54 GYLDBNSTOLPE, BIRDS COL^ECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO SIAM. 



^ Vi 1912 Tha Law. 

 Length -- 292 mm. 

 Wing - 133 > 

 Tail =72 » 

 Culmen = 60 » 



107. Alcedo ispida bengalensis Gm. — The smaller variety of our common 

 Kingfisher occiirs throughout South-Eastern A sia and was fairly common in favour- 

 able localities över the whole coinitry visited by the Expedition. 



It was even foiind in Bangkok, wliere it was observed along the river banks 

 and in the small »klongs» or canals which penetrate the capital of Siarn in every 

 direction. 



Length of cT -= 160 mm. Length of ? = 160 mm. 



Wing ) <T = 70 > Wing » ? -= 69 » 



Tail >> cr= 32 » Tail » $=30 » 



108. Ceyx tridactylus Pall. — I never myself had the opportunity of ob- 

 serving this Three-toed Kingfisher, but when I visited the island of Koh-Si-Chang 

 south of the moutli of the Menam Cliao Phaya river I got a specimen preserved in 

 alcohol from the Police Lieutenant Barron und he also told me that two specimens 

 had been seen several times near the sea-shore during the month of March 1912. 

 This species has been found several times throughout the Burmese countries and 

 down the Malay Peninsula and it was therefore very curious that I never saw it 

 during my stay in Siam. 



109. Pelargopsis gurial burmanica Sharpe. — This variety of the Stork-billed 

 Kingfisher inhabits Burma, Siam, Cambodia and Cochin China but is replaced farther 

 south by the allied Pelargopsis fraseri Sharpe. 



It was sparingly found in every favourable locality even along the small canals 

 in and around Bangkok. Like Halcyon smyrnensis fusca Bodd. it feeds more on 

 frogs and insects than on fish, and it was also observed several times at some 

 distance from the water, for instance in the dry forests in the neighbourhood of 

 Den Chai. 



Length of 2 c^(^ = 365—370 mm. 

 Wing » 2 crci' = 152—155 » 

 Tail » 2 d'c^= 99—103 » 

 Culmen = 2 c^c^ = 75— 80 » 



110. Halcyon smyrnensis fusca Bodd. — This beautiful Kingfisher was very 

 common över the whole country and does not seem to be very dependent on water 

 thus resembling the above-mentioned species. It was always very difficult to catcli 

 sight of when it settled in the trees looking out for food, which seems to consist 

 as much of frogs and insects as of fishes. 



