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based upon Bi-isson, which seems to fix capensis more firmly than 

 ever upon the Javan bird. Sharpe did not adopt the name capen- 

 sis solely because of I he incongruity, and so proposed the name 

 fraseri for it (1870). The adoption of capensis is, I think, 

 inevitable. Hartert (Nov. ZooL, IX, p. 202) claims that all the 

 blue and green-backed species of Pelargopsis should be treated as 

 subspecies of one widely spread group, which plan seems to sim- 

 plify the matter materially, though the name Pelargopsis capensis 

 javana for a Borncan bird will not meet with much favor from 

 those who still believe in the propriety of ignoring names which 

 are geographically misleading. 

 Alcedo meninting Horsf. 



Alcedo meninting Ilorsfield, Trans. Linn. See, XIII, p. 172, 1821. 

 Java. 



Two males from Lampong and a female from the Padang high- 

 lands. 

 Alcedo euryzonia Temm. 



Alcedo euryzonia Temminck, Planch. Col., text to livr. 86, 1830. 



One male from Padang. 

 Ceyx rafidorsa Strickl. 



Ceyx rufidorsa Strickland, P. Z. S., 1846, p. 99. Malacca. 



One example from Lampong. 



Sharpe renames this bird euerythra ( Cat. Birds, XVII, 

 p. 179) on the ground that Strickland's specimen is intermediate 

 between this and iridactyla. 



Caroineutes pulohellus (Horsf.). 



Dacelo pulchella Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc, XIII, p. 175, 1821. 

 Java. 



Five males and three females, representing all the localities. 

 Halcyon conoreta (Temm.). 



Bacelo eoncreta Temminck, PI. Col., IV, PI. 346, 1835. 



Male and female from the highlands of Padang. 

 Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 



Alcedo chloris Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl., p. 49, 1788. 



Five specimens from the Padang highlands. One of tliese 

 (No. 38,928, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.) has the black on the ear 

 cx)verts and collar replaced almost entirely by green, while the 

 wings are brighter blue. This would seem to be the .subspecies 



