ALCEDO. 



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Alcedo benf^ralensis, Oate^ ed. Hume, Nests S{ Eyns Ind. Birds, iii. p. 1 

 (lb!)Oj ; La Tuuche, Ibis, 1892, p. 479. 



Eggs of the Common Kingfisher, taken in Europe, measure from 

 •»/ to -95 in length, and from -72 to -8 in breadth. Eggs of the 

 smaller Asiatic form {A. benf/nJensis) measure only from -75 to -87 

 in length, and from -05 to -72 in breadth. 



Keswick, Cumberland {Hargitt 

 Coll.). 



Asliopton, Derbyshire, 4th M.ay 

 (//. Seebohm). 



Cambridgeshire. 



Burn Brook, Cambridgeshire. 



Oxfordshire (//. Saunders). 



Alton, Hants (J. Cuoper). 



Frensham, Hants. 



Hendon, Middlesex. 



River Thames. 



Elbeuf, France (Koury : Ilarqitt 



Coll.). ^ 



'Rlh^iwUNoury : Ilanjitt Coll.). 

 Stolp, Pomeraiiia, 7th April 



(T. Holland). 

 Jerripaui, Mussoori, Himalayas. 

 River Jumna, 18th Sept. 

 Ahmedniigger, 15th March {Rev. H. 



Bruce). 

 Neddivuttum, Madras iJ. Barliiw). 

 Nilghiri Hills, March. 

 Calcutta, 27th July. 

 Shanghai, China. 

 Foochow, China, 19th June. 

 Foo-chow, 9th July. 

 Chjukiang, Fi)h-kieu, 12th May. 

 Fuji, Japan, 1st July. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowlev Bequest. 

 J. Wliitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. J. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 

 Radcliffe Sauuders Coll. 



Alcedo meningting, Ilorsf. 

 Alcedo asiatica, Sliarpe, Man. Alcedinida;, p. 2.'3 (1870) 

 Alcedo niemngtmg, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329 ; id. 'Cnt. Birds B. M 



p 51 (igOO) ^'^'■«"'""^- p. 1<)0 (1899) ; S/tarpe, Hand-l. ii. 



^ Four eggs of tho Malayan Kingfisher measure respectively • 

 •io by •();, ; -77 by -62 ; '79 by '65 ; -75 by -64. ' 



4. Labuan, Borneo. 



2. Borneo {Sir Hiujh Loxo). 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Alcedo beavani, WaUen. 

 Alcedo asiatica {nee Sic), Gates, Birds Brit. Burm. ii. p. 73 (1883) • 



Oates ed Hume, Xests ^- Eyys Ind. Birds, iii. p. G (1890). ' 



AlCHdo beavani, STiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 160 (1892) ; Blanf 



fS). "^•' ^''■'^'' "^- P- ^-' (^^^^^' ^^'"''J"^' Hand-Vu. p 6l 



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