348 Mr. Blyth's Commentary 



cephalus as compared to the Indian race. Dr. Bree, in his 

 * Birds of Europe/ represents an Indian specimen ! Prof. 

 Schlegel adopts the name Alcedo fusca, Bodd., with A. smyrnensis, 

 L., as a synonym ; but he also adds A. gularis, Kuhl (Gould, 

 B. As. pt. xiii. pi.), from the Philippines, which should at least be 

 noted as a very strongly marked variety. Mr. Swinhoe identifies 

 the Chinese race with the Indian. An individual which I long 

 kept in an aviary would feed readily on cockroaches thrown to it, 

 seizing them from the ground without alighting, and carrying 

 them to its perch. 



130. Halcyon atricapillus (Gmel.) ; Gould, B. As. pt. x. 



In Mr. Gould's figure of this species the bill should be much 

 deeper and brighter coral-red ; and the head in the living bird 

 looks considerably larger, while the body-feathers are more 

 compressed. 



131. Halcyon coromandelicus. 



Malayan province, Philippines, Formosa, Japan ; but the 

 Japanese race is said to be rather smaller and more deeply 

 coloured. 



133. TODIRHAMPHUS CHLORIS (Bodd.). 



T. super ciliosus, Gray, is said by Mr. Cassin (Ornith. U. S. 

 Exploring Expedition, p. 203) to be a synonym of this species. 



134. Alcedo bbngalensis, Gmel. (Faun. Jap., Aves, pi. 

 xxxviii. ; Gould, B. As. pt. xiv. pi.) ; A. minor, Schlegel. 



Extends to China, Amuria, Japan, the Loochoo Islands, and 

 Foi'mosa; in the Tenasserim provinces and Malayan Peninsula 

 it occurs together with A. meningting, Horsf. [A. asiatica, 

 Swains.), but the latter keeps to the immediate vicinity of the 

 sea (J. A. S. B. xxxiii. p. 195). M. J. de la Berge figures and 

 describes a fine Kingfisher akin to A. meningting, from Borneo, 

 by the name A. verreauoci (Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 305, pi. ix). 

 In the Moluccas A. bengalensis is represented by A. moluccensis, 

 nobis {A. sondaica, Cabanis). A. ispida of Afghanistan (J. A. 

 S. B. xvi. pt. ii. p. 777) needs confirmation. 



135. Alcedo grandis, nobis, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 190. 



The Malayan A. euryzona, Temm. (]\xw. = A. nigricans), is 



