86 A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM N. E. SUMATRA. 



Wing, $ 59; 2 58 mm. 



We have 'referred these specimens to this species on ac- 

 count of the frontal spot of blue, much larger in the male than 

 the female, and the indications of a post-auricular blue patch. 

 Wing coverts are largely black, washed with blue but the 

 median series are red. Scapulars black washed with blue. 

 Rump and back strongly washed with lilac. Both specimens 

 are quite adult. 



Ceyx enopopygius, Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll. Vol. 

 60, No. 7, p. 7 (1912), from Aru Bay, East Sumatra, is pro- 

 bably an immature Ceyx tridactyla. 



44. Carcineutes pulchelIus(Horsf.). 



Eobinson and Kloss, p. 127; Hartert, p. 204. 

 $ , 2 Bandar Baroe, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 5th June 1917 



[Nos. 456, 457]. 

 6 , 2 Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, N. E. Sumatra, 18th 



March 1917 [No. 164, 165]. 

 2 Deli Toewa, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 12th March 1917 



[No. 145]. 

 2 Toentoengan, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 9th February 



1918 [No. 982]. 

 Wing, 2 , 83, 84; 2 , 84, 80, 83, 88 mm. 



45. Halcyon coromanda coromanda(Lath.). 



Entomopliora coromanda neopliora, Oberholser Proc. U. 



iS". Nat. Mus., 48, p. 646 (1915). 

 2 4,2 Polonia, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 10th— 23rd Nov. 



1916 [No. 777,—]. 



2 Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, N. E. Sumatra, 3rd March 



1917 [No. 110]. 



$ , 2 Toentoengan, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 6th — 16th 

 February 1918 [975, 1013]. 



Wing, $, 117, 111; 2, 116, 112, 110 mm. 



In colouration these specimens exactly agree with others 

 ments show cannot be differentiated; Oberholser's measure- 

 ments show cannot be direrentiated ; Oberholser's measure- 

 ments for mainland birds being 111-118.5 while those in the 

 Selangor Museum range from 105-116 mm. As we have 

 noted elsewhere Oberholser is quite incorrect in stating that 

 these Kingfishers are strictly sedentary as they are certainly 

 capable of crossing the Straits of Malacca at any rate and as 

 a matter of fact have been obtained on small islands in mid- 

 channel, where they are certainly not resident. 



46. Halcyon pileata(Bodd.). 



. Hartert, p. 203. 



S $ , 2 vix. ad. Polonia, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 10th— 23rd 



November 1916 [Nos. 734, 775, 776]. 

 2 , Gambir, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 8th December 1917 

 [No. 843]. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



