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Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula. 
though well distributed throughout the whole length of 
the Peninsula. We obtained a male on Terutau in March 
1909. 
75. Alcedo euryzona. 
Alcedo euryzona Temm. ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 154 ; Robin¬ 
son, p. 172. 
Three specimens of this rare Kingfisher were shot at Chong 
and on the hills in the vicinity by one of our Dyaks. 
Though nowhere common, the species owes its rarity in 
collections rather to its extreme wariness and shyness than to 
any actual scarcity. We have not hitherto secured speci¬ 
mens, but we have met with the species in several localities, 
viz,, at the foot of Gunong Tahan, on the, Semangko Pass*, 
and in several places in North and Central Perak, always in 
deep jungle and near mountain streams. It flies with great 
rapidity and is very restless. 
76. Ceyx tridactyla. 
Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 174 ; Robinson, 
p. 172. 
77. Ceyx euerythra. 
Ceyx euerythra Sharpe., tom. cit. p. 179. 
These little Ceyces are widely distributed throughout the 
Peninsula in heavy jungle, usually near water. 
78. Pelargopsis amauroptera. 
Pelargopsis amauroptera (Pears.); Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 97. 
Three specimens of this handsome Stork-billed Kingfisher 
were obtained in the Langkawis in February and March 
1909. It has been procured in the same group and also in 
Trang by Dr. Abbott, and his specimens are recorded by 
Oberholser in his review of the genus (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
xxxv. p. 676 (1909)). 
I have, however, not followed this author in the substitution 
of Phamphalcyon for such a universally used name as 
Pelargopsis . 
* One has been recently obtained at Bentorg, on the Pahang side of 
the main range about 40 miles from Kuala Lumpur, 
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