278 ALCEMNIBiE. 



It', h'. Ad. sk. Siani. Gould Coll. 



c. (S ad. sk. Tonka, Jan. [J. Darlinii). Hume Coll. 



d'. 5 ad. sk. Tapraw, April {J. Durlinq). Hume Coll. 



(■'. 2 ad. sjv. Singapore Island, Feb. ( iV. /).). Hume Coll. 



/'. S fid. sic. Acheen, Sumatra, Feb. ( W. D.). Hume Coll. 



il'. (S ad. sk. Oniadal Island, N. Borneo, April. Ur. A.McKinlay 



Subsp. /3. Halcyon vidali. 



Halcyon chloris (wef Bodd.), Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 168 (1878: S. 

 Konkan); Vidal, op. cit. viii. p. 414 (1870); Hume, i.e. p. 86 

 (1879, pt.); Vidal, op. cit. ix. p. 50 (1880: Ratuagiri) ; Butler, 

 Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 19 (1880). 



Adidt male. Similar to ff. chloris, and bright greenish blue on the 

 back, wings, and tail ; below white with a creamy-buff tinge ; no 

 black nuchal band ; ear-coverts green. Total length 10*2 inches, 

 culmen 2-1, wing 4*4, tail 3, tarsus 0-(). 



Adult femcde. Resembles the adult male in colour and has similar 

 green cheeks. Total length 10-5 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 4-5, 

 tail 2-75, tarsus 0-65. 



Hab. South Konkan, Western India. 



a-d. d ad. ; e,f. Ratuagiri, S. Konkan, Oct., Nov. Hume Coll. 



2 ad. sk. (G. Vidal). 



y,h. S ad.; i. $ Kelshi Creek, Feb. {G. Vidal). Hume Coll. 



ad. sk. 



Subsp. y. Halcyon abyssinicus. 



Ceryle abyssinica, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 67 (1854 ; ex Hempr. Sf 



Ehr. MSS.). 

 Dacelo chloris, Hevyl. Oni. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 194 (1869). 

 Halcyon chloris {nee Bodd.), Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 222 (1870); 



id. ^' Hartl. Viig. Ostafr. p. 165 (1870) ; Atiiin. i^ Salvad. Viaycj. 



Bogos, p. 68 (1873 : Massowa). 

 Halcyon abyssinica, Felz. Sitz. k. Akad. lVien,xx. p. 500 (1866) ; id. 



Beis. Novara, VUff. p. 40 (1865). 



Adult. Similar to H. chloris, but very much greener, with green 

 wings and tail ; no black nuchal collar ; ear-coverts green ; under- 

 neath entirely white : " upper mandible and edges and tip of lower 

 mandible horny black, the lower mandible fleshy white at the base ; 

 feet pale dusky fleshy ; iris umber-brown " {Hniglin). Total length 

 5'2 inches, culmen 2, wing 4*1, tail 2"7, tarsus 0'55. 



Hah. Coast of the Red Sea. 



a. Ad.; b. 2 Zoulla, Abyssinia, March ( JF. Je*\«e). Tweeddale Coll. 

 ad. sk. 



44. Halcyon sordidus. 



Halcvon sordidus, Gonld, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 72 ; id. B. Austr. fol. ii. 

 pi.' 23 (1848); Grat/, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (1846); Reichenb. Vog. 

 Neuholl. p. 209 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 92, no. 1114 (1869) ; 

 Sharpe, Monogr. Aleed. p. 233, pi. 88 (1870) ; Biggies, Orn. Aust 

 pi. (c. 1870) ; Bamsaij, Froc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 179 (1878) ; 



