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Birds of Burma. 



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Fam. AlcedinideB. 



Kingfishers. 



75. Caecotetjtes pulchellus. 

 Carcineutes puhhellus (Horsf.), Sharpe, Mon. Ale. pi. 96. 

 The range of this Malayan species extends to MerguL 

 [Karen hills (W. R.) ; Amherst (D.). The examples from the Karen 

 hills are absolutely identical with those Malaccan individuals which possess 

 a rufous collar. This collar is strongly marked in these Karen specimens. 

 But in many Malaccan specimens it is wanting. "When in this common 

 phase of plumage, they become the C. amalUis, Hume (Str. Eeath. i. p. 474), 

 founded on Upper Pegu examples obtained by Mr. Gates.] 



*76. Pelakgopsis buemaotica. 

 Pelargopsis burmannica, Sharpe, Mon. Ale. pi. 35. Peing-nyen (generic). 

 Arakan (?), Tenasserim provinces, Siam, Andaman Islands. 

 One of several geographical races which are barely separable. 

 [Yey-tho, Karen nee {W. H.); Thayet Myo (0.).] 



*77. P. AMATJE0PTEEA (J. 128). 



P. amauroptera (Pearson), Sharpe, Mon. Ale. pi. 30. 



This species is seldom seen far inland, though in India it occurs in the 

 Tarai at the foot of the Eastern Himalaya ; being chiefly seen about estuaries 

 where the water is brackish. It probably is nowhere more abundant than 

 along the Tenasserim coast. 

 [Yey-tho (W. £.)•] 



*78. Halcyon pileata (J. 130). 

 Halcyon pileata (Bodd.), Sharpe, Mon. Ale. pi. 62. 

 Common. 

 [Palow (0.); Karope, Tavoy, Moulmein (D.).~] 



*79. H. cobomakda (J. 131). 



H. coromanda (Lath.), Sharpe, Mon. Ale. pi. 57. 

 Common, chiefly about estuaries. 

 [Meeta Myo, Amherst, Tavoy (J9.)0 



*80. H. smye^eksis (J. 129). 

 E. smyrnensis (Linn.), Sharpe, Mon. Ale. pi. 59. 



The most common species of its genus, as generally throughout Southern 

 Asia. 



[Eangoon, Tonghoo (JF. B.).] 



