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lo;U. Ceryle lugubris. The Himalayan Pied Kingfisher. 



Alcedo guttatus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 22 (nee Bodd. 1783). 



Alcedo lugubris, Temm. PL Col. pi. 548 (1834). 



Ceryle guttata, Blyth, Cat. p. 48 ; Horsf. # M. Cat. p. 132 ; Jerdon, 



B. I. i, p. 234; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 19; Sharps, 



Man. Ale. p. 57, pi. 18; Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 4; Hume, S. F. ii, 



p. 470 ; id. Cat. no. 137 ; Walden in Blyttfs Birds Burm. p. 71 ; 



Godiv.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. 2, p. 69; xlvii, pt. 2, p. 14; 



Hume Sf Lu/lis, S. F. v, p. 19; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 85; 



Binyham, S. F. viii, p. 193 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 76 ; C. H. T. 



Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 409 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 48 ; Oates in 



Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 6. 

 Ceryle lugubris, Sharpe, Mon. Ale. p. 59 ; id. Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 115. 



Machi Bdgh, II. (Dun.) ; Jel butara, Chamba ; Ung-ka-zhu, Lepcha. 



Coloration. Male. Crown and long nuchal crest, with the sides 

 of: the head to some distance below the eyes, black, with white 

 oval spots, that become stivuks at the side; a broad white collar; 

 remainder of upper parts greyish black or dark grey, with white 

 bars ; quills and tail black, with transversely elongate white spots. 

 Lower parts including cheeks white, a stripe of black spots from 

 the point of the chin down each side of the throat, widening 

 behind and joining a broad gorget of black spots, the wider part 

 and the gorget tinged to a varying extent with brownish rufous 

 that is rarely entirely wanting ; flanks, wing-lining, and under tail- 

 feathers barred or spotted with grey or black. 



Female. No rufous on throat or gorget ; under wing-coverts 

 pale rufous brown. 



Bill black, greenish at the base ; iris dark brown ; legs and feet 

 olive-green. 



Length about 16; tail 4'3; wing 7'4; tarsus -5; bill from 

 gape 3*3. 



Distribution. Throughout the Himalayas as far west as Kashmir, 

 and up to an elevation of 7000 feet to the westward, less to the 

 eastward ; also in the hills south of Assam, and in the Tenasserim 

 hills, but not, so far as is known, in the intervening country. 

 This species is also found in parts of China and in Japan. 



Habits, $c. This Kingfisher is only found on wooded hill-streams, 

 though it follows them in places for some distance into the plains. 

 It generally occurs in pairs. It lives on fish entirely, and usually 

 sits in a bush near the water, keeping in the shade ; it swoops 

 upon fish generally from its perch, but according to Mr. Baker, 

 who has given an excellent account of its habits, it sometimes 

 hovers like C. varia. The same observer says this bird has two 

 notes, one like that of other Kingfishers, but less quickly repeated, 

 the other a guttural croak which serves as a call. It breeds from 

 April to June, and lays 3 or 4 large white, rounded eggs in a 

 chamber at the end of a hole about 2 feet long. 



