THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 127 



c?. Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, Peninsular Siam, 7 March 1919 

 (No. 4470). 



" Iris yellowish brown ; bill and eyelid vermilion ; feet yellow- 

 ish brown ". 



Total length, 211; wing, 84; tail, 72; tarsus, 16; bill from 

 gape, 45 mm. 



The Banded Kingfisher is sparingly distributed in dry jungle 

 throughout Peninsular Siam, but. like other jungle Kingfishers, seems 

 rarer than it is further south. It extends northwards to a latitude 

 of about 19°. The present specimen has the nuchal rufous collar 

 well developed, but like other birds from dry districts, has the under- 

 surface paler, especially on the flanks, than south Malayan and 

 Javanese birds. We are not at present disposed to regard S. W. and 

 Peninsular Siam birds as even subspecitically distinct from the 

 typical race, whatever may be the status of the Burmese, N. and E, 

 Siam, and Annamese birds, of which we have not suflficient female 

 specimens. 



The more northern specimens, broadly speaking, show signs 

 of losing the chestnut cervical collar, and the females have the 

 flanks less barred ; but these characters also appear in typical Javan 

 specimens. 



194. Halcyon coromanda coromanda ( Lath.). 



Alcedo coromanda, Lath., Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 252, (Ooromandel 



Coast, ex. Sonuerat : errore ! Rangoon, Oberholser). 

 Halcyon coromandus, E., p. 110 (Patani) ; F., p. 34 (Trang) ; A., p. 



75 (Tavoy, Malewoon) ; 0. ii, p. 81. 

 Halcyon coromanda coromanda, Havtert, Vog. Palaarkt. Faun, ii, 



1912, p 896; J., p. 147 (Terutau). 

 Entomofiliora coromanda coromanda, Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. 48, 19)5, p. 643-5 (typa locaHty designated as Rangoon). 

 Callialcyon coromanda, Muller, Journ. fiir Orn. 1882, p. 398 ; 



B., p. 46 (Junk Seylon). 



6 ad. Tung Pran, Takuatung, W. Peninsular Siam, 14 

 February 1919 (No. 4004). 



" Iris dark ; bill coral ; feet paler coral." 



I- Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vot. Akad. Handl. M« Baker, Journ. N. H. Soe. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 3, 1916. (first part). 



J. Robinson. Journ. F. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917 Baker. Journ N.H. Sec. Siam, iii, 1919. 



K. Kloss, Ibis, 1918. (second part). 



L. Robinson and Kloss, Journ. N.H, Soc. Siam, M.I. Baker, Joui-n. N.H. Sou. Siam, iv, 1^20. 



iii, 1919. (third part). 



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