i-li' Jour., Bom. Xat. IList. Hoc, \'ol. XAI'III, Xo. i'. [Jilar. Jo, i!)i'i'. 



1368. (1030) Melittophaffus erythroccphalus erythrocepha- 



lus. The Cheslnut-Jmuled Bee-Ealer. 

 Merops erythroccphalus Gmel., S. N., i., p. 403 (1788), 

 (India). (Ceylon)- 



Ceylon, S. Lidia, sub-Himalayas, Burma, etc. 



1369. (ioai) Nyctiornis athertoni. The Blue-bearded Bce-I'JiUcr. 



Merops athertoni Jard. and Selby., 111. Orn., il, j)l. •'58 (1829), 

 (India), (CacJiar). 



(Sub-Himalayas, Behra Dooii to A«.sam, Burma, Malabar 

 Coast. 



1370. (1032) Nyctiornis amictus. The Red-bearded Bce-E((lcr. 



Merops amictus Temni., PL Col, iv., pi. 310 (182-1), (Ben- 

 coolen, Sumatra). 



Tenasserim southwards. 



Siili-oixler IIALCYONES. 

 Family Alcedinid.^. 



1371. (1033) Ceryle rudis leucomelanura. The Indian Pied 



Kingfisher. 

 Ceryle leucomelanura ReicJien., Ilandl. Ahed., p. 21 (1851), 

 (Ceylon). 



India, Burma and Ceylon. 



1372. (1031) Ceryle lugubris ifuttulala. The Hini(d((yan Pied 



Kingfisher. 



Ceryle guttulata Slegnajer, Pro. U. S. N. M., .tv., p. 2[)'i 

 ( i 893), ( hidia) , (CacJmr ). 



Assam to China and Hauiaii. 



1373. (1035) Alcedo atthis benjvalensis. TJie Cotnmon Indian 



Kingfisher. 



Aloedo bengalensis Gmel., 8. N., i., p. 450 (1788), (Bengal). 

 All India. 



•374' *(1035) Alcedo atthis pallasii. The Central Asian 

 Kingfisher. 



Alcedo j)allasii Rcichen., Ilandl. spec. In. Akcd., p. 3 (1851), 

 ( ]]"est Siberia). 



N. and Central Asia. I'lmjab and Sind, Kashmir. 



1375- *(1035) Alcedo atthis taprobana. The Ceylon Kingfisher. 

 Alcedo is])ida mr. ta])robana Kleinsclini., Orn. Mber., it. p. 

 120 (]mU), (Ceylon). 

 Cej^lon. 



• Neither of these arc very strongly marked forms. 



