ALCEDO, 



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Alcedo bengalensis, Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 1 

 (1890) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 479. 



Eggs of the Common Kingfisher, taken in Europe, measure from 

 87 to -95 in length, and from -72 to -8 in breadth. Eggs of the 

 smaller Asiatic form (A. bengalensis} measure only from *75 to "87 

 in length, and from '65 to '72 in breadth. 



(Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



3. Keswick, Cumberland 

 Coll.}. 



2. Ashopton, Derbyshire, 4th May 



(H. Seebohm). 



3. Cambridgeshire. 



3. Burn Brook, Cambridgeshire. 

 9. Oxfordshire (H. Saunders). 



7. Alton, Hants (J. Cooper}. 

 9. Frensham, Hants. 



3. Hendon, Middlesex. 



8. Eiver Thames. 



6. Elbeuf, France (Noury : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 6. Elbeuf (Noury: Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Stolp, Pomerania, 7th April 



(T. Holland). 



3. Jerripani, Mussoori, Himalayas. 

 1. Eiver Jumna, 18th Sept. 



6. Ahmednugger, 15th March (Rev. H. 

 Bruce). 



1. Neddivuttum, Madras (7. Darling). 



2. Nilghiri Hills, March. 



2. Calcutta, 27th July. 

 1. Shanghai, China. 



4. Foochow, China, 19th June. 

 1. Foo-chow, 9th July. 



3. Chinkiang, Foh-kien, 12th May. 



4. Fuji, Japan, 1st July. 



Seebohrn Coll. 



F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowlev Bequest. 

 J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. |_P.J. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.j. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 

 Radcliffe Saunders Coll. 



Alcedo meningting, Horsf. 



Alcedo asiatica, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 23 (1870). 



Alcedo meningting, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xvii. p. 157 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 125 

 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 160 (1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. 

 p. 51 (1900). 



Four eggs of the Malayan Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 75 by -65 ; -77 by -62 ; -79 by -65 ; -75 by -64. 



4. Labuan, Borneo. 



2. Borneo (Sir Hugh Low). 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Alcedo beavani, Walden. 



Alcedo asiatica (nee Sw.), Oates, Birds Brit. Burm. ii. p. 73 (1883) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 6 (1890). 

 Alc*do beavani, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 160 (1892) ; Blanf. 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 124 (1895) ; Sharpe } Hand-l. ii. p. 51 



(1900). 

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