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Birds of Celebes: Alcedinidae. 
82 . ALCEDO MENINTING Horsf. 
Malayan Kingfislier. 
Alcedo meninting (1) Horsf., Tr. L. S. 1821, XIH, 172; (II) Temm., PI. Col. 1823, Hr. 239, 
fig. 2; (III) Peichb., Hb. sp. Orn. Alcedin. 1851, 4, pi. 394, fig. 3050 — 51; (4) 
Schb, Mus. P.-B. Alcedin. 1863, 9; (V) id., Vog. Xed. Ind. Alcedin. 1864, 6, 44, 
pi. 3, fig. 2, 3; (5^'^) id., Pevue Alcedin. 1874, 5; (6) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 
1871, 93; (7) id., Ann. Mns. Civ. Hen. 1875, VH, 652; (8) Sbarpe, P. Z. S. 1879> 
329; (9) Yorderman, Hat. Tdschr. ISTed. Ind. 1882, XLI, 185; (10) Oates, Str. 
F. 1882, X, 188; (11) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 115; (12) id., Ztschr. ges. Orn. 1886, 
94; (13) id., Ornis 1888, 307; (14) Yorderman, X. T. Xed. Ind. 1891, L, 434; 
(15) id., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1891, 124; -(Idj Hartert, Ornis 1891, 121; (17) Sharpe, 
Ibis 1894, 246, 258; (18) Everett, Ibis 1895, 30; (19) Yorderin., X. T. Xed. Ind. 
1895, LIY, 334; (19^’^) Blanf., Faun. Br. Ind. B. IH, 1895, 125; (20) Kuscbel, 
Orn. Mb. 1895, 156; (21) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Hresd. 1896, Xr. 1, p. 8; (22) iid., 
ib. Xr. 2, p. 11; (23) Hartert, Xov. Zool. 1896, 550. 
a. Alcedo asiatica (I) Sws., Zool. Illustr. 1821, I, pi. 50; (II) Sbarpe, Monogr. Alcedin. 
1870, 25, pi. 5; (3) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, YIH, 45; (4) Brligg., Abb. Yer. Bremen 
1876, Y, 55; (5) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 64; (6) Oates, B. Brit. Burmab 1883, II, 73; 
(7) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 255; (8) Everett, J. Str. Br. P. A. S. 1889, 159; (9) 
Wbitebead, Ibis 1890, 45; (10) Oates ed. Hume’s Xests & Eggs 1890, IH, 6. 
“Sunti”, E. Celebes, Tonkean, Xat. Coll. 
“Tengkesi mosoni”, Pebng, iid. 
The following authors more especially discuss local variations of this species: 
On the typical Alcedo meninting. 
h. A. meninting (1) Hume, Str. F. 1878, YI, 83, 84; (2) Sharpe, Cat. B. XYH, 1892, 157. 
On Alcedo meninting rufigastra (Wald.). 
e. Alcedo meninting (1) Beavan, Ibis 1867, 319 (Andamans). 
d. Alcedo rufigastra (1) Wald., Ann. & Mag. X. H. 1873, XH, 487 (Andamans); (2) id.. 
Ibis 1874, 136 (Andamans). 
e. Alcedo asiatica (1) Hume, Str. F. II, 1874, 174, 494. 
f. Alcedo beavani (1) Hume, Str. F. lY, 1876, 287, 383 (Andamans); (2) Sbarpe, Cat. B. 
XYH, 1892, 160 (Andamans). 
On Alcedo meninting rufigastra (Wald.), 
or a hardly distinguishable continental form, Alcedo meninting beavani (Wald.). 
g. Alcedo beavani (1) Wald., Ann. & Mag. X. H. 1874, XIY, 158 (the name has special 
reference to Bea van’s specimen from Maunbhoom) ; (2) id.. Ibis 1875, 461 (Burmab); 
(3) Hume, Str. F. YI, 1878, 84, 499 (Tenasserim); (4) id., ib. YIH, 1879, 468, note 
(Sikhim); (5) id., ib. IX, 1880, 247 (Cachar); (6) id., ib. X, 1882, 188 (Pegu); (7) 
Sharpe, Cat. B. XYH, 1892, 160 (India to Cochin China; Celebes i); (8) Gurney, 
P. Z. S. 1895, 339 (Ceylon); (9) Blank, Faun. Br. Ind. B. IH, 1895, 124. 
1) Other writers have hitherto identified specimens from Celebes simply as A. meninting. Dr. Sharpe 
accepts their determination and includes Celebes as a locality of the typical form, treated by him as a species 
for itself. The specimens from Celebes personally examined by him in the British Museum are, however, 
referred to A. beavani. 
