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though well distributed throughout the whole length of 

 the Peninsula. We obtained a male on Terutau in March 

 1909. 



■^ 75. Alcedo euryzona. 



Alcedo euryzona Temiu, ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 154 ; Robin- 

 son, p. 17.2. 



Three specimens of this rare Kingfisher were shot at Chong 

 and on the hills in the vicinity by one of our Dyaks. 



Though nowhere common, the species owes its rarity in 

 collections rather to its extreme wariness and shyness than to 

 any actual scarcity. We have not hitherto secured speci- 

 mens, but we have met with the species in several localities, 

 viz., at the foot of Gunong Tahan, on the Semangko Pass*, 

 and in several places in North and Central Perak, always in 

 deep jungle and near mountain streams. It flies with great 

 rapidity and is very restless. 



^ 7Q. Ceyx tridactyla. 



Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 174 ; Robinson, 

 p. 172. 



i~- 77. Ceyx euerythra. 



Ceyx euerythra Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 179. 



These little Ceyces are widely distributed throughout the 

 Peninsula in heavy jungle, usually near water. 



r 78. Pelargopsis amauroptera. 



Pelargopsis amauroptera (Pears.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 97. 



Three specimens of this handsome Stork-billed Kingfisher 

 were obtained in the Langkawis in February and March 

 1909. It has been procured in the same group and also in 

 Trang by Dr. Abbott, and his specimens are recorded by 

 Oberholser in his review of the genus (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 XXXV. p. 676 (1909)). 



I have, however, not followed this author in the substitution 

 of Rhamphalcyon for such a universally used name as 

 Pelargopsis. 



* One has been recently obtained at Beutorg, on the Pahang side of 

 the main range about 40 miles from Kuala Lumpur. 



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