OERYLE. 



119 



b'. Tail longer tlian culnieu. 

 c''. Sexes alike. 



a\ Bill red. , 



a^. Bill compressed, culmeii flattened, 



with a groove on each side Pelargopsis, p. 128. 



b*. Billnot compressed, culuieu rounded. 



a' Primaries white at base Halcyon, p. l--'l- 



6' No white on primaries Oallialcyon, p. 134. 



P. Bill black Sauropatis, p. 135. 



<?". Sexes dissimilar; bill somewhat depressed. 



c^ Bill black above ; plumage not barred. Caridagrus, p. 138. 

 <i3. Bill red throughout; plumage barred. Carcineutes, p. 138. 



Genus CERYLE, Bole, 1828. 

 Bill long, compressed ; ciilmen slightly curved, flattened or 

 rounded above, with a groove on each side. Wings rather pouited, 

 2nd or 3rd quill longest, 1st bat little shorter. Tail longer than 



^^''Th^^genus inhabits the Ethiopian and Oriental regions with the 

 Southern portion of the Pal^arctic and the whole ot America. 

 There are two Indian species, distinguished by their black and white 

 plumage. 



Keif to the Species. 



Back not barred; wing 5-5 n Z2E' l^. 



Back transversely barred ; wing over 7 i^- iur/ubris, p. i-i. 



1033 Ceryle varia. The Indian Pied Kingfisher. 



Ceryle varia, StrieUan,, A. M.N.H vi, p. 418 (18^1) ;;|'^-^- f -• 

 Mas. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 585 ; Sharpe, Cat. B ^-^vii p. ii-^. _ 



Ceryle rudis, apud Blytli Cat. ^ A'd • Horsf J- M. Cat. ^\.l, 

 Jerdon, B.I. i, p. 232 ; Sharpe Mon. Ale. P;,61, pl- 19 ' /^'^'"^/. 



Menders. Lah. fo Yark. p. 179 ; Hume, S. F. i, P- 170 , ui, p. 5-^ , 

 xtenatis.-u i ^^^.^^, j^^^^.^^^ 7]^. 



Si -'i)l.^tV vi, p. iofiWA Birds Ceylj. 288; binders. 



N.&E 2nd ed. iii, p. 8 ; Murrai/, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 112 ; Banies, 

 Birds Bom. p. 103 ; {nee Alcedo rudis, Lmn.). 

 Knruala-Kilkila H. ; Fhatka Mack ranga, Karikata, Beng. ; Ung-ta- 

 M^Le^ctfrn^^^^^^ JVataranuwa, Gomera PeUhudawa, Cing. ; 



Pane-nyin, Bu-daitrnen-jo, Burm. 



Coloration. Male. Crown, nape, and small nuchal crest black, 

 snarincrly streaked with white; lores and a long supercihum white, 

 a Sk eye-streak from the base of the bill to the ear-coverts, 

 connected^by a narro^v black hne with the black gorget ; an imper- 

 fect white collar ; back, scapulars, ^fwing-coverts black edg^^^^ 

 with white ; rump-feathers white, with large ^ f k ^P^^s ; P umaue^ 

 with outer web and terminal portion ot inner black, the lest ^^ hite 

 TecondarL white, with irregiar black markings iornnngimj.erfect 

 bars ; taU-feathers white on the basal lialt and on the tip, a broad 



