lO Elliott (V/ Ih'i ds fi o»i Norllicdst Borneo. fl:inii.iiv 



AnorrZ/iiiiis i^alcri/iis Salv. Ucc. ]>oni. p. 79 (1S74). — Elliot, Mon. 

 Bucer. pi. 42. — Sharpe, Ibis, 1S90, p. 16. 

 [Sandakan. Iris deep wine red. Evelids black. Skin above and be 

 liiiui eyes, anil over angle of jaw, tleshy wliite. Otlier jiarts dark blue. 

 Usually found feeding in the same trees as the last species, but less nois\' 

 and more stealthy in its movements. — C. F. A.] 



Family Alcedinid^e. 



61. Alcedo meningting. 



Alcedo mc7iinotinn Horsf. Trans. Linn. See. XIII, p. 172 (1S21). — Salv 



Ucc. Born, p. 93 (1874). — Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 18. 

 Alcedo asiatica Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 5. 



[Sandakan. Iris dark brown. Frequents small creeks which empty 

 into the rivers or near river sources. It has the habit of sitting on some 

 dead twig or snag a few feet above the surface of the water watching for 

 its prey in true Kingfisher stjde. — -C. F. A.] 



62. Halcyon coromanda. 



Alcedo coroina?/d<i Lath. Ind. Orn. I. p. 252 (1790). 



Callialcyon coromauda S.\LV. Ucc. Born, p. loi (1874). 



Halcyon coromat/dn Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 57; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 20. 



[Sandakan. Iris brown. Bill and legs vermilion. The only specimens 

 seen were taken along the hilly side of Sandakan Harbor. — C. F. A.] 



63. Halcyon pileata. 



Alcedo fileata BoDD. Tab. PI. Enl. p. 41 (1783). 



Entomobia fileata Salv. Ucc. Born. p. 102 (1S74). 



fliilcyon fileata Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 62; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 20. 



[Sapagaya River. Iris brown. Bill and legs red. Found along the 

 larger streams, and, so far as observed, seems strictly piscivorous. \'ei v 

 wary, seldom allowing a boat to approach within gunshot. — C F. A.] 



64. Halcyon concreta. 



Dacelo concreta Temm. Plan. Col. pi. 346. 



Caridatrnis concretus Salv. Ucc. Born. p. 102 (1S74). 



Halcyon concreta Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 83; i<t. Ibis, 1S90, p. 21. 



[Suanlamba River. Iris brown. Feet and legs yellow. The most 

 common species of Kingfisher taken. P^ound in low, thickly wooded 

 regions at considerable distances from streams. — C. F. A.] 



