PICARIAN BIRDS AND PARROTS OF CEYLON. PAN 
B.—Cap transversely barred blackand blue. Genus Alcedo. 
(a) Cap light blue and black ; a rufous patch from 
eye to ear coverts ; length 6°5. 
Alcedo ispida (The Common Kingfisher). 
(b) Cap deep blue and black ; no rufous patch from 
eye to ear coverts ; length 6°5. 
Alcedo beavani (Beavan’s Kingfisher). 
C.—Cap orange-red, washed with violet ; only three toes ; 
length 5°35. 
Ceyzx tridactyla (Indian Three-toed Kingfisher). 
D.—Cap and face dingy brown ; length 15. 
Pelargopsis gurial (Stork-billed Kingfisher). 
E.—Head and face chocolate-brown: no white collar ; 
length 11. 
Halcyon smyrnensis (White-breasted Kingfisher). 
F.—Crown and cheeks black ; a white collar; length 12. 
H. pileata (Black-capped Kingfisher). 
CERYLE VARIA (Blanford, Vol. IIL; p. 119). 
CERYLE RUDIS (Legge, p. 288). 
The Indian Pied Kingfisher. 
Description.—Male : Crown and nape black, streaked with 
white ; rest of upper plumage, including wing coverts and 
wings, black, mottled or barred with white ; tail feathers 
white on the base and tip, remaining portion black ; cheeks, 
wing lining, and most of lower plumage white. The fore-neck 
is often spotted with black, and there are two black bands 
across the breast, the upper being the broader, while the 
flanks are more or less spotted with black. 
Females lack the lower black gorget, while the upper broad 
band is imperfect, leaving the centre of the breast white. 
Bill black ; iris brown ; legs and feet blackish. 
Length 11-7; wing 5°4; tail 3; tarsus 4; bill from gape 
2°75. 
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