288 ALCIDINlDiE. 



P. $ iiiv.sk. Pliilippine Islands. Purchased. 



/,(/. 2 «d. sk. Pliilippine Islands. Eyton Coll. 



/i,i. 5 ad. et Philippine Islands (-S'/z^r/x? CW/.). Tweeddale Coll. 



jiiv. sk. 



A-, I. d 2 ad. sk. Manila. Gould Coll. 



m, n. cJ 5 ad. sk. Manila {Maitland Heriut). Tweeddale Coll. 



o. (5 ad. St. Cataguan. Purchased. 



p. c? ad. sk. Monte Alban, Luzon, Feb. Tweeddale Coll. 



(A. H. Everett), 



q. $ ad. 8k. San Mateo, Luzon, Feb, {A. H. Tweeddale Cull. 



Everett). 



53. Halcyon moseleyi. 



Actenoides moseleyi, Steere, List Birch A- Mumni. Sleeve Exited. 

 PMlipp. p. 11 (1890: Negros). 



Immature female (type of species). Similar to H. Ihidsat/i, but 

 distinguished by the edgings of tlie breast-feathers, which are black 

 and not green : " bill black, culmeu and lower mandible yellow ; 

 legs and feet greenish " (E. L. Moseley). Total length 10-4 inches, 

 eulmen 1'8, wing 4"3, tail 3*4, tarsus 0"55. 



Hah. Island of Xegros in the Philippine Archipelago. 



17. TODIRHAMPHUS. 



, . ... ^yp*'- 



Todirliamphus, Leason, Mem. Soc. d Hist. Nat. lii. 



p. 420 (1828) T. veneratus. 



Coporhaniphus, Gloger, Handh. p. 338 (1842) T. veneratus. 



Range. South Sea Islands. Samoan and Society groups. 



Key to the Species. 



a. No white collar round the hind neck. 



a'. Above green, or brown with a green shade . veneratus, p. 288. 

 b'. Above brown ; collar on fore neck also brown, youngi, p. 289. 



b. A white or fulvous collar round the hind neck. 



c' . Underneath fulvous or ochreous buff vecurvirostris, p. 290. 



d' . Underneath entirely white tutus, p. 291. 



1. Todirhamphus veneratus. 



Venerated Kingfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. G23 (1782). 

 Alcedo venerata, Gm. S. N. i. p. 453 (1788) ; Lath. Lid. Oni. i. 



p. 251 (1790). 

 Todirhamphus divina. Less. Voy. Coquille, i. pt. 1, p. 287 (1826) ; 



id. Mem. Soc. d'Hisf. Nat. 'in. p. 419, pi. 12 (1827); id. Traite 



crOrn. p. 250 (1831) ; Reichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 34 (1851) ; Cass. 



Cat. Halcyon. Philad. Mus. p. 12 (1852) ; id. U.S. Expl. E.vped. 



pp. 199, 217, pi. 18(1858). 

 Alcedo coharis (wee Scop.), Eovster, Descv. Aniin. p. 1(52 (1844). 



