480 ALCEDINID/E. 



pp. 174, 494; iv. p. 383; Blyth and Wald., B. Burm. p. 71. Alcedo 

 meningting, Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 172 ; Salvad, Ucc. Born. p. 93 ; 

 Oates, Str. F. v. p. 143; Hume andVav., Str. F. vi. p. 83; Hume, Sir. F. 

 viii. p. 86; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 188. Alcedo rufigastra, Wald., Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. Ser. 4, xii. p. 487; id., Ibis, 1874, p. 136. Alcedo Beavani, Wald., Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. Ser. 4, xiv. p. 158; id., Ibis, 1875, p. 461 ; Hume, Str. F. iv. 

 p. 287; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 84; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 36; ix. 

 p. 247 ; Oates t JB. Br. Burm. ii. p. 73. The MALAYAN KINGFISHER. 



Top of the head black, barred across with bright blue ; lores ferruginous, 

 bordered below by a narrow black line ; sides of the head bright blue ; back, 

 rump and upper tail coverts shining cobalt ; scapulars and upper wing coverts 

 lue, each feather tipped with brighter blue ; primaries and their coverts 

 black, the inner webs of primaries rufous ; secondaries and tertiaries brown, 

 washed externally with blue ; chin, throat, and a long patch on each side of 

 the neck white, tinged with buffish ; under surface of the body chestnut. The 

 young have the cheeks and ear coverts ferruginous. The adult female is not 

 unlike the male, except that in some specimens there are traces of ferruginous 

 on the cheeks and ear coverts. Bill black, the base and gape orange j irides 

 dark brown ; legs bright red. 



Length. 6 to 6-2 inches; tail 1-2 ; wing 2*5; tarsus O'3 ; bill from 

 gape 1*8. 



Hal. British Burmah, where it is said to be very locally distributed. It has 

 been got on the Pegu hills, also in dense jungle north of Kyakpadien. 

 According to Gates it is also found in the Malay Peninsula, Andamans, Sumatra, 

 Java, Borneo, and some of the further islands. It is said to be restricted to 

 dense forests, where the ground is broken up by nullahs and ravine. Breeds in 

 July. Eggs, 4 to 6 in number, glossy white and almost spherical. 



1114. AlcedO euryzona, Tern., PI Col. livr. 86; Sharps, Mon. 

 Alced. p. 29, pi. 8 ; Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 95 ; Tweed, Ibis, 1877, p. 297 ; 

 Hume, Str. F.vm. p. 49. Alcedo nigricans, Blyth, J . A. S. B. xvi. p. 1 180 ; 

 Hume and Dav., Str. F. vii. p. 81 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 86; Bingham, 

 Str. F. ix. p. 156; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 754. The BROAD-BELTED 

 KINGFISHER. 



Forehead, crown and nape dull black, barred with greenish blue ; back and 

 rump silvery blue ; upper tail coverts brighter and deeper blue ; tail black, 

 with a bluish tinge ; lesser wing coverts and scapulars dull black, tinged near 

 the tips with dull blue ; median and greater wing coverts dull black, margined 

 with bright blue ; quills dull brown, edged partially with dull blue ; lores 

 ferruginous ; cheeks and ear coverts black, the feathers broadly terminated 

 with dull blue ; a broad streak on either side of the neck white, ending in 

 pale orange ; chin and throat white ; breast dull blue, the white bases of the 

 feathers appearing ir. places ; sides of the breast dusky black ; sides of the 



