92 



" Male, iris dark liazel, bill black, the tip white, feet pale tiesb. 

 Female, bill blackish, reddish brown at the base of the lower 

 mandible with the tip whitish." 



25. CEYX EUERYTHRA. 



Geyx euerythra, Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 179 ; Robinson and Kloss, 

 torn, cit., p. 33. 



Not very common ; we only procured one specimen at Ban Kok 

 Klap. 



26. CARCINEUTES PULCHELLUS. 



Carcineutes pulcliellus (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 198 ; 

 Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 34. 



A female from Kao Nawng and a male from Ban Kok Klap. 

 " Male, iris hazel, bill vermilion, feet orauge brown." 



27. HALCYON SMYRNENSIS. 



Halcyon smyrnensis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, tom cit., p. 222 ; Robinson 

 and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 34. 



Common everywhere in the rice fields. 



MEROVIDM. 

 28. MELITTOPHAGUS SWINHOII. 



Melittophagus sivinhoii (Hume) ; Sl\arpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xvii., p. 55 (1892) ; Robinson and Kloss, op. cit., p. 36. 



Common in open country throughout the district traversed. 



29. MEROPS SUMATRANUS. 



Merops sumatramie, Raffles ; Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 61 ; Robinson 

 and Kloss, p. 37. 



In similar situations to the preceding but not so common. An 

 immature female with the top of the head uniform in colour with the 

 mantle was obtained at Bandon on 10th July. 



30. NYCTIORNIS AMICTA. 



Nyctiornis amicta (Temm.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 90 ; Robinson 

 and Kloss, p. 37. 



Perhaps not so common as in the more southern parts of the 

 Peninsula, though it was seen on Kao Nawng up to about 2,000 feet 

 and obtained at Ban Kok Klap and Bandon. 



TROGONID^. 

 31. PYROTROGON ORESCIUS. 



HariKtctes orescius (Temm.) ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xvii., p. 494 (1892). 



Pyrotrogon orescius, Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 39. 



