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quently seen perched on trees on the banks of rivulets. Its food 
consists of small fishes, and of aquatic insects." — (Horsf., Zool. Res. 
in Java.) 
Genus Ceryle, Boie, Isis (1828), jt?. 316. 
IspiDA, Swains., Class, of B. 11. p. 336 (1837). 
Alcedo, Linn, et al. 
165. CERYLE RUBLS, Limi. Sp. 
Alcedo rudis. Linn., S. 1. p. 181. St/kes, P. Z. S. 
(1832), p. 84 ; Journ. A. S. III. p. 422. Pearson, 
Journ. A. S. Beng. X. p. 635. 
Ceryle rudis, Boie, Isis (1828), i?. 316. BlytTi, An. Nat. 
Hist. XII. p. 94. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 82 ; Cat. B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 60. Hodgs., Cat, 
B. Nep. p. 57. Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XI. 
p. Ill ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Ben. p. 49. Bonap., 
a G, Av. p. 159. 
Ispida rudis, Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. XI. p. 232. 
Ispida bitorquata. Swains., Class. Birds, I. p. 336. 
Ispida bicincta. Swains., B. of W. Afr. II. p. 95. 
Ceryle varia, Strichl., An. Nat. Hist. VI. p. 418. 
The Black and White Kingfisher, Lath. 
KoEETALA KiLKiLA, Hind., Jerd. 
Phatka Match-ranga, Beng., Blyth. 
Kaeikuta, Beng., Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton, MS. I. p. 140. 
A. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
b. Calcutta. Presented by the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
C. D. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Dr. Horsfield. 
e.f. Mesopotamia. Presented by Commander Jones. 
g. Drawing. From Heyne's Collection. 
" This species is very numerous throughout the continent, fre- 
quenting brooks, rivers, pools, and tanks. Unlike the other King- 
fishers (which watch for their prey from a fixed station, and then 
dart down obliquely on it), it searches for its prey on the wing, 
hovering over a piece of water, and then darting down perpendicu- 
larly on it beneath the surface." — (Jerd., Madr. Journ. XI. p. 232.) 
Dr. Pearson remarks, that, " from a height of twenty to thirty 
