NOTES ON ANDAMAN BIRDS. 163 



1045. Halcyon pileata. — The Black-capped Kingfisher. 

 Rare but widely distributed. I have seen three individuals only in 15 

 months — one near Port Blair, one in the Cinque Islands and one on Nar- 

 condam. 



1046. Calialcyon lilacina, — The Ruddy Kingfisher. 

 Not uncommon in the North Andaman, but very scarce elsewhere. I have 

 seen none near Port Blair. 



1017. Sauropatis chloris. — The White-collared. Kingfisher. 

 Very common everywhere along the coast or up brackish creeks. Feeds 

 largely in grasshoppers as well as fish. Found several nests in April and 

 May. They are usually in holes in banks, only about a foot deep, occasion- 

 ally also in holes in white ants' mounts or in the up turned loots of a tree, and 

 one nest I observed was in a hole in a mango tree about 15 feet from the 

 ground. 



Three or four eggs are laid broadly pyriforrn and exhibiting very little or 

 no gloss. 



Length, T07" to P19". Breadth, 0-91" to 0-97". Mean of 12 eggs, 

 l-l]"x0-95". 



[To be continued.) 



