34 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 



r79. Carcineutes pulchellus. 

 Carcineutes pulchellus (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 198. 

 Common in dry jungle. 



f-80. Halcyon coromandus. 



Halcyon coromandus (Lath.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 217. 



Always rather rare in the Peninsula, but commonest in the 

 coastal districts. We have a male from Terutau dated 

 February 1909. 



i-S\. Halcyon smyrnensis. 



Halcyon smyi'nensis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 222. 



Madarasz has founded a species, Halcyon perpulclir a, on a 

 single specimen of this species from Singapore (Ann. Mus. 

 Hungar. ii. pp. 1, 2 (1904)). 



"/-82. Halcyon pileatus. 



Halcyon jnleatus (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 229. 



Both this and the last named are common rice-field birds 

 throughout the Peninsula. H. pileatus is also found along 

 the rivers even in their upper reaches in jungle country, 

 "which is never the case with H. smyrnensis. 



+ 83. Halcyon armstrongi. 



Halcyon armstrongi Sharpe, tom. cit. p. '277, pi. vii. fig. 1. 



Halcyon humii Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 281, pi. viii. 



Throughout the Malay Peninsula on the coast and estuaries, 

 but never found far from salt-water. 



Very abundant on Pulau Langkawi and Pulau Terutau. 



We do not think that the two forms from the Malay 

 Peninsula recognised by Dr. Sharpe can be kept distinct, and 

 it is, indeed, a question whether all the Indo-Malayan forms 

 would not better be included under one name Halcyon 

 chloris (Bodd.). 



Halcyon armstrongi is a slightly duller green bird, while 

 H. humii is possibly smaller and brighter blue. Both forms, 

 however, have been obtained together in widely separated 

 localities and in the same month ; and as this Kingfisher is a 

 strictly sedentary bird, we cannot regard the differences, which 

 in extreme cases are certainly well-marked, as due to any- 

 tliing but age, sex, and degree of wear in the plumage. 



