408 Capt. Beavan 071 various Indian Birds. 



mein on the 21st September, 1865, in Col. Brown's garden, in 

 the evening. It was seated on the dead bough of a tree which 

 overhung the tank, from which it sallied forth every few minutes, 

 like the ordinary Bee-eater, and returned to its perch with an 

 insect. At first I mistook it for a species of Dicrurus, as its 

 green plumage looked dark in the absence of sunlight. It 

 allowed me to approach within easy shot, without seeming at 

 all annoyed by my presence. The measurements of my speci- 

 men differ considerably from those given by Dr. Jerdon : — 

 Length 13*125, wing 5-125, tail barely 5, tarsus "5, bill from 

 front 1'75, tail beyond wing 3'5 in., — giving a difference of "875 

 in. in the whole length, and of '375 in. in the wing, which is a 

 good deal. 



N. amicta, although said by Dr. Jerdon (B. Ind. i. p. 212) to 

 inhabit Burmah, did not, however, occur to me in that country. 

 I fancy it will in all probability be found somewhere to the 

 south of Moulmein. 



124. CoRACiAS AFFiNis. Burmcse Roller. 



Tolerably common about Moulmein, but very wary and diffi- 

 cult to approach. I however managed to get a specimen at 

 Tonquine on the 23rd September, 1865, of which I subjoin the 

 dimensions : — Length 1325, wing 7*375, tail 5*125, tarsus 

 barely 1, bill 1*375 in. Legs dirty yellow, claws black, irides 

 brown, bill black. 



127. Halcyon leucocephalus*. Brown-headed Kingfisher. 



Dr. Jerdon says of this species that the legs are "dull scarlet;" 

 but in specimens procured by me at the Andamans, in June 

 1865, they were of a bright coral-red colour [cf. Ibis, 1865, 

 pp. 407, 408) ; and the lower mandible of the bill is of the 

 same colour, but rather darker towards the tip. 



129. Halcyon fuscus. White-breasted Kingfisher. 



Procured by me from INIount Harriet, on the Andaman 

 Islands, on June 19, 1865 (Ibis, 1867, p. 319) ; again on the 

 Thatong Creek, in the Martabau district of Burmah, on the 

 4th October in the same year ; and again at Solon, on the cart- 



* Cf. Lord Waldeu's paper on my Tenasserim birds (P. Z. S. 1866, 

 pp. 537-556). 



