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ALCEDINIDAE. 



39. Pelargopsis capensis cyanopteryx(Oberholser). 



Pelargopsis javana fraseri, Hartert, p. 202. 

 Bamplialcijon capensis cyanoptenjx, Oberholser, Proc. TJ. 



S. Xat. Mus. XXXV, p. 676 (1909). 

 2 $ Boeloe, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 26th November— 13th 



December 1916 [Xos. 653, 662]. 

 $ Tandjong Slamat, Langkat, N. E. Sumatra, 16th 



February 1918 [Xo. 1014]. 

 Wing $, 145, 141, 142 mm. 



In default of large series we have for the present left 

 these specimens under Oberholser's name. We confess how- 

 ever that we cannot appreciate the differences that separate it 

 from B. c. malaccensis, with which the above birds can be 

 exactly matched. 



40. Alcedo ispida bengalensis, Gm. 



Hartert, p. 202. 

 S , 3 $ Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 2nd January — 



22nd February 1917 [Xos. 55, 100, 645-6]. 

 2 S , 9 Tandjong Slamat, Langkat, X. E. Sumatra, 15th 



—18th February 1918 [Xos. 1021-3]. 

 Wing $ , 66, 68, 70 ; 9 , 66, 67, 68, 69 mm. 



41. Alcedo mentinting, Horsf. 



Hartert, p. 202. 



2 $ , Laboean Deli, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 13th May 1917 



[Xos. 372, 373]. 

 — Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 14th May 1916 [No. 



801]. 

 Wing, $, 62, 63 mm. 



42 Ceyx euerythra, Sharpe. 



Ceyx rufidorsa rufldorsa, Strickl., Hart. Xov. Zool. IX, 



p. 430 (1902). 

 Ceyx rufidorsa robusta, Parrot Abhand. der Konigl. 

 Bavern. Akad. der Wissensch. II, Kl. XXIV, Bd. I, 

 p. 208 (1907). 



3 S , 9 , Deli Toewa, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 7th March — 



3rd May 1917 [Xos. 119, 196, 329, 339]. 



Wing, & , 59, 62, 58 ; $ 59 mm. 



Parrot's C. r. robusta cannot be maintained. It was 

 founded on a specimen collected by Martin in an unspecified 

 locality in Sumatra with a wing of 62 mm. 



43. Ceyx dillwynni, Sharpe. 



Hartert, Xov. Zool. IX, p. 431 (1902). 

 $, Deli Toewa, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 5th April 1917 



[Xo. 195]. 

 9 , Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, X. E. Sumatra, 18th 

 March 1917 [Xo. 167]. 



R. A. Soc, No. 80, 1919. 



