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feet, it plunge3 down dead as a stone into the water, and remains 
below it so long, that the ripple over the surface clears away some- 
times before it comes up again." — (Journ. A. S. Beng. X. p. 635.) 
" It is found in Bengal throughout the year, and builds its nest in 
holes in steep banks."— (Dr. T. (B.) HamHton, MS. I. p. 140.) 
166. CERYLE GUTTATA, Vigors Sp. 
Alcedo guttata. Vigors, F. Z. S. (1830), p. 22, Gould, 
Cent, of Birds, t. 5. 
Ceryle guttata, G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 1. p. 82; Cat. 
B. Brit. Mm. II. p. 60. Hodgs., Cat. B. Nep. p. 57. 
Blytli, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 48. Bonap., C. 
G. Av. p, 159. 
Alcedo lugubris, Temm., Bl. Col. 548. 
Ceryle lugubris, Schleg., Faun. Jap. t. 38, /. B. 
The Spotted I^ngfisher. 
MucHEE-BAGH (" Fish-tigcr "), Doon, Hon. C. J. Shore. 
A. B. Darjeeling. Presented by the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
c. Kumaon. From Captain B. Strachey's Collection. 
]Mi'. Shore informs us that " it constructs its nest among large 
stones, composed of mud lined with grasses, adhering to the sides of 
a stone, similar to the nest of the swallow, and lays four eggs 
coloured like itself." — (Gould, Cent, of Birds.) 
Genus Ceyx, Lacep. Mem. de I' Inst. (1801), p. 511. 
Alcedo, Linn, et al. 
167. CEYX R UFID ORSA , Strickland. 
Ceyx rufidorsa, Striekl, F. Z. S. (1846), p. 99. Blgtk, 
Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 50. Bonap., C. G. Av. 
p. 158. 
Alcedo tridactyla {Linn.), Horsf, Trans. Linn. Soc. 
XIII. p. 174. Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 393. 
Ceyx tridactyla, Jard. et Selhy, III. Orn. t. 55, f. 2. 
Alcedo madagascariensis ? Lath. 
Alcedo piQ-purea, var. Shaw. 
The Tridactylous or Three-toed Kingfisher. 
Chuchack-ueang, Java, Horsf 
