CERYLE. 481 



body white, streaked with brown ; abdomen, vent, under wing coverts and 

 under tail coverts white. The female is like the male, but has the chin and 

 throat white and the under surface of the body bright ferruginous ; adole- 

 scents have the cheeks and ear coverts ferruginous. (Oates.) Bill black, paler 

 or browner on the lower mandible ; irides deep brown ; legs and feet ver- 

 milion. The female has the upper mandible black and the lower one red. 

 (Davison.) 



Length. 8 inches ; tail I '6; wing 3*4; tarsus 0*5 ; bill from gape 2 '2. 



Hab. British Burmah, in Tenasserim, from the extreme south to about the 

 latitude of Moulmein. It has also been obtained at Malewoon. Ranges to 

 Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. 



Gen. Ceryle. Boie. 



Bill long, straight, compressed, and acute at tip ; culmen obtuse, somewhat 

 flattened and margined on each side by an indented groove ; tail slightly 

 lengthened, rounded ; wings long ; 2nd and 3rd quills subequal ; inner toe 

 longer than the hinder. 



1115. Ceryle gUttata (Vigors), Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 234, No. 137 ; 

 Sharpe, Mon. A Iced. p. 57, pi. 1 8 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. no* 

 id., Str.F. ii. p. 470 ; Wald. in Blyttts B. Burm. p. 71 ; Ing It's, Sir. F. v. 

 p. 19; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 85 Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 86 ; JBingham, 

 Sir. F.viii. p. 193; ix. p. 156; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 764. -The 

 HIMALAYAN SPOTTED KINGFISHER. 



Whole upper plumage black, barred with white; crest feathers mostly 

 white, tipped with black ; sides of the head black, streaked with white ; sides 

 of the neck and a band across the breast black ; cheeks, ear .coverts, 

 patch on the hind neck, chin, throat, breast, abdomen, vent and under tail 

 coverts also the under wing coverts pure white ; sides of the body white, 

 barred with black. The under wing coverts of the female are buffish. Bill 

 black ; irides dark brown ; legs brownish black. 



Length. 15-6 to 16 inches; tail 4-8; wing 7*2; tarsus O'$ ', bill from 

 gape 3-3. 



Hal. The Himalayas to Cashmere. Occurs in Cachar, the Dafla Hills, in 

 Assam, Arrakan and Pegu in British Burmah. It has also been met with 

 along the hill streams north of Pahpoon, in Tenasserim. Breeds in the sub- 

 Himalayan range from April to June, laying 4 pure white, glossy eggs, in 

 holes of river banks. 



1116. Ceryle rudiS (Linn.), Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 232, No. 136; 

 Sharpe, Mon. A Iced. p. 6 1, pi. 19; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind* B. p. 109 ; 

 id., Sir. F. iii. p. 52; Dresser, B. Eur. v. p. 125, pi. ; Blyth, B. Btirm. 

 p. 71 ; David et. Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 77; Legge, B. Ceylon p. 288 ; Oates, 

 Sir. F. v. p. 143 j Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 85 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. 



