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Total length, 255; wing, 108; tail, 70; tarsus, 17; bill from 

 gape, 68 mm. 



We have elsewhere dealt with this Kingfisher i and have 

 shown that the N. E. Sumatran form is ({uite inseparable from that 

 inhabiting the continent of Asia, except in the extreme south of the 

 Peninsula, where H. c. minor occurs. The present species is widely 

 though sparingly distributed along both coasts of Peninsular Siam, 

 especially affecting casuarina groves. It is very numerous both in 

 Singgora and at Tanjong Patani, 



195. Halcyon smyrnensis fusca (Bodd.). 



Alcedo fusca, Bodd., Tab. Pi. Eul., 1783, p. 54 (\Tal:ibar). 

 Halcyon smy mentis, A., p. 74 (Tuvoy to Paktlian) ; i)., }>. 69 



(Patani); E., p. 110 (Patani); F.,' p. 34 (Peninsular Siam); 



H., pp. 92, 145 (Bandon ; Koli Samui ; Koh Pennan). 

 llidcyon smyrnensis fusca, I., p. 116 (Koh Lak); K., p. 92 (Tacliin); 



L., p. 96 (Ghirbi) ; Williamson, Joiun. N. H. S. Siam, ii, 1917, 



p. 334 (Bangkok ; S. W.: and Peninsular Siam), 



$. Namchuk, Pakchan Estuary, Penin.sular Siam, 26 February 

 1919 (No 4257). 



6 . Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, Peninsular Siam, 8 March 1919 

 (No. 4495). 



9. Koh Lak, Rajburi, S. W. Siam, 4 Ajjril 1918 (No. 5058). 



" Iris dark or dark brown ; bill dark blood red, darker on 

 tomia ; feet reddish, dark red, or coral ". 



Total length 6, 257; 2, 288, 272; wing c^, 120; 9, 119, 116; 

 tail cT, 88 ; 9, 88, 80 ; tarsus c^, 16 ; 9, 18, 17 ; bill from gape 6, 65 ; 

 2, 67, 62 mm. 



There is much variation in the chestnut tint of the head and 

 under surface, which is apparently due to age. Old specimens have a 

 greenish gloss over the wdiite of the breast, very perceptible in certain 

 lights. 



The species is widely distributed over the whole of Peninsular 

 Siam near the sea and in open country, but is not met with in heavy 

 jungle or at any great elevation. 



1 Kloss, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. x, 1921, pp. 215-217. 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E- <^). Grant, Fasciculi Malayonses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. MUUer, Die Ornis dor Inscl SalanKa, 188-2. F. Kobinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Gates, Birds Brit. Burmah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. G. Gairdnor, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhote, r. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Robinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, v, 1915. 



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