3G8 Viscount Waldeii on a 



SuRNicuLus LUGUBRis (Hoi'sf.), Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 179, 

 adult, "Java" (1820); Zool. Res. Java, pi. — . 



Cucalus albopundatus, Drapiez, Diet. Class. d^Hist. Nat. iv. 

 p. 570, "Java'' (1823), av. juv. 



Pseudornis dicruroides, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. 1839, p. 136, pi. — , 

 " Nipaul." 



" Marup, iris brown." 



Himalayan, Ceylon, Malaccan, and .lavan individuals do not 

 differ ; and this Marup example also agrees with them. 



Longitudo 



Alse. Caudae. 

 Surniculus luguhris 5'7o 6 Java, fiill black plumage. 

 „ „ 4'82 5"50 Java, full black plumage. 



. ^~ K QT I Malacca, changing from brown to 

 I black plumage ; no spots. 



„ „ 5"37 6'88 Valley of Nipaul, full black plumage. 



5'75 6'0 Darjeeling, full black plumage. 

 4'88 6-88 Ceylon, full black plumage. 

 4'88 5"75 Ceylon, spotted plumage. 



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„ „ 4-62 5 Mai'up, spotted plumage. 



Pelargopsis leucocephala (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 456 (1788); 

 Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 59. 



" Marup, c? , ii'is brown, bill and legs scarlet." 



Ceyx sharpii, Salvadori, Atti Ac. Sc. Torino, 1869, p. 463, 

 pi. — , " Sarawak ; " Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 63. 

 "Marup, S, ii'is brown, bills and legs pale red." 

 A single example of a beautiful Cej/x in Mr. Everett's collec- 

 tion seems referable to this species, although it does not quite 

 agree with Count Salvadori's diagnosis, nor with that given by 

 Mr. Sharpe. It has the wings of Ceyx tridactyla, and it also 

 possesses the large deep-blue spot on the sides of the head of 

 that species. It is certainly not C. dillwynni, Sharpe^ with the 

 type of which I have compared it. 



Alcedo asiatica. Swains. Zool. Illustr. 1st ser. i. pi. 50, 

 "some part of India" (1820-21) ; Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 75. 



" Marup, 6 , iris brown, feet claret-coloured ; Marup, 6 , 

 August, iris brown, bill black-brown, feet coral-red." 



