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18. Alcedo ispida hispidoides I..ess. 



Alcedo hispidoides* Lesson, C'ompl. Bafon ix. 1837 p. 345 (" Bouvou, une des 

 Moluques "). 



A large series from Kalidupa and Buton. (Nos. 4499—4508, 4547, 4129 — 

 4131.) The adult male has the entire bill invariably uniform black, but the adult 

 female has the base of the under bill largely red. tJ : "black"; ? : "bill black, 

 base below dirty red (pale vermilion, brownish red "). This kingfisher is undoubtedly 

 merely a form of Alcedo ispida. The four familiar races of the latter may briefly 

 be diagnosed as follows : — 



("Ear-coverts cinnamon-rufous : 2. 

 1 .' Ear-coverts deep blue or blackish blue, colour above very bright and very 



I blue : A. ispida hispidoides. 

 „ r Colours above paler, less bright and less blue : 3. 



[Colours above brighter and more blue : A. ispida floresiana. 

 fSize larger: A. ispjida ispida. 

 ' ]^Size smaller: A. ispida hengnletisis. 



Within the area inhabited by A. i. benc/alensis brighter and bluer specimens 

 occur in certain places, as for example in Ceylon, where they have been called " var. 

 taprobana " by Kleinschmidt ; such individuals closely resemble A. i. floresiana, 

 but may be distinguished by their slenderer bills, which are higher and thicker 

 in A. i. floresiana. 



19. Halcyon coromanda (Lath.). 



S juv., North Buton, 16. i. 1902. "Iris dull dark brown, feet pale brownish 

 vermilion, bill bright yellowish vermilion." (No. 4177, Kiilm coll.) 



I have not adopted the name Halcyon coromanc/a rufa (Halcyon rufn Wallace, 

 F. Z. S. 1862. p. 338, ex Celebes) for this form, as I cannot see that the Celebes 

 specimens differ from many others. They average rather large, but not strikingly; 

 the colour is not darker than in specimens from the Malay archipelago, and not often 

 darker than in Indian ones. There must either be a number of local forms, or none 

 are clearly enough defined to be recognised by names, but the separation of only a 

 tyjiical form and rufa (Celebes alone!?) seems to be mcst confusing and not in 

 accordance with facts. 



20. Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 



Toniia, Kalidupa, Binongka, Wantjee and S.W. Buton. (Nos. 4132, 4244, 4245, 

 4246, 4247, 4353, 4354, 4356, 4357, 4444, 4445, 4540, 4541, 4542, Kiihn coll.) 



21. Coracias temmincki (Vieill.). 



cT, Buton, S.W., 25. xi. 1901 (No. 4166, Kiihn coll.) Iris cofifee-browii, bill 

 black." The specimen agrees perfectly with those from Celebes. 



22. Eurystomus orientalis (L.). 



cJ, Binongka, 20. xii. 1901 ; ?, Kalidupa 31. xii. 1901. (Nos. 4286, 4551, Kiihn 

 coll.) 



* Tliis Ls tlic spcUinif, not isjiirlaidcs or hjiiilivdcs, as generally quoted. 



