100 ALCEDINIB.E. 



a, b. S ad. ; c. Kondul Lslaml, Nicobars, March Ilumo Coll. (Types 



2 ad. slv. ( W. Davixoti). of species.) 



d. d ad. sk. Tulo Milu, Jau. 29 ( W. D.) Hume Coll. 



Subsp. ,3. Pelargopsis gouldi. 



Pelar^opsis ^o\M\, Sharpp, Ibis, 1870, p. 63; id. Monogr. Alced. 



p. 101, pi. 32 (1870); Blasius, Ibis, 1888, p. 373; id. Ornis, iv. 



p. 307 (1888) ; Everett, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 22-J ; id. Journ. Straits 



Brand, E. As. Soc. 1889, p. 159. 

 Pelaro-opsis leucocepbala (nee Gm. *), Sharpe, Ibis, 1884, p. 318 



(err.); id. Ibis, 1888, p. 197. 



Adult (type of species). Entire head and neck, as well as the 

 whole of the under surface of the body, rich ochre ; upper part of 

 back, scapulars, wing-CDverts, upper tail-coverts, and tail bluish 

 green ; quills and tail-feathers rather more blue ; entire back and 

 rump silvery cobalt. Total length 13 inches, culmen 3'2, wing 6, 

 tail 3"5, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Manila. Gould Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. S ad. sk. Ilo Ilo, Panay. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



c. Ad. sk. Palawan. II. H. Lampriere, Esq. [P.]. 



Subsp. y. Pelargopsis gigantea. 



Pelargopsis gigantea, Walden, An7i. S,- Mar/. Nat. Hist. (4) xiii. 

 p. 123 (1874) ; Meijer, t. c. pp. 401, 475; Sahad. Ucc. Born. p. 96 

 (1874) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. n. s. i. p. 317 (1876) ; Tioeedd. 

 P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 541, 822, 1878, pp. 108, 341, 943, 1879, p. 69 ; 

 id. Rep. Exited. ' Challenger,' ii. Birds, p. 12 (1881) ; Guillem. 

 P. Z. S. 1885, p. 266. 



Adult male. General colour above bluish green, the quills and 

 tail rather more blue ; entire back and rump silvery cobalt ; head 

 whitish"; hinder neck and under surface of body pale ochreous buff, 

 lighter on the throat, and deeper in tint towards the under tail- 

 coverts : " soft parts as in P. leucocephala " {A. Everett). Total 

 length 13 inches, culmen 3-3, wing 6, tail 3-5, tarsus 0-6. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



a. 5 ad. ; b. J Aniparo, S. Leyte, Aug. [A. Tweeddale Coll. 

 iuv. sk. H. Everett). 



c. "2 ad. sk. Malanipa. Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal- 



lenger.' 



d. 2 ad. sk. Dinagat Island, June {A. Tweeddale Coll. 



H. E.). 



e. d ad. sk. Butuan, N. Mindanao, May Tweeddale Coll. 



(A. H. E.). 



* I have also recorded a Pelargopsis from Palawan (Tr. Linn. Soc. new ser. i. 

 p. 317) wbich I called P. leucocep/uda, and expressly stated that it was not 

 P. goiddi. Perhaps both races are found in Palawan. 



