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Alcedo ispidAj L. ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 86. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 168. 



No. 1. An adult specimen. Mr. Hume considers the 

 Kingfisher which he procured at Muscat to he A. bengalensis; 

 but Colonel Miles's specimen appears to me to be yl. ispida, 

 supposing that the two forms can really be distinguished as 

 more than races. After looking over ]\Ir. Hume^s immense 

 series of A. bengalensis, I do not think it will be possible to 

 maintain A. bengalensis as a distinct species; for, as he has 

 pointed out, the Sind birds are really intermediate, and I see 

 from his label that he has altered his opinion as to the Muscat 

 specimen, which is now labelled A. ispida. In future I thiuk 

 that A. bengalensis will have to be regarded as a small, 

 brightly-coloured, tropical race of the European A. ispida. 



Upupa epops, L. ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 90. 

 No. 39. One adult bird. 



TuRTUR RisoRius, L. ; Humc, t. c. p. 110. 

 No. 35. Two specimens. 



TuRTUR SENEGALENSIS, L. ; HumC, t. C. p. 110. 



No. 41. Two specimens. 



Pterocles lichtensteini, Temm. ; Hume and Marshall, 

 Game Birds of India, i. p. 65. 

 No. 44. One specimen. 



Pterocles coronatus, Licht. ; Hume and Marshall, t. o. 



p. 57. 



Nos. 46, 48. Two specimens. 



Ammoperdix heyi, Hume and Marshall, t. c. p. 49, note. 

 Nos. 31, 43. A pair. 



Ortygornis pondicerianus, Gm. ; Hume and Marshall, 

 t. c. p. 52. 



No. 30. One specimen. 



HouBARA macqueeni (Gray & Hardw.) ; Hume and Mar- 

 shall, t. c. p. 17. 



No. 48. An adult specimen. 



