39. [ Vol. xxix; 
_ Above a deeper, rather more purple-blue than in asiatica, 
this being especially noticeable on the head. Scapulars 
black in adults as well as in the young. 
Smaller. Wing. 62-66 mm. ; bill 32 to 35° 5 mm. (19 
specimens). - 
Habitat. Peninsular Burma-and Siam, between latitudes 
10° and 16°.. There are no less than twelve specimens of this. 
form from Bankasoon, but it must be noted that there are 
also two quite typical specimens of meninting labelled as from 
this place, which may therefore be nearly the meeting-place of 
the two forms, though each of these fourteen birds are easily 
assignable to one or the other and by no means intermediate. 
* There are other’ specimens from Tavoy, Siam, and still 
further north. 
(4) Alcedo meninting coltarti, subsp. nov. 
Type, 3, No. 95.7.14.5038.. British Museum, Jan. 1877 
(Godwin-Austen Coll.). 
eae Saddya, Assam. 
Similar to A. m. asiatica, but smaller, and when viewed as 
a series rather lighter, less black or ae on the back. The 
spots on the coverts are-smaller, yet lighter and more 
conspicuous,» d 
. Burma (9 specimens): wing 62-65 mm., bill 38-35 mm. 
Sikkim, Bhutan, and Assam (10 specimens): wing — 
69 mm., bill 34-39 mm. 
Habitat. Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Burma as far south as 
16° lat., Chin Hills, Shan States, North and Central Siam, 
and Geehin China. 
I have named this bird in honour of my friend Dr. H. 
N. Coltart, who worked with me for many years on the 
ornithology of. Assam and Kastern Bengal. ; 
i - (5) Alcedo meninting rufigastra. 
_ Alcedo rufigastra Walden, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. or xil. 
p-'487 (1873)... 
. Type, No. 88.10.20.128, ¢.. TPweeddale Coll, in British 
Museum, 26.2.1873. 
Lype-locality. South Andamans. 
