1. PELARGOPSIS. 99 



p. 13 (1863, pt.); id. Voi/. Nederl. hid., Alced. pi. 2, right-hand 



upper tig-ure (18G4) ; Walden, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 553 ; Schl. Mus. 



Pai/s-Bas, Alced., Revue, p. 7 (1874). 

 Alcedo javanica, Shaw, Gen. Zwl. viii. p. 67 (1812). 

 Halcyon leucocephala, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 10(J 



(1826) ; Gray, List Fi.'isir. Brit. Mus. p. 55 (1848, pt.) ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 154 (1850) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 123 



(1854, pt.); Sol. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 213. 

 Halcyon javana, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (1846) ; id. Raid-I. B. i. 



p. 92, no. 1104 (1869). 

 Rhamphalcyon gurial {nee Pears.), Reichenb. Handb., Alced. Taf. 399. 



tig. 3075 (1851, nee descr.). 

 Pelargopsis leucocephala, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 04 ; id, Monoqr. 



Alced. p. 99, pi. 31 (1870) ; Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 36S ; Salmd. 



Ucc. Born. p. 95 (1874) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. n. s. i. p. 317 



(1876) ; id. Ibis, 1876, p. 33, 1879, p. 249 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 329 ; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 793 ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 437 ; 



Blasius, Ornis, i. p. 156 (1885) ; Eoerett, Journ. Straits Branch 



R. As. Soc. 1889, p. 159 ; Sharjn, Ibis, 1890, pp. 19, 283. 



Adult male. Head and back of neck deep ochre, the latter rather 

 deeper in colour ; upper part of the back, scapulars, and lesser 

 wing-coverts rich blue ; the median and greater coverts and the 

 outer aspect of the primaries rich ultramarine, the inner secondaries 

 being entirely of this colour ; tail ultramarine above, black beneath ; 

 under surface of body rich deep ochre, a little lighter on the throat 

 and sides of face : " bill and feet coral-red ; iris chocolate " {A. 

 Everett). Total length 13 inches, culmen 3, wing 58, tail 3'3, 

 tarsus 0"45. 



Hah. Borneo ; ? Palawan (see footnote to p. 100). 



a. Ad. sk. Borneo. Rajah Brooke [P.]. 



b. <S ad. sk. Sarawak (.4. R. Wallace:). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. (S ad.sk. Mariip,S.arawak(^-l. iT.^i'ereft'). Tweeddale Coll. 



d. $ ad. sk. Bedi, Sarawak {A. H. E.). Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Lawas River (H. Burbidge). H. Veitch, E^q. [P ]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Brunei River. Dr. Bassett-Smith [P.]. 



Subsp. a. Pelargopsis intermedia. 



Pelargopsis fraseri (wee Sharpe), Ball, Str. F. i. p. 57 (1873). 

 Pelargopsis intermedia, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 449 (1873), ii. p. 166 

 (1874) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 489; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 85 (1879). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to P. leucocephala, but rather 

 larger and deeper in colour, the blue of the back richer cobalt and 

 the tint of the ochraceous parts being deeper and continued up to 

 the chin : " bill coral-red, darkening towards the tip ; feet bright 

 orange-vermilion ; iris deep hair-brown ; eyelids orange-vermilion " 

 ( W. Davison). Total length 13 inches, culmen 3 3, wing 5-9, tail 3' 7, 

 tarsus 0'5.5.. 



This race is scarcely distinguishable from P. leucocepJiala, but is 

 rather deeper in colour, and lacks the whitish throat. 



Hah. Nicobar Islands. 



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