[o.l3l8. BIRDS OF NORTHWEST SUMATRA— RICHMOND. 499 



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Length, 369; wing, l-tl; tail, 04; tarsus, 17; culmen, 81.5 (bill, from 

 ,^ape, 92); width of lower mandible, at base, 26 mm. " Feet red, claws 

 lorn brown; bill red, with black tip." 



The green shades of the upper surface are changeable, as in other 

 jirds of this genus, becoming deep purplish blue in certain lights, 

 rhe above description was taken with the bird held in Gadow's 

 position '"A." 



This form differs from fraserl in having a paler cap (the feathers 

 kvithout darker centers), darker mantle, and less of a bluish shade on 

 :he upper parts, especially on the wings and tail. The bill appears 

 :o be slightly longer and broader than in fraseri; but birds of the 

 ^ame sex should be compared, as females are usually larger than 

 nales. A female of P. tiimalurensh has the following dimensions: 

 Length, 381; wing, 152; tail, 97; tarsus, 17; culmen, 83 (bill, from 

 yape, 95) mm. 



Five specimens, from Simalur, where it was "common along the sea 

 3oast and creeks. " 



PELARGOPSIS SODALIS, new species. 



%>e.— Adult female, No. 179208, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Tuangku, Ban- 

 jak Islands, west coast of Sumatra, January 25, 1902; Dr. W. L. 

 A-bhott. Color as in P. simalur en^h., but cap rather lighter and 

 grayer; size larger. 



Length, 1:07; wing, 160; tail, 101; tarsus, 19.5; culmen, 88 (bill, 

 from gape, 100); width of lower mandible, at base, 29 mm. "Bill 

 red, brownish above at tip; feet red, claws dark brown." 



A second female measures: Length, 391; wing, 158; tail, 103; cul- 

 men, 87 (bill, from gape, 99); width of lower mandible, at base, 27 

 mm. "Remarkably large sized. A female was 16 in, long." 



ALCEDO ISPIDA BENGALENSIS (Gmelin). 



[.4/recZo] bengalensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. 1, 1788, p. 450 (Bengal). 



Four specimens, collected on Simalur and at Tapanuli Bay. It was 

 seen, but not obtained, on Tuangku. 



ALCEDO MENINTING Horsfield. 



Alcedo meninting Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, Pt. 1, May, 1821, 

 p. 172 (Java). 



Several specimens. "A small bright-colored kingfisher, either this 

 oxharfmi was seen on a fresh-water creek in dense forest at Telok 

 Dalani. Probably the same as that afterwards obtained in Pulo 

 Tuangku and at Tapanuli Bay." 



CEYX, species. 



" Frequently heard in the forest and once or twice seen " on Simalur. 

 A Ceyx was also seen on Bangkaru. 



