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1368. (1030) Melittophagus erythrocephalus erythrocepha- 
lus. The Chestnut-headed Bee-Eater. 
Merops erythrocephalus Gimel., S. N., i, p. 463 (1788), 
(India). (Ceylon). 
Ceylon, S. India, sub-Himalayas, Burma, ete. 
1369. (1031) Nyctiornis athertoni. The Blue-bearded Bee-Eater. 
Merops athertoni Jard. and Selby., Ill. Orn., ti., pl. 58 (1829), 
(India), (Cachar). 
Sub-Himalayas, Dehra Doon to Assam, Burma, Malabar 
Coast. 
1370. (1032) Nyctiornis amictus. The Red-bearded Bee-Eater. 
Merops amictus Jemm., Pl. Col., iv., pl. 310 (1824), (Ben- 
coolen, Sumatra). 
Tenasserim southwards. 
Sub-order HALCYONES. 
Family ALCEDINIDA. 
1371. (1033) Ceryle rudis leacomelanura. The Indian Pred 
Kingfisher. 
Ceryle leucomelanura Reichen., Handl. Alced., p. 21 (1851), 
(Ceylon). 
India, Burma and Ceylon. 
1372. (1034) Ceryle lugubris guttulata. The Himalayan Pied 
Kingfisher. 
Ceryle guttulata Stegneger, Pro. U. S. N. M., av., p. 294 
(1893), (India), (Cachar). , 
Assam to China and Hainan. 
1373. (1035) Alcedo atthis bengalensis. The Common Indian 
Kingfisher. 
Alcedo bengalensis Gmel., S. N., i., p. 450 (1788), (Bengal). 
All India. ‘ 
1374. *(1035) Alcedo atthis pallasii. The Central Asian 
Kingfisher. 
Alcedo pallasii Reichen., Handl. spec. In. Alced., p. 3 (1851), 
(West Siberia). 
N. and Central Asia. Punjab and Sind, Kashmir. 
1375: *(1035) Alcedo atthis taprobana. The Ceylon Kingfisher. 
Alcedo ispida var. taprobana Kleinschm., Orn. Mber., it. p. 
126 (1894), (Ceylon). 
Ceylon. 
* Neither of these are very strongly marked forms. 
