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The dimensions of the eggs in my collection are riO"X'88", l"06"x 

 '87", and l*02"x *86". A single agg taken from another nest and not 

 mentioned in the above article is only •97"X'88". 



I may state here that nearly all I know concerning the different 

 Ivingfishers was written under the nom de plume oi " Rekab " some 

 time ago in " The Asian" and all these notes have been introduced 

 into Hume's " Nests and Eggs " under the names of the respective birds, 

 so that I have very little to add here about them« 



(444) Ceyrtle guttata. — The Himalayan Pied Kingfisher. 

 Hume, No. 137, 



Since writing the notes which appeared in '^ The Asian^' and after- 

 wards in Hume's book, I have seen one or two more nests, and these, like 

 the one there described, were placed at the ends of very short burrows. 



My eggs have unfortunately been destroyed during my absence on 

 leave in England, and I can nowhere find any notes on their size^ 

 though 1 sent full notes to Mr. Bowdler Sharpe, which notes are^ 

 I believe, being used for the monograph of the kingfishers for which 

 he is collecting materials. 



(445) Ceryle eudis. — The Pied Kingfisher. 

 Hume, No. 136. 



Common on the lower reaches of the Diyung, Jetinga, Jiri, and 

 Jeuani rivers, but not ascending any of the smaller streams. 

 (44G) Pelargopsis gurial. — The Indian Stork-billed Kingfisher. 

 Hume, No. 127. 



Personally I have only taken two of the nests of this fine kingfisher^ 

 both of which were placed in a high sandy bank of the Diyung river. 

 Of the two holes, one was about 2| feet deep and sufficiently large 

 in diameter to allow me to put my arm into it, almost to the shoulder ; 

 the other was fully 4 feet deep and about 3f inches in diameter at the 

 mouth. 



The chamber was not as large in either proportionately as the 

 entrance, being about 14 inches long by nearly the same broad, and 

 less considerably than 6 inches high. ^ 



The first nest was found on the 8th of June, 1891, and contained 

 four young ones newly hatched ; the second was taken two days later 

 and contained a single egg only. 



