AICEDO, 33 



Aleedo bengalensis, Oafes ed. Hume, Nests &■ Sags Ind. Birds, iii. p. 1 

 (1890) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 479. 



Eggs of the Common Kingfisher, taken in Europe, measure from 

 •87 to -95 in length, and from -72 to -8 in breadth. Eggs of the 

 smaller Asiatic form {A. bengalensis) measure only from -75 to -87 

 in length, and from -65 to -72 in breadth. 



3. 



2. 



Keswick, Cumberland (SargiU Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 

 Ashopton, Derbyshire, 4th 



{H. Seebohm). 

 3. Cambridgeshire. 

 3. Bum Brook, Cambridgeshire. 

 9. Oxfordshire {H. Saunders). 



7. Alton, Hants (J. Cooper). 

 9. Frensham, Hants. 



3. Hendon, Middlesex. 



8. River Thames. 



6. Elbeuf, Prance (Noury: Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 6. Elbeuf (iVoMrj^: Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Stolp, Pomerania, 7th April 



(T. Holland). 



3. Jerripani, Mussoori, Himalayas. 

 1. River Jumna, 18th Sept. 



6. Ahmednugger, 15th March {Rev. H. 

 Bruce). 



1. Neddivuttum, Madras {J. Darling). 



2. Nilghiri Hills, March. 



2. Calcutta, 27th July. 

 1. Shanghai, China. 



4. Fooohow, China, 19th June. 

 1. Foo-ehow, 9th July. 



3. Chinkiang, Foh-kien, 12th May. 



4. Fuji, Japan, 1st July. 



May Seebohm Coll. 



F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowlev Bequest. 

 J. Whitehead, Esq. [C. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P." 

 C.B. Rickett, Esq. [P.;. 

 Radcliffe Saunders Coll. 



Alcedo meningting, Horsf. 



Aleedo asiatica, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 23 (18"0). 



Alcedo meningtmg, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xvii. p. 157 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 125 

 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 160 (1899) ; Shai-pe, Hand-l. ii. 

 p. 51 (1900). 



Four eggs of the Malayan Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 •75 by -65 ; -77 by -62 ; -79 by -65 ; -75 by -64. 



Labuan, Borneo. 

 Borneo {Sir Hugh Low). 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Alcedo beavani, Walden. 



Alcedo asiatica (raec Sw.), Gates, Birds Brit. Burm, ii. p. 73 (1883) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, Hi. p. 6 (1890). 

 Alcedo beavani, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 160 (1892) ; Blanf. 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 124 (1895; ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 51 



(1900). 



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