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Ceryle varia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 112 (1892) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 119 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 49 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the Indian Pied Kingfisher measure from 1-12 to 

 1-25 in length, and from -9 to 1 in breadth. 



5. Delhi, N.W.P. India, 9th March Hume Coll. 



(C. T. Bingham). 



4 -Eaipur, 0. Pro vs. (F. R. Bleioitt). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 19th Oct. {E. W. Oates). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Pegu, 19th Oct. {E. W. O.). Oatea Coll. 



2. Pegu, 25th Oct. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 1st Nov. (£. W. O.). Oates CoU. 

 1. Pegu, 25th Nov. (E. W. O.). Oatea Coll. 



Ceryle torquata {Linn.). 



Ceryle torquata, Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 191 ; Sharpe, Mon. 

 Alcedinidce, p. 73 (1870) ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 121 (1892) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 160 (1899) ; von Ihering, Bev. Mus. 

 I'aulista, iv. p. 259 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 60 (1900). 



An egg of the Ringed Kingfisher in the Colleotion is covered 

 with numerous minute blackish pores, and measures 1-73 by 1'35. 



1. Upper Ucayali River, Peru (^. 5o!rt- Crowley Bequest. 

 lett : Tristram Coll.). 



Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). 



Streptoceryle alcyon, Baedeker, EierEur. Vog. tab. 11. fig. 11 (1855-63). 

 Ceryle alcyon, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 110, pi. iv. fig. 52 (1856) ; 



A. ^ E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 67; Lord, Proc. R. A. Inst., 

 Woolwich, iv. p. 337 (1865); Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 79 



(1868) ; Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds,ii. p. 392 (1874) ; 

 Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 348, pi. 18 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xvii. p. 125 (1892) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 

 p. 34, pi. i. fig. 3 (1895) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 169, 

 pi. 48. lig. 12 (1896) ; Sharpe, Randrl. ii. p. 50 (1900). 



The eggs of the Belted Kingfisher measure from 1'26 to 1-55 in 

 length, and from 1-04 to 1-1 in breadth. 



1. North America. Old Collection. 



6. North America. Seebohm Coll. 



2. North America {Montreal Mus.). Seebohm CoU. 



2. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 6. Canada. Crowley Bequest. 



2. British Columbia, June (/. K. N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 



Lord). 



2. New Brunswick, 5th May (R. E. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Wisconsin (r. M. brewer). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



3. New York, May {J. G. Bell: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 6. Mayville, New York, 18th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



