. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . Ung-chin, Lepcha; Nila buche gadu, Tel.;Dane^nyin, Burm. Coloration. Crown and nape transversely banded dusky blackand blue ; lores and a band below the eye to the ear-coverts deepferruginous, ending in a white or rufous-white patch at the sideof the neck ; \o\\ev edge of lores black, a broad stripe from thelower mandible down each cheek blue; middle of back, rump, andupper tail-coverts bright blue; scapulars and wing-coverts greenish ALCEDO. 123 blue, each of the lesser and median coverts tipped with a briglitblue spot; quills brown,
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . Ung-chin, Lepcha; Nila buche gadu, Tel.;Dane^nyin, Burm. Coloration. Crown and nape transversely banded dusky blackand blue ; lores and a band below the eye to the ear-coverts deepferruginous, ending in a white or rufous-white patch at the sideof the neck ; \o\\ev edge of lores black, a broad stripe from thelower mandible down each cheek blue; middle of back, rump, andupper tail-coverts bright blue; scapulars and wing-coverts greenish ALCEDO. 123 blue, each of the lesser and median coverts tipped with a briglitblue spot; quills brown, edged outside with greenish blue ; tail blueabove, brown beneath; lower parts deep ferruginous, sometimespaler, always whitish or white on chin and throat. Some birdsare a greener blue than others. Young birds are duller in colourand have the lower parts tinged with ashy. Bill black ; basal half of lower mandible in females red or orange ;iris dusky brown ; feet coral-red {Sharpe). Length about 7; tail 1-4; wing 2-75 to 3-1; tarsus 37; billfrom gape 1* Fig. 35.—Head of A. isjnda, -|. In accordance with the latest views of Dr. Bowdler Sharpe,who has made a special study of Eangfishers, I have united theIndian Kingfisher with the European and Central Asiatic former has long been distinguished as A. benr/alensis, onaccount of its small size ; but unquestionably the two pass intoeach other, and the difference in size is probably due to a verycommon peculiarity that tropical races (or perhaps southern races)in Asia are smaller than those of temperate regions. Distribution. Throughout Euxope and Asia, extending to theMalay Archipelago. In the British Indian area, this bird is onlywanting in the Himalayas, where it is rarely met with far abovethe base of the mountains, though it abounds in Kashmir. It isof course most common in well-watered countries and comparativelyrare in forest-tiacts. The smaller race A. hengalensis occursthroughout South-eastern Asia; the larger, t
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