THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR 81AM. 



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ALCEDINIDAE 

 Kingfishers. 



1 ) 

 M 



-I 

 •I 

 'I 

 -I 



10 



11 



12-1 

 "I 



With three toes 

 With four toes 



Mantle bluish or bliu'k 

 Mantle reddish oninge 



l'hiniit,'e hliiek iind white 

 riiuuiige not black and wliite 



Tail shorter than culuien 

 Tail lonjj;er than culnien 



Wiiij,' more than H.o inches 

 Wing less than ii.'2 inches 



Ear-coverts ferruj^inous 

 Ear-coverts blue 



Scapulars deep blue 

 Scapulars black 



Plumage barred 

 Pluniaf,'e not barred 



Wing .5.5 inches or more 

 Wing at most 5 inches 



Wings brown 

 Wings blue 



Pileuni paler 

 Pileum darker 



With no white on under surface 

 Under surface partly or entirelv white 



Head and mantle uniform cinnamon rufous 

 Head greenish, mantle blue or green 



Head black 

 Head blue 

 Head chestnut 



Ci'1/x t. tridnch/lus. 

 C. r. ru/idursni. 



Cerylc riidiH Icncomclanura. 



Alcctlo I'liri/ziinri. 



A. (itthis l)i'n(j(di'nsis. 



.1. )ii. menintinfj. 

 A. III. ticintillnnn. 



Caicliu'utes inilchvllns. 



JUtnqthahifon niiirniniplciri. 



R. cfijicnsia hiniit'inico 

 It. c. malatcensis. 



llalcijon c. roroiiunida. 

 H. amcn'la. 



H. pilcata. 



}f. cJiloris. 



II. fiiiiiirneiinin fn>ica. 



10 

 12 



11 



16 

 14 



184. Ramphalcyon amauroptera (Pearson). 



Halcyon amauropterus, Pearson, Jouin. Asiut. Soc. BtMigal, x, 



1841, p. 635 (Calcutta). 

 Pelan/op^s amauroptera, A., p. 73 (Mergui to Malewoou) ; B., j). 



46 (Junk Seylon) ; C. ii, \>. 78 (Tenasseiini to Junk Seylon) ; 



F., p. 33 (Tiang and Langkawi) ■; J., p. 146 (Langkawi and 



Teiutau) . 

 Uinnphalcijon ainauroptera, Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



XXXV, 1909, p. 661. 



!• (iyldcnstolpo. Kuns?!. Hv. Vet. Akad. Hamll. M. Uakor, J.nirn. X. II. S.k-. Siain, iii, l!»lf). 



56, Xo. i. 1916. (Hist iwrt). 



J. Uoliinsoii, .Tourn. F. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. IJakir, .Tmirn. X. K. S<ic. .'<iam. iii. 1919. 



K. Kloss, lliis, 1918. (suconil iwrtt. 



L. Itobinson and Kloss, .loiirn. X. H. H<*, Slain. M.I. Uakcr. Journ. N.H. Koc. Siam, iv. 1920. 



iii. 1919. (third part). 



VUL, V, NO. 2, 1922. 



