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Alcedo beiiffalensis, Oatefi ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 1 

 (1890) rx« Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 479. 



Eggs of the Commou Kingfisher, taken in Europe, measure from 

 •87 to -95 in length, and from -72 to -8 in breadth. Eggs of the 

 smaller Asiatic form {A. benr/alensis) measure only from '75 to "87 

 in length, and from '65 to '72 in breadth. 



3. Keswick, Cumberland {Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.). 



2. Ashopton, Derbyshire, 4th May 



{H. Seebohm). 



3. Cambridgeshire. 

 3. Burn Brook, Cambridgeshire. 

 9. Oxfordshire {H. Sounders). 



7. Alton, Hants (/. Cooper). 

 9. Frensham, Hants. 



3. Hendon, Middlesex. 



8. River Thames. 

 6. Elbeuf, France {Noury : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 G. Elbeuf (AWry; Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Stolp, Pomerania, 7th April 



{T. Holland). 



3. Jerripani, Mussoori, Himalayas. 

 1. River Jumna, 18th Sept. 

 6. Ahmednugger, 15th March {Rev. H. 



Bruce), 



1. Neddivuttum, Madras (/. Darling). 



2. Nilghiri Hills, March. 



2. Calcutta, 27th July. 

 1. Shanghai, China. 



4. Foochow, China, 19th June. 

 1. Foo-chow, 9th July. 



3. Chiukiang, Foh-kien, 12th May. 



4. Fuji, Japan, 1st July. 



Seebohm Coll. 



F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowlev Bequest. 

 J. Whitehead, ]"]sq. [C.]. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [F.]. 

 0. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 

 Radcliffe Saunders Coll. 



Alcedo meningting, Horsf. 



Alcedo asiatica, Sharpe, Mon. AlcediyiidcF, p. 23 (1870). 



Alcedo meningting, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xvii. p. 157 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 125 

 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 160 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. 

 p. 51 (1900). 



Four eggs of the Malayan Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 •75 by -65 ; -77 by -62 ; ^79 by -(Sd ; -75 by -64. 



4. Labuan, Borneo. 



2. Borneo {Sir Hugh Lo7v). 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Alcedo beavani, Walden. 



Alcedo asiatica (?zec Sw.), Oates, Birds Brit. Burm. ii. p. 73 (1883) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests l^~ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. G (1890). 

 Alcpdo beavani, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 160 (1892) ; Blanf. 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 124 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 51 



(1900). 

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