no.1657. KINGFISHER GENU8 RAMPHALCYON OBERHOLSER. (5(37 



i.-h mantle, and less whitish chin and throat separate it readily from 

 Ramphalcyon c. capt nsis. 



A- in Ramphalcyon capensis gigantea, /.'. c. gouldi, and It. c. 

 javana, the pileum of R. c. intermedia reveals little or qo brown when 

 the plumage is unworn, for the broad ochraceous lips of the feathers 

 obscure the brown bases; bul when the plumage becomes abraded 

 these brown bases are more or less visible on the forehead and crown, 

 though they never produce the solidly brown effect seen in mosl of 

 the other forms. Specimens of Ramphalcyon c. intermedia from Lit- 

 tle Nicobar [sland are apparently identical with those from Great 

 Nicobar [sland. 



The following specimens furnished the above-given measurements: 



RAMPHALCYON CAPENSIS GOULDI (Sharpe). 



Pelargopsis gouldi Shabpe, Ibis. L870, p. 63 (Manila, Luzon, Philippine 

 Islands). 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Ramphalcyon capensis capen- 

 sis, but lower surface more uniform, the throat not much paler than 

 the rest; pileum and cervix more deeply ochraceous, the former 

 without so much mixture of brown; remainder of upper parts lighter 

 and more greenish. 



Measurements. — Two males: Wing, L39.5 L41.5 (average, 140.5); 

 tail, 82-84 (average, 83) ; exposed culmen, 80 82 (average, 81) : tar- 

 sus, 17— IS (average, L7.5). Two females : Wing, 1 I7."> L53 (average, 

 150.:.): tail, 90.5-96.5 (average, 93.5); exposed culmen, 76-80.5 

 (average, 78.3) ; tarsus, L7-17.5 (average, 17.-".) nun. 



I'l/pi locality. — Manila, Luzon [sland, Philippine [slands. 



Geographical distribution. Southwestern Philippines, on the 

 islands of Luzon (Manila), Mindoro, Calamianes, Lubang, Palawan, 

 and Balabac 



This form is in some respects nearer Ramphalcyon capi nsis javana 

 than to Ramphalcyon c. capensis, but differs from the former in its 

 more uniform lower surface and in the paler, much more greenish 

 hue of hack, wings, and (ail. From Ramphalcyon capensis gigantea 

 it is easily distinguished by its much more deeply colored lower 

 parts, pileum. and cervix, by smaller size, and somewhat paler mantle. 

 Both of those forms occur on Luzon, Ramphalcyon <■. gouldi reaching 

 the central part of this island bv way of Palawan and Mindoro and 



