BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA, 



Match-ranga (generic), or Matchi mar (Ma- 

 suri), H. : Piu-ngyeng (generic), Arracan, with 

 the prefix of TsJieng for the larger species and 

 Glai for the smaller : Kaka, Malayan. 



H. leucocephalus, L. 



Syn. Alcedo capensis, L. {PI. Col. 599). 



-Ban^f Za&a, Sumatra : Tengke Buto, Java. 

 Malacca. 



ff. gurial, Pearson (J. A. S. X. 633). 

 Syn. H. brurmicepg, Jerdon, Madr. Jouro. XIII. 

 143. 



H. leucdcephalus apud Horsfield, P. Z. S. 

 1839, p. 156. 

 Gurial, Beng. : Malai Pogmah, Malabar 

 (i. e. " Jungle King-fisher"), Jerdon. Inhabits 

 India generally. 



H. amauropterus, Pearson (J. A. S- X. 

 635). 



Inhabits S. Bengal ; Arracan ; Tenasserim- 



E. smyrnends (PI. Col. 232, 894;. 



Syn. Alcedo smymensis, L. 



Ispida bengalensis minor, Brisson. 



Sada-huk; Match-ranga, Beng. : Kilkila, H. 

 Jerdon: Pilkj kudua {loco, or ' large'), Cingh. 

 Inhabits India generally ; Assam ; Arracan ; 

 Tenasserim ; Malayan peninsula ; Ceylon ; Sy- 

 ria. 



H.gularis, (PI. Col. 135;. 



Syn. Alcedo gularis, Kuhl. 



A, melanopterus, Temminck. 

 H. ruficollis, Swainson. 

 H. smyrnensis, var. albogularis, Blyth, J. 

 A. S. XII. 998. 

 Tenghe-arang, Java. Inhabits Java ; Phi- 

 lippines : Madagascar I?) Ann. M. JSf. H., 

 n. s., 1848. 



H. coromander. 



Syn. Alcedo coromander, Latham. 

 H. coromandelicus, Vigors. 



Tengke-sumbo, Java. Inhabits Nepal ; Sik- 

 im ; Bengal Sundarbans ; Tenasserim ; Coro- 

 mandel ? 



JT. atricapillus (Pl. Col 613;. 



Stn. Alcedo atricapilla, Latham. 



A. albiventris, Scopoli (inapplicable). 



Udang, Malay . Inhabits eastern side of the 

 Bay of Bengal ; rare on the western: Bengal 

 Sundarbans ; Malayan peninsula and Archipe- 

 lago ; China, 



Genut TODIRHAMPHUS, Lesson. 



T. varius. 



Stn. Halcyon varia, Eyt.on, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 

 101. 



Probably H. chlorocephalns (as distin- 

 gtlished from H. sacer), in Zool. Appendis 

 to Lady Kaflies's Memoirs of Sir St Kaffles, 

 p. 655, 



Tengke-cheger (?), Java. Inhabits Malayaa 

 peninsula ; Sumatra ; Java ? 



T. collaris. 



SvN. Alcedo collaris, Scopoli. 

 A. chlorocephala, Qmelin. 

 Malayan A. sacer (v. sanctus), Anct. 

 Var. T, occipitalis, Blyth, J. A. S. XV. 

 23, 51. 



Tengke, Java. Inhabits Bay of Bengal, much 

 more common on the eastern side ; Tenasserim ; 

 Bengal Sundarbans ; Sumatra ; Java, Nicobar 

 variety with broad white or rufous supercilium 

 {T. occipitalis, Blyth). Ordinary variety, from 

 the Nicobars, particularly bright. 



Genus CERYLE, Boie. 

 C. guttata (Gould's ' Century,' pl. 5). 



Syn. Alcedo guttatus, Vigors. 

 A. lugubris, Temminck. 



Inhabits Himalaya, 



C. rudis (Edwards, pl. 9), 



Syn. Alcedo rudis, L. 



Ispida bitorquata, Swainson. 



Phatka Match-ranga, B. Inhabits Asia and 

 Africa ; rare in the S. E. of Europe. Speci- 

 mens from S. Africa, from Lower Bengal. 

 Ordinary Asiatic variety {C. varia, Strickland) 

 from the neiglibourhood of Calcutta. Speci- 

 men from Greece. 



Genus ALCEDO, Linn, 



A. grandis, Blyth (J. A. S. XIV, 190). 



Inhabits Sikkim ; Assam ? 



A. nigricans, Blyth (J, A. S. XVI. 1180). 



Syn ? A. euryzona, Temminck, Text de Pl. Col., 

 aud Kaup, VerhandluugeD, &c., (1848), 

 p. 77. 



Inhabits Malacca, 



A ispida L. (Pl. Enl. 77). 



Inliabits Europe; W, Asia: Afghanistan? 



A. bengalensis, Gm, (Edwards, pl. 11). 



Match-ranga,'B. -. Chota Kilkila, H, (Jerdon). 

 Raja Whodan (generic for all the small species), 

 Malay : 3fal Pilli hudua (pinchi, or ' small'), 

 Cingh. Inhabits India generally ; Burmah ; 

 Malacca ; China, 



A. moluccensis, Blyth (J A. S. XV. 11). 



Inhabits Celebes ; Moluccas, 



A. meningting, Horsfield. 



Syn. A. asiatica, Swainson, (Swainson's Zool* 

 111., 1st series, pl. 50). 



Binti Sum : Meningting, Jav, Inhabits Te- 

 nasserim provinces ; Malayan peninsula and 

 Archipelago, 



A. biru, Horsfield (Zool. Res. in Java, pl, • 

 Tem. Pl. Col. 239, f 1). 



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