

 Yokohama {H. Pryer). 

 Liu Kiu Islands(7/.Prv/e/-). 

 Germany. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Mrs. Ince [P.]. 



Tweeddale Coll, 



Tweeddale Coll. 



GJould Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



H. M. E. James, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



A. G. Wildey, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 F. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Dr. Giinther [C.]. 



Subsp. CI. Alcedo floresiana. 

 Alcedo bengalensis {nee Gm.), Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 484. 



Adult. Similar to A. ispida, and having the rufous band on the 

 ear-coverts as in that species, but differing in its intense blue colour, 

 which is remarkably defined on the hind neck, and also in having 

 the blue colour continued under the hinder part of the eye and the 

 fore portion of the ear-coverts. Total length 6 inches, culmen 1*6, 

 wing 2-S, tail 1-25, tarsus 0'4. 



This is an intermediate form between^, ispida an(\. A. ispidoides, 

 differing from the former in the greater extent of blue on the sides 

 of the face, but still retaining the rufous band on the car-coverts. 

 It docs not, however, show such a uniform blue side face as 

 A. ispidoides. Some remarks on the Flores specimens will be 

 found in my ' Monograph' (p. 14). 



lluh. Island of Flores, Moluccas. 



a, h. (S ad. sk. Flores ( Wallace : Sharpe Cull.). Tweeddale Coll. 



(Types of species.) 

 c, (/. Ad. sk. Flores. Wallace Coll. 



