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1034. Ceryle lugubris. The Himalayan Pied Kingfisher. 

 Alcedo guttatus, Vigors, P Z S. 1830, p. 22 (nao Bocld. 1783). 



fTlolid^ Cat. no. 137 ; Walden in BlytKs Btrds Burm.^. 71 

 loZUust. J. A. S. B. xlv Pt. 2, p. 69; xlvn P^ 2 p 14 

 Hume 8r Imjlis, S. F. v. p. 19 ; Hume \^.^\%^: \\' ^T 

 Binghcm, S. F. viii, p. 193; Oates, B B. a , p. 76 C.H I^ 

 Marshall, Ibis, 1884, ^. 409; .Hume, S. F xi, p. 48, Oates in 

 Hume's N. ^- E. 2nd ed iii, p. 6. ^^ 



Ceryle lugubris, Sharpe, Mon. Ale. p. 59 ; id. Cat. B. M. xyu, p. li J- 

 3f«cA. Bdgh, II. (Dun.) ; J.^ butara, Chamba ; C^.^i/-A;a-./m, Lepcha. 

 CoZom<io7^. ilfaZ.. Crown and long nuchal crest, y^th the sides 

 of the head to some distance below the eye.s, ^aclv, with wh^te 

 oval spots, that become streaks at the side; a broad white collar , 

 r mainder' of upper parts greyish black or dark grey, with w4nte 

 bars • quills and tail black, with transversely elongate white spots. 

 Low^rVts including cheeks white, a stripe ot black spos^^^^^^^ 

 the point of the chin down each side ot the throat, ^yd^^^"f 

 lei Jand joining a broad gorget of black ^Pots, the -de^^^^^^^^^ 

 and the gorget tinged to a varying extent with biovvnish luto s 

 that is rarely entirely wanting ; flanks, wing-lming, and under tail- 

 feathers barred or spotted with grey or black. 



Female. No rufous on throat or gorget; under wmg-coverts 



'^ Bifb^l ' gi^^^^^^^^ at the base ; iris dark brown ; legs and feet 



^'rel^r^bout 16; tail 4-3; wing 7-4; tarsus -5; bill from 



^%Mution. Throughout the Himalayas as far west as Kashmn^ 

 and up to an elevation of 7000 feet to the westward }^^J-^^ 

 eastward- also in the hills south of Assam, and in the lenasserim 

 MllsTbut'not, so far as is known, in the intervening country. 

 This species is also found in parts of China and ^^ /^Pf^^ 



HaUts, 6>-c. This Kingfisher is only f«^i^d«n wooded hi l-streams 

 though it follows them in places for some distance into the plains 

 It geferally occurs in pairL It lives on fi«h entirely and us.ial^ 

 sitf in a bush near the water, keeping in the shade ; it swcK,ps 

 unonfish generally from its perch, but according to Mi. liaKer 

 X has ghen a/excellent account of its habits, it sometinies 

 hovers like G. varia. The same observer says this bird has two 

 notes one like that of other Kingfishers, but less quickly repeated, 

 the other a guttural croak which serves as a call. It breeds fiom 

 April to June, and lays 3 or 4 large white, rounded eggs m a 

 chamber at the end of a hole about 2 feet long. 



