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pill will hardly hold, for in the nine specimens before me [ can detect 
no tangible difference. 
Mr. Sharpe, in the introduction to his * Monograph of the Alcedi- 
nidw” (p. xxv), Says that “should a large Pied Kingfisher be discovered 
in China, intermediate forms will doubtless be found to connect the two 
races.” Since then Swinhoe found the Spotted Kingfisher at Ningpo, 
and a beautiful specimen from the same locality is in the National 
Museum. So far from being intermediate in character, however, the 
Chinese specimen agrees most minutely with the darkest Himalayan 
birds. We have, therefore, no hesitation in referring all the continen- 
tal birds to C. guttulata. In view of the very pronounced characters of 
the Ningpo bird we are not willing to accept a trinominal for the con- 
tinental bird, which should not rank as C. lugubris guttulata until inter- 
eradation be satisfactorily proven. 
The bill of the Ningpo specimen is absolutely perfect; it is very 
pointed, and the upper tomium near the point is distinctly and regu- 
larly serrate for a distance of about 15™™, showing that this charac- 
ter is not peculiar to the genus Syma. 
Males and females differ considerably, the former having the under 
wing-coverts and the axillaries pure white, while in the latter the mid- 
dle portion of the lining of the wing, as well as the axillaries, are of a 
bright vinaceous cinnamon. 
In Henson’s collection is one specimen, U. S. Nat. Mus. No, 120571, 
2 ad., Hakodate, February 1, 1885. H. V. Henson coll. No. 251. 
Measurements of Ceryle luqubris. 
é 3 be 
5 ; gi] 13 
Collect a als SE 
$6 Collector Ss es ate re) ia 
ei aENG: S Locality. Date. [8 Ss eine 
. a bh) |! So | aller 
b 7 Elala lala 
————— ———s — _ — —————— — —— =~ — — — — = ——— = 
114695 | Ringer, 26 ..| fad ..| Kiusiu ...-..---.--------- Jan, 3, 1887| 185 | 107 | 57*| 13 28 
HOQeU oe | tee ats cress ($)ad.| Chichibu, Musashi -.----- Dec. 18, 1884 | 186 | 111 | 64 | 13 28 
91576 | Jouy, 1053 -.| gad .-| Kawasaki River, Hondo -| Apr. 11, 1883 | 187 | 111 | 61*) 13 28 
91577 | Jony, 1054 ..| Qad -.|.----- OO) eee ee ae | Apr. 12, 1883} 191 | 112) 61*) 13 28 
110484 | Jouy, 1054 -.| (9) ad.|...--- (Cie tee Aatop cel an Spor sb.. 5 =} 183 | 112 | 60 13 28 
120571 Henson, 251.| Qad ..| Hakodate, Yezo..-.------ | Feb. 1, 1885] 190} 112 | 61) 14 30 
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+ Bill much worn from digging the nest hole. 
Measurements of Ceryle qguttulata STEIN. 
S| o a ee a 
8 2 ae ee gy 
aS Collector. = Locality. Date. AS ei retin || Ras eesoted 
Aa 5 : | wel | | Beles 
of fe Plalglels 
F & = a) | als 
b a | Fla|a lala 
| . ; % any ; a | | , : ee se 
101987 | Brooks ..--- gad ..| Chungus, India .......--- May 18, 1871| 180 | 104} 65/13) 29 
101988 | Anderson...| Qad..| Kup Kate, India -.-..---- May 31, 1875} 183 | 109) 63 | 13 29 
101989 |. .2<2---- Se] (Q)ad.| Darjeeling, India.....----|-------------- 185 | 110 | 66 | 13 30 
85709 | H.B.Meyer.| Qad ..| Ningpo, China ..-----.--. Feb. 16, 1881 | 191 | 107 | 71 |----|------ 
