306 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
red; bill, bright vermilion, tipped with dusky ; legs and feet, 
orange red ; claws, dusky black. 
129.—Halcyon smyrnensis, Zin. 
This species was universally distributed over the entire 
district, and tolerably abundant everywhere. It was found in 
low jungle, and thin forest in open ground as well as along 
the margins of all the nullahs and streams in the vicinity. The 
following are the dimensions recorded in the flesh of ten 
specimens from Elephant Point, China-Ba-keer, Deserter’s 
Creek, Rangoon, Syriam, and Eastern Grove :— 
Nine Males.—Length, 10:7 to 115; expanse, 14°25 to 15'5 ; 
wing 4:5 to 4°95 ; tail from vent, 3°2 to 3°7; tarsus, *6 to “65 5 
bill from gape, 2°7 to 2°9. 
A female measured.—Length, 10°7; expanse, 14°75; wing, 
4°55; tail from vent,3; tarsus, °62; billfrom gape, 2°7. 
The irides are dark brown; bill, dusky red, tipped with 
blackish brown; legs and feet, brownish red; claws, dark 
brown. 
130—Halcyon pileata, Bodd. 
This beautiful King-fisher formed a marked characteristic of 
the avi-fauna belonging to the Rangoon district of the Irra- 
waddy delta. It was to be seen everywhere. It was abundant 
amongst the mangroves on each side of every creek and nullah, 
The shore jungle along the coast, from Elephant Point up as far 
as China-Ba-keer, resounded with its discordant cry. Under 
every little dry projecting twig along the sea shore, a quantity 
of white excreta, and the remains of the legs and bodies of small 
crabs showed where one of these birds had been making its 
dinner and indulging in its siesta. Hach bird appears to have 
its own favorite watch tower, and when disturbed, flies away 
with a shrill cry, taking a semicircular sweep to some dry twig 
ahead, and as soon as it thinks that the danger is passed by, 
returns again to the post from which it had been dislodged. The 
following is a resumé of the dimensions recorded in the flesh of 
numerous examples of this species :— 
Length, 11°7 to 12°5; expanse 18 to 18°75; tail from vent, 
3:3 to 3°75; wing, 4°9 to 5:3; tarsus, 6 to 7 ; bill from gape, 
2°9 to 3:15. 
Irides, reddish brown or dark brown; bill, deep coral red ; 
legs and feet, dusky brownish red ; claws, horny brown. 
132.—Halcyon chloris, Bodd. 
The White-collared King-fisher occurs, though very sparingly 
throughout the tidal swamps intervening between Elephant 
