RANGOON DISTRICT OF THE IRRAWADDY DELTA. 307 
Point and China-Ba-keer. It was perhaps more frequently 
met with amongst the mangroves bordering the larger nullahs 
and creeks near the mouth of the Rangoon river, feeding upon 
the small crabs and fish, which at ebb-tide swarm upon the mud 
in those localities. I obtained four specimens, of which the. 
following are the dimensions recorded in the flesh :-— 
Length, 10 to 10°25 ; expanse, 14 to 15; wing, 4-433 tail 
from vent, 2°8 to 3; tarsus, °6 to 63; bill from gape, 2-1 
to 2:3. Ivides, dark reddish brown; upper mandible, dusky 
greenish black ; lower mandible, pinkish or yellowish white, 
tipped and margined with greenish black; legs and feet, slaty 
grey. 
134.—Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. 
The common Indian King-fisher was tolerably abundant along 
all the nullahs and creeks in the vicinity of Elephant 
Point and EHastern Grove. It does not, however, appear 
to frequent the more extensive mangrove swamps along the 
coast between the Rangoon and Uhina-Ba-keer rivers. The 
dimensions of four specimens recorded in the flesh are as 
follows :— 
Length, 6°3 to 6°6; expanse, 9:4 to 9°75 ; tail from vent, 
1°3 to 1:5; wing, 2°75 to 2:8; tarsus, °35; bill from gape, 1°8 to 
2; bill at front, 1°35 to 1:45. ; 
Irides, dark brown ; uppermandible, black ; lower mandible, 
either black or brownish white, tipped and margined with 
_dusky black ; legs and feet, dull red ; claws, brown. 
147 dis.—Paleornis magnirostris, Ball, (Vide 
SB... 11, 9,176.) 
Birds of this species were very abundant in the district about 
Elephant Point. They used to select the adjacent paddy-fields 
for their feeding grounds, remaining there throughout the day- 
time. Towards evening, however, they would return in large 
parties to roost amongst some isolated clumps of tall trees 
which were scattered here and there over the neighbourhood. I 
observed them breeding in the trunks of trees towards the end of 
January and throughout February. The following is a resumé 
of the dimensions of six specimens recorded in the flesh :— 
Three Males—Length, 20 to 21; expanse, 22°5 to 23; tail 
from vent, 13 to 13:6; wing, 7°6 to 8 ; tarsus, °73 to °75 ; bill 
from gape, 1:2 to 1°3; trom base of culmen to tip, 1:4 to 1-5; 
height of bill at base, 1°35 to 1:47. 
Three Females.—Length, 17 to 20; expanse, 21°5 to 22°75; 
tail from vent, 10°2 to 12°63 wing, 7:3 to 7:7 ; tarsus, ‘72 to 
