«o.2282. BIRDS FROM SIMALUR ISLAND— OBERHOLSER. 485 



Family ALCEDINIDAE. 



SAUROPATIS CHLORIS CHLOROPTERA Oberholser. 



Sauropatis chloris cMoroptera Oberholsek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 55, 

 1919, p. 379 (Sibtibo Bay, Siinalur Island, western Sumatra). 



Three specimens : 



Adult male, No. 179771, U.S.N.M.; Sibabo Bay, October 23, 1902. 



Adult male, No. 179769, U. S. N. M. ; Sibabo Bay, October 22, 1902. 

 Total length in flesh, 276 mm. 



Adult female, No. 179770, U. S. N. M. ; Sibabo Bay, October 23, 

 1902. 



All three of these examples show evidences of molt among the con- 

 tour feathers. The two adult males have a few small dusky edgings 

 on the white cervical collar and on the sides of the breast, due to the 

 fresh condition of their plumage. 



RAMPHALCYON CAPENSIS SIMALURENSIS (Richmond). 



Pelargopsis simalurensis Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, February 

 4, 1903, p. 498 (Simalur Island, western Sumatra). 



One adult male, No. 179743, U.S.N.M., taken at Sibabo Bay, Octo- 

 ber 23, 1902. Total length in flesh, 364 mm. This bird is in the 

 midst of the molt of both quills and contour feathers. It agrees with 

 the type series. 



In a recent paper ^ Dr. E. D. Van Oort has transferred the name 

 Ramphalcyon capensis javana (Boddaert) to the Philippine bird 

 commonl}^ known as Ramphalcyon capensis gigantea (Walden) ; and 

 the bird from Borneo to which Doctor Sharpe, Doctor Hartert, and 

 the writer have restricted the name Ramphalcyon capensis javana he 

 has rechristened Ramphalcyon capensis innominata.^ K careful re- 

 examination of the original description of Alcedo javanu Boddaert' 

 together with the bases of this name, and a comparison of a series 

 of specimens from Borneo and the Philippine Islands with the plate 

 and descriptions show that this change is apparently unwarranted. 



The Alcedo javana of Boddaert* was based primarily on plate No. 

 757 of d'Aubenton's Planches Enluminees; also on the '■^Martin- 

 pecheur a tete et cou couleur de Paille^'^ of Buffon,^ and the " White- 

 headed Kingfisher " of Latham." D'Aubenton's plate is of a rather 

 light bird, though darker than the normal plumage of the Philippine 

 Island Ramphalcyon capensis gigantea^ particularly on the lower 



'Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 32, Nos. 2-8, April 30, 1910, pp. 125-126. 



2 Idem, p. 126. 



8 Tabl. Planch. Enlum. d'lllst. Nat., 1783, p. 47. 



* Idem. 



'Hist. Nat. Ols. (cd. Montbeillard), vol. 13, 1780, p. 280. 



••Gen. Synop. Birds, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1782, p. 617. 



