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Ceryle varia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 112 (1892) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 119 (1895) : Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 49 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the Indian Pied Kingfisher measure from 1-12 to 

 1-25 in length, and from -9 to 1 in breadth. 



5. Delhi, N.W.P. India, 9th March Hume Coll. 

 (C. T. Bingham). 



4. Raipur, C. Provs. (F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 19th Oct. (E. W. Oates). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Pegu, 19th Oct. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll 



2. Pegu, 25th Oct. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 1st Nov. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 25th Nov. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Ceryle torquata (Linn.}. 



Ceryle torquata, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 191 ; Sharpe, Mon. 

 " Alcedinidee, p. 73 (1870) ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 121 (1892) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml, p. 160 (1899) ; von Iherinq, Rev. Mus. 

 Paulista, iv. p. 259 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 50 (1900). 



An egg of the Ringed Kingfisher in the Collection is covered 

 with numerous minute blackish pores, and measures 1'73 by 1'35. 



1. Upper Ucayali River, Peru (E.Bart- Crowley Bequest. 

 lett: Tristram Coll.). 



Ceryle alcyon (Linn.}. 



Streptoceryle alcyon, Baedeker, EierEur. Vog. tab. 11. fig. 11 (1855-63). 

 Ceryle alcyon, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 110, pi. iv. fig. 52 (1856) ; 



A. Sf E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 67; Lord, Proc. R. A. Inst., 

 Woolwich, iv. p. 337 (1865); Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidee, p. 79 



(1868) ; Baird, Brewer $ Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 392 (1874); 

 Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 348, pi. 18 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xvii. p. 125 (1892) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 

 p. 34, pi. i. tig. 3 (1895) ; Seebohm, Ec/r/s of Brit. Birds, p. 169, 

 pL 48. tig. 12 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 50 (1900). 



The eggs of the Belted Kingfisher measure from 1'26 to 1*55 in 

 length, and from 1'04 to !! in breadth. 



1. North America. Old Collection. 



5. North America. Seebohm Coll. 



2. North America (Montreal Mus.}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Canada. Crowley Bequest. 



2. British Columbia, June (J. K. N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



Lord). 



2. New Brunswick, 5th May (H. E. Crowley Bequest. 



Dresser). 

 1. Wisconsin (T. M. Brewer). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



3. New York, May (7. G. Bell: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



6. Mavville. New York, 18th May. W. Radcliffe Sauuders, Esq. 



