1875.] THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 319 



occurrence in Java rests on no good authority. The type of Jf. f_ya?«qpyy?'»s, Lesson, juv., ex 

 Sumatra, Dr. Pucheran remarks, resembles PL Enl. 57. It may be M. philijjjnnus, Linn. ; for 

 that species inhabits Sumatra : or it may be M. sumatranns, juv., before the chocolate plumage 

 of the upper surface and the blue colouring of the throat have been assumed. 



CORACIID^. 



EuRTSTOMUs, Vieillot. 



37. EURTSTOMUS ORIENTALIS. 



GaJgulus indicus, Brisson, Orn. ii. p. 75, no. 4, " India orientalis." 



Coracias orientalis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 154, no. 4 (177G), ex Brisson; Un. St. Expl. Exped. 

 Zool. p. 228 ; Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 100 f. 



Hah. Luzon, February ; Cujo Island, December ; Guimaras, March [Meyer) ; Negros 

 [L. C. Layard). 



As determined by Dr. Meyer, the sexes do not differ. Javan, Malaccan, Celebean, and 

 Philippine examples are identical. 



ALCEDINID.E. 



Alcedinin^. 



Alcedo, Linnaeus. 



38. Alcedo bengalensis. 



Little Indian Kingfisher, Edwards, Illustr. i. p. 11, pi. 11. fig. inf., " Bengal." 

 Ispida hengalensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 475, ex Edwards. 



Alcedo hengalensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 450, no. 20 (1788), ex Brisson ; Sharpe, Monogr. 

 Alcedinidce, pi. 68. 



Hab. Luzon {Meyer). 



Le vintsi of Buffon (Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 205), and called by D'Aubenton (PI. Enl. 756) 

 Petit Marti n-pecheur de Visle de Lugon, is now known to be a purely African species, Corythornis 

 cristata (Linn.). 



Alcyone, Swainson. Tr. Z. 8. is. 



39. * Alcyone cyanopectus. p- 153. 



Ceyx cyanopectus. La Fresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 33, Pair, ignot. ; Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 31 ; 

 Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Alcedines, p. 18. 



Hah. Philippines (Eyton, Schlegel). 



Althouo-h there is a general concurrence of evidence showing that this interesting form 

 inhabits some part of the Philippines, its exact habitat still remains unknown. 



Pelargopsis, Gloger. 



40. * Pelargopsis gouldl 



Pelargopsis gouldi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 61, " Luzon ; " Monogr. pi. 59. 



Hab. Manilla (Cuming). 



t [Antea, p. 119.— Ed.] 



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