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40. DaceLo pULCHELLA, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 
175. Zool. Res. in Java (with a figure of the male). 
Dacelo buccoides, Temminck, Pl. Col. 277 3. 586 °. 
TeNGKE-watu of the Javanese (Horsf.), and Karine Kaine 
Kimpa of the Malays (Eyton). 
“This is an extremely rare and local bird,’ says Dr. Horsfield, 
“and I found it once only, in a low range of hills, about twenty 
miles south-east of Samarang, known in the central parts of the 
island (Java) by the name of the hills of Prowoto. Here a single 
[male] bird was obtained in the forest.” 
Several examples of both sexes were collected at Malacca. 
41. HaLcyon LEUCOCEPHALUS. 
Alcedo leucocephala, Gmelin. 
H. javanica, Shaw. 
H. Gurial, Pearson, J. A. 8. Beng. X. p. 633. 
H. brunniceps, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. and Sci. XIII. p. 143. 
The white-headed and Gurial Kingfishers of Latham. 
TenGKEBUTO of the Javanese (Horsf.). 
Bane-Kako of the Malays of Sumatra (Raffles). 
Burone-Kaka of the Malays (Eyton). 
GuriAt of the Bengalese (Buch. Hamilt.). 
Matau-Poyrmag, i.e. “jungle kingfisher,” of the inhabitants of 
Malabar (Jerdon). 
I do not see sufficient distinction between the Malayan and Indian 
birds to warrant their separation. 
42. HALCYON ATRICAPILLUS. 
Alcedo atricapilla, Gmelin. 
H. pileata (Bodd) apud G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 79. 
Burone Upane of the Malays of Sumatra (Raffles). 
This would appear to be tolerably common at Pinang, at which 
place this species was collected. Also inhabits India. 
43. HALCYON SMYRNENSIS. 
Alcedo smyrnensis, Linneeus. Strickland, Ann. Nat. Hist. (1842), 
p- 443. 
Alcedo fusca, Boddaért. 
Found at Pinang and Malacca. 
44, TopIRAMPHUS VARIUS. 
Halcyon varia, Eyton, P. Z. S., 1839, p. 101. Blyth, J. A. 8. 
Beng. XV. p. 11. 
«Adult male (and perhaps the adult of either sex) have the cap 
green, rufescent on the forehead, and margined posteriorly with 
verditer ; a broad black stripe commences at the lores, and meets its 
opposite behind ; above this is a very large rich purplish-blue mou- 
stache, commencing at the base of the lower mandible ; the nape and 
breast are brilliant ferruginous, paling on the throat and belly, and 
the mantle, wings and tail, are deep purplish-blne, each feather 
touched with ultramarine-blue on the wings, while the rump and 
