112 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



Genus COCCYSTES. 

 254. COCCYSTES JACOBINUS. 



Coccystes jacobinus (Bodd.) ; Bidd. Ibis^ 1881; p. 50. 

 No. 135. Tinali, July 19, 1873. 



Order HALCYONES. 



Eamily ALGEDINID^. 



Genus ALCEDO. 



255. Alcedo bengalensis. 



Alcedo bengalensis (Gm.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 178 (1873) ; Dresser^ Ibis^ 1876^ 



p. 320 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. oru. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 83. 

 Alcedo ispidaj jS, bengalensis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873). 



No number, adult. Sopur, July 26, 1873. 

 Nos. 203, 228, imm. Srinagar, July 29-31, 1873. 



No. 1160, adult. Kashgliar, December 17, 1873. — Bill blackish, tinged with fleshy at the 

 base ; feet coral-red ; iris dark brown. Length 7*1 inches, wing 2*9, tail 1-5, tarsus 0*4. 

 Nos. 1327, 1329. Kashghar, Eebruary 10, 1874. 



Dr. Henderson states that the Common Indian Kingfisher was excessively plentiful in 

 Kashmir, but was never observed after crossing the Zoji-la. The native names were 

 '' Tint Konu " and " Tuntu." 



Genus CERYLE. 



256. Cehyle vauia. 



Ceryle rudis (L., pt.); Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 61, pi. 19 (1871) ; Wardlaw Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 50. 



No. 241. Srinagar, August 1, 1873.— " Tindh." 



Colonel Biddulph shot a specimen at Baramula, and the species was met with not 

 uncommonly along the Jhelum in Kashmir by Dr. Henderson. 



Order CORACIiE. 



Eamily CYPSELIDiE. 



Genus CYPSELUS, 

 257. Cypselus pekinensis. 



Cypseluspekinensis, Swinh.; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 132 (1876); Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 428; C. Swinh. Ibis, 

 1882, p. 101. 



