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respectively: 1-43 by 1-2; 1-37 by 1-2; 1-51 by 1-17; 1-45 by 

 l"lo. Two others are of a pointed oval shape, and measure 1"5 by 

 1"17; 1"4 by 1-12 respectively. 



2. Sariba Island, Now Guinea, 11th Oct. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [CI. 

 '2. Sariba Island, 20th Oct. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Aru Islands {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HALCYON, Swains. 



The eggs of the Kingfishers of this genus are very rounded and 

 some are perfectly spherical. When fresh, they are extremely 



Halcyon coromandus (Lath.). 



Halcyon coromandus, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 1-'J5 (1870) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. ;5.'n ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 217 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. 



ii. p. 50 (1900) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersainml. p. 161 (1899). 

 Callialcyon lilacina, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 134 (1895). 



Five eggs of the Ruddy Kingfisher measure i-2 in length, and 

 from 1-1 to 1-2 in breadth. 



5. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



Halcyon smyrnensis (Linn.). 



Halcyon smyrnensis, Lnyard, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd sor. xii. p. 172 

 (l'>53); Swinhoe, Ibis,_ 1860, p. 48; Tristram, Has, 1866, p. 86; 

 Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinida, p. 161 ; Dresser, Birds Bur. v. p. 133 

 (1875) ; Lef/;/e. Birds Ceylon, p. 298 (1»78) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 

 ii- Bff<js Ind. Birds, iii. p. 15 (1890) ; S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. 

 p. 222 (1892) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 479 ; Blanf. Fatm. Brit. 

 Ind., Birds, iii. p. 132 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 56 (1900). 



The eggs of the White-breasted Kingfisher measure from 1 to 1-25 

 in length, and from 0-9 to 1-05 in breadth. 



1. Palestine, 23rd May (//. B. Tris- Salviu-Godnian Coll. 



travi). 



2. Sea of C alilee, 28th April ( //. B. T.). Crowlev Bequest. 

 4. Sind (J. H. (iould). Gould Coll. 



4. Hansi, Punjab ( W. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



4. Hansi, 12th May ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 24th J\IaV ( rr. fi.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Hansi, 27th MaV ( IF. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Hansi, 2nd June ( IV. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Hansi, 5th .June (fF. A'.). Hume Coll. 



5. Hansi, 7th ,lune (^. 5.). Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 15th .lune (Tr. j9.)- Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 28th June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Sambhur, 27th June (A'. M. Adam). Hume Coll. 

 3. Meerut, N.W. Provs., 9th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Saharunpur, 25th April (&. F. L. Hume Coll. 



Marshall). 

 1. Saharunpur, 9th May (G. F. L. M.). Hume Coll. 



4. Delhi, 5th June (.C. r. ^ffiwy/ffw)). Hume (.'.Jl. 



