106 ALCEDrxin.T:. 



f\ Ad. sk. Meklong, Siani. II. C. V. Iluiitor, 



Esq. I P.]. 

 (f. (S ad. sk. Bangkok, iSiam, April 4 {Ctqit. l\. J5. Shafpe, 



Conrad). LL.D. [P.]. 



/*•'. Ad. sk. Sairan, Cocliin Clniia. M. E. Pierre 



[P.l. 

 P. Ad. sk. Cambodia (Moi(hot). Tweeddale Coll. 



Subsp. L Pelargopsis fraseri.* 



Alcedo leucocepkala {nee Gm.), Horsf. Tranx. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 174 



(1821): lififfl. t.c. p. 2U.3; Sc/iL' Mies. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 13 



(ISC):'), pt. ) : id. op. cit. Revue, p. 7 (1874) ; Vorderm. Kat. Tijdschi: 



Ncderl. hid. xlli. p. 42 (1^82). 

 Halcyon capensis {nee L.), Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 101. 

 lihamplialcvon javana {nee Bodd.), Meichenb. Ilandb., Alced. p. 17, 



Taf. 398 b. fig. 3406(1851). 

 Halcyon leucocepLalus {nee Gm.), Bh/th, Cat. B. Mim. As. See. 



p. 4G (1849) ; Sorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Miis. E.I. Co. i. p. 123 



(1854, pt.). 

 Alcedo amauroptera {nee Pears.), Schl. Toy. Nederl. Ind., Alced. 



pi. 2, central lower figure (1864). 

 Pelargopsis fraseri, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 65 ; id. Monogr. Alced. 



p. 103, pi. 33 (1871); Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 296; Salvad. Ann. 



Mns. Civ. Genov. xiv. p. 194 (1879) ; Nichols. Ibis, 1882, p. 56, 



1883, p. 243. 

 Pelargopsis burmanica (nee Sharpe), Hume, Sfr. F. viii. p. 49(1879). 

 Dacelo leucocepliala {nee Gm.), Snellem. in Veth's Midden Sumatra, 



p. 35 (1885). 

 Pelargopsis javana (wee Bodd.), Biittik. Xotes Leyden Mas. ix. p. 37 



(1887). 

 Pelargopsis leiicocepbala, Vorderm. Kat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlix. 



p. 394 (1890). 



Adult. Similar to P. burmamca, and with a similar ashj' cap, 

 but less distinctly pronounced ; the colour of the upper surface not 

 so distinctly green, but greenish blue : " bill dark vermilion-red, 



* I am unable to determine which species should bear the name of Pelargopsis 

 capensis (Linn.), to which belongs the following synonymy : — 



Le Martin-pescheur du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 488 



pi. 36. fig. 3 (1760). 

 Martin-peelieur du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Daubent. PL Enl. viii. pi. 



590. 

 Le Martiu-pecheur a gros bee, Btiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 184 (1780). 

 Alcedo capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 180 (1766, ex Briss.) ; Bodd. Tabl. 



PL EnL p. 3(5 (1783). 

 Cape Kingfisher, Lath. Gen. Syst. i. pt. 2, p. 610 (1782). 

 Halcyon capensis, Strains. Classif. B. ii. p. 335 (1837) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 

 p. 79 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 154 (1850). 

 When I wrote my ' Monograph ' I was under the impression that Brisson's 

 figure and description best suited the Kingfisher from Floras, principally 

 on account of its greenish head ; and I referred Daubenton's plate to my 

 P. ftoresiana. I am now of opinion that the latter figure is made up Irom 

 Brisson's figure and his description combined, and that it is impossible to recog- 

 nize for which species it was intended. 



