BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Meningting Watu, or Burong-Biru, Jav. 

 Inhabits Java. 



Genus CETX, Lacepede. 

 C. erythaca (Jerdon's III. Ind. Orn-, pi. 

 25), 



Stn. Alcedo erythaca et tridactyla, Pallas. 

 A. purpurea, Gmelin. 

 A. rubra, Boddaert, 

 C. microsoma, Burton. 



Dein-ngyeen, Arracan ; Baja Whodan, Ma- 

 lay. Inhabits India generally, but rare ; Lower 

 Bengal : more common on the eastern side of 

 the Bay, southward to the Straits of Malacca. 



C. rufidorsa, Strickland (J. and S., III. Orn. 

 pi. 552). 



Syn. C. tridactyla apud Jardine and Selby, 

 A madagascariensis, L., apud, Latham. 

 A. purpurea, var., Shaw. 



Binti Ahang, Sum. : Chuchak-iirang , Jav. 

 Inhabits Malayan peninsula ; Java : never in 

 India. 



Fam. CORA-CIDiE. 

 Genus CORACIAS, L. 

 €. pileata, Reinvirardt ? 



Syn. ? C. Temminckii, (Vieillot), (Vail. Ois. de 



Parad., t. 6). 

 C. papuensis, Quoy and Gaymard (Voy. 

 de r Astrolabe, Ois. t. 16). 



Inhabits Celebes ; Moluccas. 



C. garrula, L. (PI. Enl. 486;. 



Inhabits Europe ; N. Africa ; W. Asia ; N. 

 W. India ; Kashmir ; Mooltan ; Afghanistan. 



C. indica Linn. [PL Enl. 285 ; Edwards, pi. 



326). 



Syn. C. bengalensis, L. 



Garrulus naevius, Vieillot. 



SubzuTc, and Nil-hant, H. (from the colours) : 

 Tens, Mahr. (from its call) ; Kavolowa, Cingh. 

 Inhabits India generally ; replaced eastward by 

 C, affinis. 



C. affinis, McClelland (Gray's ' Illustrated 

 Genera of Birds,' pi. ). 



JVghet-lcha, Arracan. Inhabits Assam ; Ar- 

 racan ; Tenasserim provinces. 



G^ewMS . EUR YSTOMUS, Vieillot. 



Eu. orientaUs (PI. Enl. 61 9^. 



Sin. Cotacias orientalis, Linn. 



Eu. fascieoUis et cyanicoUis, Vieillot. 



Tiong Lamjpie, and Tiong Batu, Malayan. 

 Inhabits India generally, China, and Malay 

 countries; Ceylon. 



Eu-pacificus (Gould's B. A. Vol. II, pi, 1 7), 



Syn, Coracias pacificus, Latham. 

 Eu. australis, Swainson, 

 Eu. orientalis apud Vigors and Horsfield. 

 Lin. Tr. XY, 202, 



Inhabits Australia. 



Fam. MEROPIDiE. 



Genus ALCEMEROPS, Is, Geoffrey. 



^Ic. Athertonii (Jardine and Selby, HI. Orn. 

 pi. 58). 



Syn. Merops Athertonii, J. and S. 



Bucia nipalensis, Hodgson, J. A, S. V. 

 360. 



Merops cyanogularis, Jerdon. 

 Nyctioruis amherstiana, Royle. 



Pya-too-nghet, Arracan. Inhabits Deyra 

 Doon ; Nepal ; Assam ; Arracan ; Tenasserim ; 

 8, India. 



A. amicta (Swainson's Zool. III., 2nd series, 

 pi. 56; PI. Col. 310). 



Syn. Merops ainictus, Temminck. 



Inhabits Tenasserim Provinces ; Malayan pe« 

 ninsula. 



Oenus MEROPS, L. 



M. apiaster, L {PI. Enl. 938). 



Syn. M. galiteus, Hasselquist. 

 M. sobcEghagha, Forster. 

 M. chrysocephalus (?), Latham. 



Inhabits Europe ; W. Asia ; Afghanistan. 

 M. persicus, Pallas. (Sav., Descript. de 

 I'E-ypt, tom. 1, pL 4, f. 3). 

 Syn. M. segyptius, Savigny. 

 Inhabits N, Africa ; W. Asia ; Sind. 

 M. pMUppinus, L. (PI. Enl. 215). 



Syn. M. Leschenaultii, Levaillant. 

 M. javanicus, Horsfield. 



Barai Barai, Malay. Inhabits India gene- 

 rally ; Malay countries j Ceylon. 



M- sumatranus, RafHes. (Griffith's An, 

 Kingdom, VII. p. 422, pi. ). Inhabits 

 Malay countries. 



M. erythrocephalus, Latham. (Swainson's 

 Zool. Ill-, 1st series, pi. 8). 



Syn. M. quinticolor, Vieillot. 

 M. urica, Horsfield. 



Inhabits India generally (nee Lower Bengal) ; 

 Malay countries; Ceylon, 



M. viridis, L. (Edwards, pi. 183 ; PI Enl. 

 740). 



Syn. M. Lamarckii, Cuv. 



M. Orientalis, Latham, 



M. Indicus, Jerdon, 



Var. M. coromandus, Latham. 



Bans-pad. (' Bamboo leaf), H. ; Burial, 

 and patringa, H. (Jerdon). Mo-na-gyee, Arra- 

 can. Inhabits India generally ; Arracan ; Cey- 

 lon. 



Tribe ZYGODACTYLI, Division L (Devoid 

 of caeca). Sub=divisiou I. (Climbers). 



Fam. PICID^. 



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