334 MR. W. J. F. WILLIAMSON ON 



7i.i. Pelargopsis gurial burmauica Sluupe. Tlic Jjuriiitsc 

 ,'Stork-/>el It'll KithjJisJier. 



t^iaiucso, unnTaPTU IviUj or 'wnmmjj — Nok kra-tcn yai, 

 or Xok kam kiiam. 



J'l lari/ii/isi.-- ,/iir/iil (|i:iit.), nhiiit'iird, l'';iilii. liiil. Iiuli;i. IJiids, ill 

 (181)0), p. li'.l: W illiMiiisoii, .l.uiiii. X. H. S. Siiuii, i. p. 45 (1914): 

 (iiiiidiiiT, ibid., ].. 150 ( 1915 )• 



J'iliin/i>/ixiyi/iiiiiill)iiniiiiiiitii. (ivld('iisl(j|]io llUo, [■. 5-1: Iinljil.sull, 

 Ibis, 1915! p. 731 : CJvldoiistoliK' 1916, [>. 11-1. 



Description. Length about 35G mm. ( 14 in. ). Crown, nape 

 iiutl sidro of tlie lieail, iiicludiiig tiie clieelcs and tlie ear-coveits greyish 

 bruuii. Neuk all round and lower parts, including wing-lining, brtiwiiish 

 yellow ot vai'ying shades — the chin and throat usually paler and the 

 bi'east darker; upper baok, scapulars, outer webs of ipiills, longer tail- 

 coverts and tail dull greenish blue — I he colour on the wing- and tail- 

 feathers usually bluer : primaries { e.xcept the outer webs towards the 

 base ), inner webs of secondaries, and lower surface ot tail brown : back, 

 rum|), and shorter tail-coverts bright blue. 



Iris brown. Bid dark blood-n-d, paler lielow and du>ky al lip. 

 Edges of eyelids pinkish orange. Legs coral-red. Claws horn-culoui-. 



Distrih/diuii. This i-ace of the IStork-billed Kinghsher has been 

 recorded from all llie divisions of the country excejit Peninsular 8iam, 

 wherd it is appirenlly replaced by the allied form, P. (jnrinl (or 

 caiiensis) inalacrensif, wiiich is slightly smaller and with some diti'er- 

 eiices in colouration. Uobinson founil birds from Koh Pennan, off 

 l3andon. intermediate between the two races, but nearer to the Maiaj- 

 an form. 



Iltijiilx, il". This is the laroejt ol our local Kinijllshers and is 

 a resident bird. It is not unconnnoii in the l)etter-wood('d parts of tiie. 

 suburbs, and, so far as 1 have observed, is always solitarj'. It has a 

 loud cr}', uttered while Hying, of ka-a l,->i. id-a kn, l.a-a lui, repeated 

 ratiii'r slowly several times, and with a rising inflection on the second 

 syllable of the lirst note. 



SO, Halcyon smyrnensis fusca ( liodd. ). T/te Wliitc- 



/n'fii.stf'il h'i)i(j/is/ti;r. 



//iilii/iiii ■'iiii/niriiiiii' (p:irl.), liliiidord, l'";nni . Itrit. India, lJird>, iii 

 ( IS'.);", ). p. 1:!2: <)-ilvi(-(;r,iiif, Fiisc. M,d:iv. /..(d.. iii ( 1 ;i()5 ), 

 p. I Id : l;nbiri-..ii mid Kb.-s, Ibis, l!ll I, p. :; I : WilliiiiiiM.ii, .loinii. X. 



JuLH.N. :sAI. ill,■^l. MU . MAM. 



