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alcedixtd.t;. 



l-s. S ad. et 

 juv.; t-x. 2 

 ad.etimm.sk. 



i/,z. c? ad.; a'. 

 2 ad. sk. 



b'-d'. d ad. 

 et imm. ; e'. 

 2 ad. sk. 



f-i'. Imm. sk. 



k', I'. Ad. sk. 



m'. 2 ad. sk. 



71. (5 ad. sk. 



v'. Ad. sk. 



J)'. S ad. sk. 

 !/',/•'. Ad.sk. 



Jaram, Salaugore, Dec, Jan., Aug. Hume Coll. 

 (IF. Davison). 



Klang, May (IF. Davison). Hume Coll. 



Dingding Islands, Marcli ( 11'. Davi- Hume Coll. 

 son). 



Malacca, Aug. (W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



Malacca, May (Dr. Mainr/ai/). Tweeddale Coll. 



Pulo Nougsa", Nov. 27 ( W. Daviso7i). Hume Coll. 



Singapore Island, Feb. ( IF. D.). Hume Coll. 



Alligator's Island, Singapore, Jan. 20. Dr.A.McKiulay 



[P.]. 



Aclieen, Sumatra, Feb. 4 ( W. D.). Hume Coll. 



Sumatra (C. Bock). Tweeddale Coll. 



Subsp. c(. Halcyon meyeri. 



Adiih. Similar to //. davisoni from the Andamans, and like that 

 species having black ear-coverts and a black nuchal collar, but having 

 only the sides of the body washed with fulvous as in II. humii of 

 the Malayan Peninsula. It differs from both the above species in 

 having the bill upturned at the tip in a very conspicuous manner. 

 Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 4-1, tail 2-6, tarsus O'So. 



Bah. Togian Islands. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Togian Islands {Dr. A. B. Meyer). Tweeddale Coll. 



Subsp. /3. Halcyon davisoni. 



Todirhamphus collaris {nee Szmins.), Wald. P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 554 ; 



Beavan, Ibis, 1866, p. 221, 1867, p. 319, 1869, p. 409. 

 Halcyon chloris (nee Bodd.), Ball, Str. F. i. p. 58 (1873) ; Siime, 



Sir. F. ii. p. 170 (1874). 

 Todirhamphus collaris (iiec Stcains.), Blyth, Ibis, 1859, p. 465 



(Andamans). 

 Sauropatis chloris, Wald. Ibis, 1873, p. 302 (S. Andamans). 



Adult male. Similar to H. Immii, but having black ear-coverts 

 and a very distinct black nuchal collar continuous with the ear- 

 coverts ; the mantle shaded with black below the white cervical 

 collar ; cheeks and throat white ; breast and remainder of under- 

 parts fulvescent, deepening towards the lower flanks and under tail- 

 coverts : " upper mandible, tip and edge of lower mandible greenish 

 black : rest of lower mandible pinkish white ; legs and feet plum- 

 beous in front, behind and the soles in some bluish, in some pinkish 

 grey ; iris deep brown " {A. 0. Hume). Total length 9 inches, 

 culmen I'S, wing 3-9, tail 2-75, tar.sus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but a little greener on the 

 upper parts. Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 3-9, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 0"o.5. 



Hah. Andaman Islands. 



