126 BIRDS FROM 
the epithet javana and a bird from Java that of capensis, 
but the law of priority requires this. The form inhabiting 
Borneo requires a new name; I propose to call it imno- 
minata. 
The material of Ramphalcyon in the Leyden Museum consists of the 
following forms: 
Ramphalcyon capensis (L.). 
Wings, scapulars, upper back and tail dull greenish with a faint 
bluish tinge. Crown of head ashy grey. Under surface pale ochre. 
Restricted to Java. 
26 specimens from Western Java. 
Ramphalcyon capensis malaccensis Sharpe. 
Upper parts much more bluish. Crown of head darker ashy brown. 
Under surface deep ochre. 
11 specimens from North-eastern and Western Sumatra, 3 from Banka, 
2 trom Billiton. 
Ramphaleyon capensis burmanica Sharpe. 
Upper parts dull greenish. Crown of head more or less dark ashy. 
Under parts deep ochre. 
1 specimen from Siam, 1 from Tenasserim, 1 from Port Blair, An- 
damans. 
Ramphaleyon capensis gurial (Pearson). 
Upper parts dull greenish with more or less blue tinge. Crown of 
head dark brown. Under parts paler than in dwrmanica. 
3 specimens from Ceylon, 1 from Nepal. 
\ Ramphaleyon capensis innominata nom. nov. (Pelargopsis leucocephala, 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, 1892, p. 98. — Ramphaleyon capensis javana, 
Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Washington, XXX V, 1909, p. 665). 
Upper parts distinctly blue with only a faint green lustre. Crown 
of head ochre, somewhat paler than the neck and the under parts, 
which are deeper ochre. In young birds the crown of the head is dull 
ashy brown. 
11 specimens from Southern and North-eastern Borneo. 
Ramphaleyon capensis gouldi Sharpe. 
Upper parts greenish with a faint blue tinge. Crown of head, neck 
and under parts deep ochre. 
1 specimen from Palawan. 
Ramphaleyon capensis javana (Boddaert). (Pelargopsis gigantea Walden, 
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. XIII, 1874, p. 123). 
Upper parts greenish with a faint blue tinge. Crown of head in old 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
