]. PELAKGOrSIS. 



103 



r". Ad. sk. Malabar. Gould Coll. 



s". S ad. sk. Calicut, Dec. {R. G. W. R.). Tweeddale Coll. 



t". (S iinui. sk. Mysore, Dec. 4. W. Davison, Esq. 



[P.]. 



u , v". Ad. sk. Ceylon {H. Nevill). Tweeddale Coll. 



w", .%■". c? 5 ad. sk. Ceylon, Dec, April {S. Chap- Tweeddale Coll. 



man). 



y" , s". Ad. et Ceylon, Aug., Oct. Colonel W. V. Legge 



imm. sk. [P.]. 



a^. cJ ad. sk. Cotta, Ceylon, Dec. (Hart). Hume Coll. 



b^, c^. Bones of Nejial. Hodgson Coll. 



trunk. 



Subsp. a. Pelargopsis malaccensis. 



Halcyon leucocepliala {nee Gm), Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 268. 

 Pelargopsis malaccensis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 67 ; id. Monoyr. 



Alced. p. 107 (1871) ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 49 (1879) ; Kelham, 



Ibis, 1881, p. 379. 



Adult female (type of species). Similar to P. gurial, but much 

 smaller ; the cap dark brown, washed slightly with green ; the 

 hind neck and underparts very deep ochreous. Total length 12 

 inches, culraen 3*2, wing 5"8, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-5. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula, 



a, b. J ad. sk. 



c, d. Ad. et imm. sk. 



e. 2 imm. sk. 



f. Ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 



h. (S imm. sk. 

 i, k. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 I, m. (S 2 ^d. sk. 



n, 0. Ad. sk. 



p. Ad. sk. 



q, r, s. (5 $ imm. sk. 



t. c? imm. sk. 

 u. (5 ad. sk. 



Salang, Tonka, March, May 



(/. Darlinr/). 

 Peuang {Dr. Cantor). 

 Klang, Salangore, June ( W. 



Damson). 

 Malacca {Dr. Cantor). 

 Malacca. 



Malacca {Sliarpe Coll.). 

 Malacca, J uly, Aug. ( JV. 



Davison). 

 ^Malacca {A. R. Wallace : 



Sltarpe Coll.). 

 Malacca {R. G. W. R. ^- Dr. 



Maingay). 

 Malacca. 

 Pulo Sebau, Oct., Nov. {W. 



Davison). 

 Kuroo, Nov. {W. D.). 

 Johore, Aug. ( W. D.). 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 

 Purchased. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



(Types of species.) 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Wallace Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



Siibsp. /3. Pelargopsis floresiana. 



Halcyon leucocephala {nee Gm.), Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 484. 

 Pelargopsis floresiana, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 68 ; id. Monoyr. 

 Alced. p. Ill, pi. 36 (1870). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to P. gurial, but diflering in its 

 deeper and more ultramarine-blue colour, the deeper cobalt of the 

 back and rump, and especially in having the crown of the head 



