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cephalus as compared to the Indian race. Dr. Bree, in his 
f Birds of Europe/ represents an Indian specimen! Prof. 
Schlegel adopts the name Alcedo fusca, Bodd., with A. smyrnensis, 
L., as a synonym; but he also adds A. gularis, Kuhl (Gould, 
B. As. pt. xiii. pi.), from the Philippines, which should at least be 
noted as a very strongly marked variety. Mr. Swinhoe identifies 
the Chinese race with the Indian. An individual which I long 
kept in an aviary would feed readily on cockroaches thrown to it, 
seizing them from the ground without alighting, and carrying 
them to its perch. 
130. Halcyon atricapillus (Gmel.); Gould, B. As. pt. x. 
pi- 
In Mr. Gould's figure of this species the bill should be much 
deeper and brighter coral-red; and the head in the living bird 
looks considerably larger, while the body-feathers are more 
compressed. 
131. Halcyon coromandelicus. 
Malayan province, Philippines, Formosa, Japan; but the 
Japanese race is said to be rather smaller and more deeply 
coloured. 
132. Todirhamphus chloris (Bodd.). 
T. superciliosus, Gray, is said by Mr. Cassin (Ornith. U. S. 
Exploring Expedition, p. 203) to be a synonym of this species. 
134. Alcedo bengalensis, Gmel. (Faun. Jap., Aves, pi. 
xxxviii.; Gould, B. As. pt. xiv. pi.) ; A. minor, Schlegel. 
Extends to China, Amuria, Japan, the Loochoo Islands, and 
Formosa; in the Tenasserim provinces and Malayan Peninsula 
it occurs together with A. meningting , Horsf. (A. asiatica , 
Swains.), but the latter keeps to the immediate vicinity of the 
sea (J. A. S. B. xxxiii. p. 195). M. J. de la Berge figures and 
describes a fine Kingfisher akin to A. meningting , from Borneo, 
by the name A . verreauxi (Bev. Zool. 1851, p. 305, pi. ix). 
In the Moluccas A. bengalensis is represented by A. moluccensis, 
nobis (A. sondaica , Cabanis). A. ispida of Afghanistan (J. A. 
S. B. xvi. pt. ii. p. 777) needs confirmation. 
135. Alcedo grandis, nobis, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 190. 
The Malayan A. euryzona, Temm. (juv. = ^4. nigricans ), is 
