145 
UPUPIDA. 
27, UPUPA INDICA. 
Upupa indica, Reichenb. ; Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, p. 10 
(1892) ; Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 39. 
Very common on Koh Samui but at the time of our visit in 
shockingly ragged and disreputable plumage. 
“ Male, iris hazel, bill black, pinkish at base, feet greyish, soles 
pinkish.” 
ALCEDINID Ai. 
28. PELARGOPSIS MALACCENSIS. 
Pelargopsis malaccensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvii, 
p- 103 (1892). 
Rhamphalcyon capensis malaccensis, Oberholser, Proc. U. 8S. Nat. 
Mus., xxxv, p. 678 (1909). 
Judging from Oberholser’s (loc. cit.) monograph of the genus a 
male and two females from Koh Pennan would appear to belong 
to this race and not as might be expected to the more northern form 
P. burmanica, Sharpe. 
All have a distinct brown pileum, though in one female, owing to 
abrasion of the feathers it is very much lighter than the others. The 
wing of the male measures 146 mm. and of the two females 146 and 
145. The specimens are exactly matched by others from more 
southern localities. 
“ Female, iris dark hazel, bill dark coral red, more vermilion 
towards gape, dark maroon at tip, tarsi and feet vermilion, claws 
brownish horn.” 
29, HALCYON SMYRNENSIS. 
antea, p. 92. 
Common on both islands. 
30. HALCYON ARMSTRONGT. 
Halcyon armstrongi, Sharpe, tom. cit, p. 277, pl. vii, fig. 1; 
Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 34. 
Halcyon humii, Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 281, pl., viii. 
After again examining over fifty specimens of this Blue and 
White Kingfisher from all parts of the Malay Peninsula, including 
eleven from Koh Samui and Koh Pennan I am convinced that it is 
impossible to maintain the distinctness of the northern from the 
southern bird. The characters relied on by Dr. Sharpe are met with 
indifferently in specimens from the same locality and I do not think 
that the explanation put forward—vyiz., that in the south of the 
Peninsula the duller greener bird (H. armstrong?) is migratory, while 
the brighter form (H. hwmii) is resident can be supported by facts. 
“Wemale, iris dark hazel, bill black, base of lower mandible 
pinkish, feet greyish brown.” 
