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A very much paler bird than any other form of meninting, 
the blue on the back and rump being paler with less of a 
purple tint and the bars on the head not only less deep and 
less purple but with a distinct greenish tinge. 
Wing 63-69 mm., bill 834-35°5 mm. (19 specimens). 
This is far the most easily defined of all the races of 
meninting, every specimen contrasting strongly with any 
from elsewhere. 
Habitat. Andamans. 
(6) Alcedo meninting subviridis. 
Alcedo meninting subviridis Oberholser, Smith. Misc. Coll. 
Ike INowvop..¢ (1912). 
Type U.S. Nat. Mus. 
Type-locality. Nias. 
There are no specimens of this Kingfisher either in tlie 
British Museum or Tring from Nias, and it is therefore 
impossible for me to discuss its validity. 
In differentiating between the geographical races of this 
Kingfisher it is imperative that one should have fair series 
for comparison, and it is quite unreasonable to create new 
names on single specimens. The ranges in individual 
variation of colour are very great, and adults differ from the 
the young especially in the latter having blacker scapulars 
in most races. The sexes also differ to some extent in colour, 
as on the sides of the head ete. This must constantly be 
borne in mind, although it may be quite possible that further 
races may have to beseparated when sufficient material from 
the smaller islands becomes available. 
Dr. Ernst Harrmrt said that in ‘ Novitates Zoologice,’ 
vol. xxv. 1918, p. 429, he described anew race of Long-tailed © 
Titmouse from the Central Pyrenees, but by some accident 
the name was omitted. The name which he proposed was 
ZEgithalos caudatus pyrenaicus, 
type from the neighbourhood of Cauterets, as stated. 
