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respectively: 1-43 by V2 ■ 1-37 by 1-2; 1-51 by 1-17 ; 1-45 by 

 1"15. Two others arc of a pointed oval shape, and measure 1*5 by 

 1"17; 1*4 by 1-12 respectively. 



2. Sariba Island, New Guinea, 11th Oct. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Sariba Island, 20th Oct. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Aru Ishinds [Nehrkoni Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HALCYON, Swains. 



The eggs of the Kingfishers of this genus are very rounded and 

 some are perfectly spherical. When fresh, they are extremely 

 glossy. 



Halcyon coromandus {Lath.). 



Halcyon coromandus, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 1-55 (1S70) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 831 ; Id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 217 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. 



ii. p. 56 (1900) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 161 (1899). 

 Callialcyon lilacina, Blaiif. Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, iii. p 134 (1895). 



Five eggs of the Iluddy Kingfisher measure 1-2 in length, and 

 from I'l to 1*2 in breadth. 



6. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



Halcyon smyrnensis {Linn.). 



Halcyon smyrnensis, Layard, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2ud ser. xii. p. 172 

 (1853); Swinhue, Ibis, 1860, p. 48; Tristram, Ilris, 1866, p. 86; 

 Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 161 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 133 

 (1875) ; Leijge, Birds Ceylon, p. 298 (1878) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests 

 }<f Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 15 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. 

 p. 222 (1892) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 479 ; BUmf. Faun. Brit. 

 Ind., Birds, iii. p. 132 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. oii (1900j. 



The eggs of the White-breasted Kingfisher measure from 1 to I'25 

 in length, and from 0-9 to 1-05 in breadth. 



1. Palestine, 23rd May (//. B. Tris- Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



tram). 



2. Sea of Galilee, 28th April (//. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Sind (/. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 



4. llansi, Punjab {W. Bleivitt). Hume Coll. 



4. Ilausi, 12th May ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 24th MaV ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. llansi, 27th May ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. llansi, 2nd June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. llansi, 5th June ( IF. i).). Hume Coll. 



5. Hansi, 7th June (IF. 5.). Hume Coll, 



2. Hansi, 15th June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 28th June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Sambliuv, l'7th June {It. M. Adam). Hume Coll. 

 3. Meerut, N.W. Provs., 9th May. Hume Coll, 

 3, Saharunpur, 25th April (G. F. L. Hume Coll. 



Marshall). 

 1. Saharunpur, 9th May {G. F. L. M.). Hume Coll. 

 4i Delhi, 5th June (C T. Bingham), Hume CoU. 



