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respectively: 1-43 by 1-2; 1-37 by 1-2; 1-51 by 1-17 ; 1-45 by 

 1*15. Two others are of a pointed oval shape, and measure 1*5 by 

 T17; 1*4 by 1-12 respectively. 



2. Sariba Island, New Guinea, llth Oct. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.I. 

 2. Sariba Island, 20th Oct. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Am Islands (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HALCYON, Swains. 



The eggs of the Kingfishers of this genus are very rounded and 

 some are perfectly spherical. When fresh, they are extremely 



Halcyon coromandus (Lath.). 



Halcyon coromandus, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 155 (1870) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 331 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 217 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. 



ii. p. 56 (1900) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 161 (1899). 

 Callialcyon lilacina, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 134 (1895). 



Five eggs of the Ruddy Kingfisher measure 1-2 in length, and 

 from I'l to 1-2 in breadth. 



5. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.J 



Halcyon smyrnensis (Linn.). 



Halcyon smyrnensis, Layard, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xii. p. 172 

 (1853); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 48; Tristram, Ibis, 1866, p. 86; 

 Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 161 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 133 

 (1875) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 298 (1878) ; Oafes ed. Hume, Nests 

 $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 15 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. 

 p. 222 (1892) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 479 ; Blanf. Faun. Brit. 

 Ind., Birds, iii. p. 132 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 56 (1900). 



The eggs of the White-breasted Kingfisher measure from 1 to 1'25 

 in length, and from 0'9 to 1-05 in breadth. 



1. Palestine, 23rd May (H. B. Tris- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



tram). 



2. Sea of Galilee, 28th April (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Sind (J. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 



4. Hansi, Punjab ( W. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



4. Hansi, 12th May ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 24th May ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Hansi, 27th May ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Hansi, 2nd June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Hansi, 5th June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



5. Hansi, 7th June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 15th June (W. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 28th June ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Sambhur, 27th June (JR. M. Adam). Hume Coll. 

 3. Meerut, N.W. Provs., 9th May. Hume Obll. 



3. Saharunpur, 25th April (G. F. L. Hume Coll. 



Marshall). 

 1. Saharunpur, 9th May (G. F. L. M.). Hume Coll. 



4. Delhi, 5th June (C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



