. Birds. Birds. 130 ALCEBINlDiB. N. H. Soc. i, pp. 32,197 ; Oates in Svme's N. ^ E. Snd ed. iii, p. 11; Shar'pe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 101. Pelargopsis burmanica, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 67 ; id. Ale. p. 109, pi. 35; Ball, J. A. S. B. xli', pt. S, p. 277 ; id. S. F. i, p. 67; Walden, Ibit, 1874, p. 136; JSvme, S. F. ii, p. 165; iii, p. 50; id. Cat. no. 127 bis; Blyth Sf Wald. Birds Burm. p. 70; Bingham, S. F. Y, p. 83; ix, p. 164; Sume ^ Bav. S. F. vi, p. 73; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 78 ; id. in Sume'a N, Sr F. 2ud ed. iii, p. 12; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 104, The Brown-headed Kingfisher, J
. Birds. Birds. 130 ALCEBINlDiB. N. H. Soc. i, pp. 32,197 ; Oates in Svme's N. ^ E. Snd ed. iii, p. 11; Shar'pe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 101. Pelargopsis burmanica, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 67 ; id. Ale. p. 109, pi. 35; Ball, J. A. S. B. xli', pt. S, p. 277 ; id. S. F. i, p. 67; Walden, Ibit, 1874, p. 136; JSvme, S. F. ii, p. 165; iii, p. 50; id. Cat. no. 127 bis; Blyth Sf Wald. Birds Burm. p. 70; Bingham, S. F. Y, p. 83; ix, p. 164; Sume ^ Bav. S. F. vi, p. 73; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 78 ; id. in Sume'a N, Sr F. 2ud ed. iii, p. 12; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 104, The Brown-headed Kingfisher, Jerdon; Ourial Beng. f Badami Kow- rilla, H. (Oude); Maha pelihuduwa, Waturanuwa, Cing.; Hmirpay- nyin, Big. 36.—Head of P. gmiaZ, |. Coloration, Crcwo, nape, and sides of head, including the cheeks and ear-coverts, brown, varying in shade from dark brown to (ia some Burmese birds) whi^-brown; neck all round and lower parts, including wing-lining, varying from bufE to deep brownish yellow, usually deeper on the breast and abdomen; upper back, scapulars, wings, longer tail-coverts, and tail dull greenish blue ; quiUs and tail bluer; primaries except outer webs towards the base, inner webs of secondaries, and lower surface of tail brown ; back, rump, and shorter tail-coverts bright pale blue. In young birds the buff feathers of the neck and breast have dark edges; the end of the bill, too, is dusky. BUI dark blood-red; irides light brown; legs dull scarlet (Jerdon). Eyelids pinkish fleshy, the edges red (Oates). Length about 15; tail 4; wing 6; tarsus '75 ; bill from gape 3-8. The Burmese race has been distinguished as P. burmanica. Very many Burmese specimens have pale whity-brown caps and dark ochraceous lower parts, but birds in abimdance occur throughout Bwma that are absolutely undistinguishable from many Indian individuals. Very dark-headed birds are peculiar to India (the darkest are from the Malabar coast), but they are not a majority. The two races are not, I thi
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