386 Mr. J. Whitehead on Birds 



223. Pelargopsis gouldi Sharpe. (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 470.) 



We found this species fairly common on the Baco river 

 in Mindoro, where, in November, it was in perfect plumage. 



224. Pelargopsis gigantea Walden. (Sharpe, B. M. C. 

 xvii. p. 100 ; Grant, Ibis, 1897, p. 210.) 



Fairly common in the mangrove-swamps in Samar — my 

 specimens being unfortunately lost in the ' Wieland.* 



225. Ceyx melanura Kaup. (Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 114.) 

 The Ceyx group of Kingfishers are inhabitants of the 



forest, rivers and streams being apparently non-essential to 

 their well-being. Compared with the numbers of C. euerythra 

 that may be met with in a Bornean forest these Kingfishers 

 are somewhat rare in the Philippines ; in three years in 

 Luzon and other islands we succeeded in collecting only some 

 six specimens of this genus. 



Iris black ; bill and feet vermilion. 



226. Ceyx samarensis Steere. (Grant, Ibis, 1897, p. 243.) 

 Three specimens of this species were obtained by us in the 



Samar forests. 



Iris black ; bill and feet vermilion. 



227. Halcyon coromandus (Lath.). (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 122.) 



This widely-distributed species was met with by us at 

 Cape Engaiio, in the mangrove-swamps near the coast. 



228. Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 556; 1897, p. 245.) 



Common and widely distributed throughout the entire 

 group ; generally met with on the sea-coast, but occasionally 

 some distance inland. 



229. Halcyon gularis (Kuhl). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 pp. 409, 520 ; 1896, p. 556; 1897, p. 244.) 



This species has been recorded from all the larger islands 

 of the group, but curiously has not yet extended its range 

 into Palawan and the Calamianes. In Luzon it is met with 



