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" Of a large female the length was 15*65; the wing, 615 ; 

 the bill, from gape, 3 - 95 ; and at front, 3 - 35." 



" Bill, dark red, brown at tip ; inside of mouth, dark salmon 

 red ; iris, dark brown ; eyelids, pinkish ; their edges, red ; feet, red, 

 paler than the bill ; claws, horny/'' 



129.— Halcyon smyrnensis, Lin. 



Mr. Oates says : " This is very common, but I did not observe 

 it on the Pegu Hills." I have received no specimens from 

 Thayetmyo. 



130.— Halcyon pileata, Bodd. 



This species appears to be rare about Thayetmyo ; Captain 

 Feilden apparently never met with it. 



Mr. Oates says : " I shot only one specimen, and that at Palow, 

 fifteen miles south of Thayetmyo. It is extremely rare. The 

 stomach contained small crabs. The male I shot measured — 



"Length, 12"1 ; expanse, 18'5 ; tail, from vent, 3*6; wing 1 , 

 5*1 ; bill, from gape, 2 - 9 ; tarsus, 0*73. 



" The bill was deep, the inside of the mouth pale, red ; the iris, 

 dark olive brown ; the eyelids, pinkish grey, thickly covered on 

 the lower lid with white feathers, except at the edge where the 

 feathers are black ; the legs, dull red ; brownish red on the front of 

 tarsus and upper side of toes ; claws, dark horny." 



The specimen sent agrees well with others from the Sunder- 

 bunds and other Eastern Bengal localities, the Andamans and 

 Tenasserim. 



132 quat— Carcineutes amabilis, Hume. 



I have already (Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 474) described this 

 species, and explained my reasons for separating it from piclc/iellus. 

 I am still inclined to consider it distinct ; but see also Mr. Sharpens 

 remarks, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 484. 



133.— Ceyx tridactyla, Lin. 



Mr. Oates sends a specimen from the Eastern Pegu Hills, in 

 every way identical with others from the Sikhim Terai and other 

 Indian localities. He remarks that this species is " not uncom- 

 mon in the deep well-wooded nullahs of the Evergreen Forest. It 

 is difficult to secure it, as it waits till you get near and then darts 

 away bike an arrow round a corner. A specimen measured — 



"Length, 5*3; expanse, 8; tail, from vent, l'l; wing, 2 - 2; 

 bill, from gape, T55 ; tarsus, 04. 



"The bill was bright red; inside of mouth, paler red; eyelids, 

 well-clothed, apparently plumbeous ; irides, dark brown ; feet and 

 claws, bright red. 



