422 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



37. Halcyon smyniensis fusca (Bodd.). 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 9,2. 



Halcyon smyrnensis Sliarpe, Cat. xvii. p. 222 ; Oustalet, 

 p. 288. 



1 ? imm. Tour Cham, Phanrang, S. Aiiiiam. 20 May, 

 1918. 



3 ? ad. Daban,650£t.,S.Annam. 13-14? March, 1918. 



1 S acl. Di-an, 3000 ft., S. Aniiam. 18 May, 1918. 

 Adult, c? & ? • " Iris dark or brown, bill dark blood-red, 



feet bright blood-red. '^ 



Immature. " Bill brown and yellow, feet yellowish washed 

 with brown."' 



Male: T. L. 277 ; W. 116 mm. 



Females. T. L. 275, 280; W. 113. 113 mm. 



38. Ceryle rudis leucomelanura (lleichenb.). 



Ceryle leucomelanura ^&vc\\e\\\i. Handb. Alced. 1851, p. 24, 

 Taf. 409. B, fig. 3488; Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. 1910, 

 p. 216. 



Ceryle rudis varia Sharpe, Cat. xvii. j). 112 ; 'Oustalet, 

 p. 284. 



Ceryle rudis leucomelanura, Gyldeustolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet.- 

 Akad. Handl. hi. No. 2, 1916, p. 114. 



2 S ad. Tour Cham, Phanrang, S. Aimam. 23 May, 

 1918. 



T.L. 270, 270 ; W. 130, 128 : T. 73, Q7 ; bill from gape, 

 72, 69-5 mm. 



The bills of these specimens do not appear to be larger 

 than those from Siam. They do not, therefore, belong to 

 the form described as C. r. insignis by Hartert [loc. cit. supra) 

 from Hainan and presumably China. 



39. Upupa epops longirostris Jerdon. 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 921. 



1 ? ad. Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 23 March, 1918. 

 1 S ad. Dalat, 3000 ft, S. Annam. 10 April, 1918. 

 ''Iris dark; bill black, base fleshy; feet deep brownish 

 grey." 



Ma/e. T. L. 274; W. 140 ; bill from gape 65 mm. 



