MR. HODGSON'S COLLECTION. 57 



The SMYRNA KINGSFISHER. Halcyon smyrnensis. Alcedo 

 smyrnensis, var. Ispida bengalensis minor, Briss. Halcyon 

 smyraensis, var. albogularis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1843, p. 998. Al- 

 cyon smyrnensis, Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82, No. 590. 

 H. gularis, Kuhl. 



Inhab. Nepal. 

 a, b. No. 590. 



c. d. Sternum. 



e. A drawing of adult, with bill, natural size. Pass. t. 17, f. 1. 



b. Alcedininee. 



The SPOTTED KINGSFISHER. Ceryle guttata. Alcedo gut- 

 tatus, Vigors, Proc. Z. S. 1831, p. 22. A. lugubris, Temm. PL 

 col. Alcyon guttata, Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82, No. 

 364. Gould, Cent, of Birds, pi. 5. PL col. 549. 



Inhab. Nepal, 

 a d. No. 364. 



e. A drawing of adult, natural size. Pass, t. 18. f. 1. 

 /. Copied, with bill. Pass. t. 19, f. I. 



The BLACK AND WHITE KINGSFISHER. Ceryle rudis. Al- 

 cedo rudis, L. (var. B. Lath.) Ispida rudis, Swains. Alcyon 

 rudis, Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82, No. 365. C. varia, 

 StrickL 



Inhab. Nepal. 

 c. No. 365. 



d. Sternum. 



e. A drawing of adult, natural size. Pass. t. 18. f. 2. 

 /. Copied, with bill. Pass. t. 19, f. 2. 



The INDIAN KINGSFISHER. Alcedo bengalensis, Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. A. meninting, Horsf. Alcyon bengalensis, Hodgs. Gray, 

 Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82. No. 606. 



Inhab. Nepal. 

 a -c. No. 606. 



d. Sternum. 



e. A drawing of adult, natural size. Pass. t. 17, f. 2. 



Fam. 6. MEROPID^S. 

 a. Meropinse. 



The BEE-EATER. Merops philippinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 

 183. M. typicus, Hodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82. Levaill. 

 Guer. t. 6, bis. 



Inhab. Nepal. 



a. No. 746. 



b. A drawing of two figures, natural size, with foot. Pass. t. 23. 



The FIVE-COLOURED BEE-ATER. Merops quinticolor, Vieitt. 

 Levaill. Guer. t. 16. 

 Inhab. Nepal, 



