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are nearly all black; another, from Piilo Subi (north islet), June 12, 

 1900, shows a very distinct black nuchal band. The third example is 

 from Bunguran Island, July 7, 1900, and is in badly worn condition; 

 "stomach filled with small crabs." Doctor Abbott reports the 

 species common along the shore of Bunguran Island. 



Measurements of the three specimens are given in Table 7 : 



Table 7. — Measurements of specimens of Sauropatis chloris cyanescens 



' Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



LACEDO PULCHELLA (Horsfield) 



Dacelo pulchella Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, p. 175, May, 1821. 

 ("Java" [hills of Prowoto, about 20 miles southeast of Semarang, Java].) 



One female, U.S. N.M. No. 174701, from Gunong Ranay, Bun- 

 guran Island, taken on July 5, 1900, by Doctor Abbott, apparently in 

 no respect different from lower Malay Peninsula specimens. "Length 

 222. Bill red, dark brown above; iris gray; eyelids red; feet pale 

 yellow brown. Stomach filled with insects. Shot in dense forest 

 on Gunong Ranay." 



The generic name Carcineutes,^^ by which this bird is commonly 

 called, is many years posterior to Lacedo Reichenbach,^^ and was pro- 

 posed by Cabanis and Heine ^° as a substitute for the latter because of 

 unclassical formation. Tliis is, of course, not sufficient excuse for the 

 rejection of a name, and as there seems to be no other in this case, 

 Lacedo should be restored. 



CETX RUFIDORSUS RUFIDORSUS Strickland 



Ceyx rufidorsa Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 14, p. 99, 1846. 

 ("Malacca.") 



A single adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174700, was taken by Doctor 

 Abbott on Pulo Lingung, near Bunguran Island, June — , 1900, 

 "Length 146 mm. Bill and feet coral red. Shot in dense jungle." 

 Rather small for true Ceyx rufidorsus, the wing measuring 57.5 mm., 

 the exposed culmen 33.5 mm., but probably to be referred here. 



Doctor Hartert has recorded this species ^' from Bunguran Island 

 under the name Ceyx euerythra. 



»' Cabanis and Heine, Museum Heineanum, Theil 2, p. 163, I860. (Type, Dacelo ptdchella Horsfield.) 



" Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie, p. 41, 1851. (Type, Dacelo pulchella Horsfield.) 



M Loc. cit. 



81 Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 480, Apr. 16, 1894. 



