06 ALCEBINIDJ;, 



Subfamily I. ALCEDINTN.^. 



1. PELARGOPSIS. rr 



Type. 



Telarg-opsis, Gloffer, Handh. p. 338 (1842). 



Ehamplidcyon, 7ieicA«'?i6. Hrmdh.,Alced. p. 16 (1851) P. gurial. 



Hylcaon, Reichenb. t. c. p. 18 (1851) P. inelanorhyncha. 



Range. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, throughout the Burmese 

 countries and the Indo-Malayan subrcgion to Java, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 the Philippines, and Celebes. 



Key to the Species, 



a. Bill black melanorhyncha, p. 97. 



b. Bill red. 



a'. Scapulars brown amauroptera, p. 97. 



b'. Scapulars green or blue. 



a". Crown of bead not capped, generally like 



tlie bind neck, which is deep ochre (in 



P. f/iffantea only the head is white). 



a'". Back and wings deep ultramarine ; 



lower back rich cobalt. 



a*. Throat whitish, shading into the 



ochraceous-buft' colour ot the rest 



of the under surface leucocephala, p. 98. 



6'. Throat deep ochraceous like the rest 



of the under surface of the body . . intermedia, p. 99. 

 b'". Back and wings bluish green ; lower 

 back greenish cobalt. 

 c*. Head, neck, and underparts rich deep 



ochre gouldi, p. 100. 



rf*. Head whitish ; hind neck and under- 

 parts pale ochreous buff gigantea, p. 100. 



h" . Crown of head with a distinct cap, con- 

 trasting with the ochreous hind neck. 

 d" . Cap dai'k brown. 



e*. Back green, ^angs greenish blue ; 

 crown not washed with green or 



blue ; back greenish cobalt (jurial, p. 101. 



f*'. Wings deep blue ; back only slightly 

 greener, 

 a'. Head very slightly washed with 

 greenish blue ; hind neck and 



underparts deep ochreous mcdaccensis, p. 103. 



¥. Head strongly washed with green 

 as well as the sides of the face ; 

 hind neck and underparts pale 



ochreous fioresiana, p. 103. 



d!" . Cap light ashy cinereous or ochreous 

 grey. 



f/*. Back and wings greenish blue biinnanica, p. 104. 



A'. Back and wings deep blue fraseri, p. 106. 



