the District of Lampony, S.E. Sumatra. 297 



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35. Alcedo euryzona. 



Alcedo cyanocephala, Shaw, Raffles, t. c. p. 293, " Su- 

 matra/' nee Shaw. 



Alcedo euryzona, Temm. PI. Col. livr. 83, " Java'' (1830) ; 

 Sharpe, Mon. Alced. t. 8 ; Schlegel, Vog. Neder. Ind. Mar- 

 tins pecheurs, p. 45, t. 1. f. 1, 2. 



A single example of this rare Kingfisher was obtained by 

 Mr. Buxton. The extreme rarity of the species has prevented 

 me comparing it with typical and Malaccan specimens. 



36. Alcedo meninting. 



Alcedo meninting, Horsf. t.c. p. 172, "Java" (1820). 



Alcedo asiatica, Sw. Zool. 111. (1) t. 50 (1821). 



Alcedo ispida, var. bengalensis, apud Raffles, t. c. p. 293, 

 " Sumatra." 



Examples of this well-marked species from Java, Borneo, 

 and Malacca agree with those from the Lampong district. 



37. Alcedo bengalensis. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. S. N. i, p. 450 (1788). 



38. Ceyx rufidorsa. 



Alcedo tridactyla, Linn., Raffles, t. c. p. 293, " Sumatra." 



Ceyx rufidorsa, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99, "Malacca;" 

 Sharpe, Mon. Alced. t. 41. 



Ceyx innominata, Salvadori, Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. iv. p. 465 

 (1869). 



Identical with Malaccan and Bornean examples. 



39. Merops sumatranus. Raffles, /. c. p. 294, " Sumatra" 

 (1821). 



Merops bicolor, Bodd., Salvadori, Ucc. Borneo, 90, nee 

 Bodd.; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 33, et 1877, p. 5; conf. Wal- 

 den, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 150, t. 26. 



Sumatran, Malaccan, and Bornean examples do not differ. 

 Are not examples with the chestnut plumage, washed with 

 green, immature birds, of both sexes, in transition from the 

 dark green of the young to the full dress of the adult, rather 

 than representatives of the adult female form only, as stated 

 by Mr. Sharpe (/. c.) ? 



