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road to the plains, about thirty miles from Simla, in the N.W. 

 Himalayas, at an elevation of from 4000 to 5000 feet. The last 

 I shot from a tree overhanging a tank in the middle of the vil- 

 lage, on the 18th October, 1866. 



130. Halcyon atricapillus. Black-capped Purple King- 

 fisher. 



I found this species tolerably abundant about the tidal creeks 

 and rivers at Moulmein in 1865. A specimen, a male by dis- 

 section, was procured by me there in very fine and perfect plu- 

 mage, on the 14th of September in that year. Its dimen- 

 sions were as follows : — Length barely 12, wing 5, tail 3"25, 

 exceeding the wing, when closed, by 2*25 ; tarsus '5625, bill 

 from front 2"375 in. Irides dark brown ; bill and legs coral-red, 

 the latter with a darker tinge above ; the claws brown-black. 

 The breast-feathers in this specimen have slight dark fringes or 

 pencilliugs on them ; the throat is a pure white, which is met 

 below by a rufous semicollar. This latter colour meets on the 

 abdomen, and extends thence throughout the lower parts to the 

 lower tail-coverts. I shot this specimen in Col. Brown^s garden 

 at Moulmein. 



132. ToDiRHAMPHUS coLLARis. Whitc-collared Kingfisher. 



In a former notice of this species (Ibis, 1867, p. 319) a 

 slight mistake occurs ; the bill should have been said to be 

 1*625 in. in length, instead of 1"52. 



134. Alcedo BENGALENsis. Common Indian Kingfisher. 

 I procured a single specimen in November 1866, at Umbal- 

 lah, where, however, it is far from common. 



140. HoMRAius BicoRNis. Great Hornbill. 



Col. Brown had one about two-thirds grown, in captivity, at 

 Moulmein, in July 1865. It Hved chiefly on plantains, which it 

 ate voraciously, catching them when throv/n into the air, and 

 then with a gulp swallowing them down. It made a horrid 

 loud noise when hungry, the voice sounding like the " hough ! 

 hough!" of a troop of monkeys when they see an enemy in 

 the jungles. The Burmese call this species " Oukchingce " (Big 

 Hornbill), and sometimes also " Yonia." I observed several spc- 



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