IGO 



ALCEDIN'in.r,. 



s'-v'. Imni sk. 

 w'. Ad. sk. 



.r', y'. Ad. sk. ; 



z',a" . Iinm. 



sk. 

 h". Ad. sk. 

 f". Ad. sk. 

 d". 2 inini.sk. 

 e". Imni. sk. 

 /". i/"- d' juv. 



sk. 

 7i". Ad. sk. 

 i" ,k'' . Imm.sk, 

 I". cJ juv. sk. 

 m". S ad. sk. 

 n'' . Skeleton. 



Soerabaya, Java ( W. T. Fraser : Tweoddalo Coll. 



S/iarpe Coll.). 

 West Java (A. R. Wallace : Shwpe Tweeddale Coll. 



Coll.). 

 Labuan (&> Jluyli Low). Sliarpe Coll. 



Labiian {J. Motley'). 

 Lumbidan (Sir H. Low). 

 Sarawak {A. R. Wallace), 

 Sarawak {H. Eivrett). 

 Marup, Sarawak (A. Everett). 



Banjarmassint^ (/. 3Iotley). 



Ijombock. 



Lombock {A. R. Wallace). 



Lombock [A. R. W.). 



Java. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Purchased. 



9. Alcedo beavani. 



Alcedo meninting {nee Horsf.), Beavan, Ibis, 18G7, p. .319; Blanf.- 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 465; Oates, Str. F. v. p. 143 (1877); Ilume'^- 

 I)avi.wn, Str. F. vi. p. 84 (1878) ; Brooks, Str. F. viii. p. 4(38 

 (1879) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) iv. p. 584 (1887). 



Alcedo asiatiea {nee Swains.), Ball, Str. F. i. p. 59 (1873) ; Hume, 

 Str. F. ii. p. 174 (1874) ; Ball, Str. F. iii. p. 289 (1875) ; Blijth Sf- 

 Wald. B. Burm. p. 71 (1875) ; Hume, Str. F. iv. p. 383 (187G) ; 

 Oates, Ilandb. B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 73 (1883) ; (d. ed. Hume's 

 Nests i^ Egcjs Ind. B. iii. p. 6 (1890). 



Alcedo rufig-astra, Walden, Ann. ^ M.tg. N. H. (4) xii. p. 487 (1873) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1874, p. 130. 



Alcedo beavani, Walden, Ann. 8f Mag. N.H. (4) xiv. p. 158 (1874) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1875, p. 401 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xlv. p. 193 

 (1870) ; mime, Str. F. iv. p. 287 (1876), vii. p. 204 (1878) ; id. 

 S)- Davison, Sir. F. vi. p. 84 (1878) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 80 

 (1879), ix. p. 247 (1880) ; Butler, t. c. p. 383 ; id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. 

 Pres. p. 20 (1880) ; Davison, Str. F. x. p. 383 (1887). 



Adult male. Similar to A. menintinr/ in general appearance, but 

 with the blue on the upper parts very bright, the bars on the head 

 and sides of face also brilliant blue ; the bright blue spots on the 

 wing-coverts always distinguish the species : " bill black, orange at 

 gape : feet vermilion ; iris browu " ( W. Davison). Total length 

 5*7 inches, culmen 1-6, wing 2"7, tail 1"1, tarsus 0*3o. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but having the 

 under mandible red. Total length 6 inches, wing 2-7, tail 1"2, 

 tarsus 0'3.5. 



Ilab. Southern and Central India to the Eastern Himalayas, 

 eastwards to Assam, Tenasserim, and Cochin China. Andaman 

 Islands. 



a. c? ad. sk. Mynall, Travancore {F. Bour- Hume Coll. 



dillon). 



b. $ ad. sk. Belgaum {A. E. Butler). Hume Coll. 



