114 NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOOICAL RESULTS OF THE SVVEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO SIAM. 



Fam. Alcedinidae. 



222. Pelargopsis gurial burmanica. Sharpe. The Burmese Stork-billed 



Kingfisher. 



Pelargopsis gurial burmanica: Gyldenstolpe 1 p. 54; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 231 ; Robinson III p. 731. 

 Pelargopsis gurial rar. burmanica: Oustalet 1899 p. 283. 

 Pelargopsis gurial: Williamson I p. 45; Gairdner p. 150. 

 Halcyon leucocepJiala: Schomburgk p. 247. 



i Pak Koh ,3 A 1914. L = 380 mm.; W = 154 mm.; T = 110 mm.; C = 77 mm. — J 1 Chieng 



Hai 2 /s 1914. L = 347 mm.; W = 149 mm.; T == 109 mm.; C = 73 mm. — $ Pak Tha ] 7s 1914. 



L = 383 mm.; W = 159 mm.; T = 109 mm.; C = 74. — Irides: brown. Bill: red, tip dusky brown. Legs: 

 brick-red. 



This race of the Stork-billed Kingfisher inhabits Burma, Tenasserim, Cambodia & 

 (Jochin China and it is also f ound in Northern Siarn. Here it was not uncommon on suit- 

 able localities. As shown by my specimens this bird imdergoes a considerable individual 

 variation both as to size and colour of the brown cap. The young birds have the feathers 

 of the throat, breast and nape narrowly tipped with dusky brown almost giving these 

 parts a barred appearance. 



223. Pelargopsis capensis malaccensis. Sharpe. - The Malay Stork-billed Kingfisher. 



Pelargopsis javana malaccensis: Parrot p, 112. 

 Pelargopsis malaccensis: Muller p. 398. 

 Halcyon malaccensis: Finsch & Conrad p. 348. 



$ Kob Lak 24 /i 1915. L = 370 mm.; W = 152 mm.; T = 109 mm.; C = 74 mm. — Irides: brown- 

 Bill: red, tip dusky brown. Legs: brick red. 



In the Siamese Malaya the larger northern race P. g. burmanica Sharpe was re- 

 placed by the smaller P. c. malaccensis Sharpe, of which I only succeeded in obtaining 

 a single female specimen. At Koh Lak and its neighbourhood it was rather rare and only 

 a few specimens were observed along a small river and near a mangrove swamp. 



This race as well as P. g. burmanica is a very noisy bird, uttering its shrill note 

 when being disturbed or when flying from one place to another. 



224. Ceryle rudis leucomelanura. Reichenb. The Pied Kingfisher. 



Ceryle rudis leucomelanura: Gyldenstolpe 1 p. 53. 



Ceryle rudis rar. raria: Oustalet 1899 p. 284. 



Ceryle varia: Williamson I p. 45; Gairdner p. 32; Gairdner p. 150. 



$ Chieng Hai '/« 1914. L = 270 mm.; W = 133 mm.; T == 80,5 mm.; C = 01,5 mm.; Tarsus = 

 8,5 min. — Irides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: black. 



The Pied Kingfisher occurs över the parts of Siarn which lie north of the latitude 

 of Bangkok. South of this line it seems to be extremely rare though it is found here and 

 there on suitable places. 



