4 Dr. T. C. Jerdon's Supplementary Notes 



129. Halcyon fuscus should stand as Halcyon smyrnen- 

 sis, L., Strickland having shown their identity, and not their 

 distinctness, as I erroneously state at p. 226. 



135. Alcedo euryzona should stand as Alcedo grandis, 

 Blyth, euryzona being quite disti^c^. This misapplication of 

 name, as well as that of nigricans, Blyth, has been assigned to 

 me; but on reference to Blyth's 'Catalogue of Birds of the 

 Calcutta Museum,' introduction, p. xxviii, it will be seen that 

 I only followed Blyth himself. Of course the synonym "^ A. 

 ccerulea, Gmel. apud Bonaparte,'^ must also be excluded. Dr. 

 Anderson has lately procured several specimens of this fine 

 Kingfisher from the valley of the Teesta. It has been figured 

 both by Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxii. pi. 1, and by Sharpe in his 

 beautiful monograph of this family. 



137. Ceryle guttata. 



This fine Kingfisher extends to the Khasia Hills. I found it 

 not rare in the Temshong valley, below Cherrapoonjee. In 

 Kashmir I have seen it up to 7000 feet, as also at similar alti- 

 tudes in other parts of the Himalayas. Although it may well 

 be called the hill representative of C. rudis, yet it extends to the 

 very foot of the hills, and I have seen it and C. r-udis close together 

 on the Kosi river where it debouches from the Kumaon hills, 

 and also on the Ganges near Hurdwar. 



138. PSARISOMUS dalhousi^. 



The length of this bird is erroneously printed as 14 inches 

 instead of 11. 



139. Serilophus rubropygia. 



In my description of the tail of this species a serious error 

 has occurred. Instead of " all the tail-feathers except the two 

 centre ones broadly tipped with white," read " the three outer 

 tail-feathers on each side tipped with white, but less broadly 

 than in S. limntus." 



140. HOMRAIUS BICORNIS. 



One I lately measured at Darjeeling in the flesh had the wing 

 21 1 inches, tail 19|, bdl 10| at gape, 15 to the end of the 



