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returning to its perch. Often seen flying about actively just after dark, 
like a night hawk.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
This roller is easily identified by its gaudy plumage, bright red bill, and 
peculiar jerky flight; there is no other Philippine species resembling it. 
Suborder HALCYONES. 
Family ALCEDINIDZ. 
Bill long, strong, and pointed, never hooked; culmen rounded or 
slightly flattened, straight or nearly so; nostrils small, reached by frontal 
feathers; wings and tail moderate, the latter slightly rounded; tarsus 
short; feet weak; front toes more or less united. The two subfamilies 
will not be considered here as their differences are very slight. 
Genera. 
a. Tail longer than culmen. 
b*. Bill compressed; culmen flattened; a groove on each side from nostril parallel 
to eulmen; length of bird, 350 mm. or more.................. Pelargopsis (p. 303) 
b*. Bill little if at all compressed; culmen rounded; groove parallel to culmen 
shallow or absent; length of bird, 300 mm. or less...........- Halcyon (p. 318) 
a’, Tail shorter than culmen. 
OSI De a 0) 1 Aas 6 Pe a a ees a oe RRC Sees AC Anle Ses Alcedo (p. 305) 
b?. Toes three; forest inhabiting. 
c. Bill more slender and more compressed; the species usually found near 
SSNS SEN 00) Depeche Ts ee SR cP Baer eRe aR SER ERG “See Hoy Oh nk Sere oe Alcyone (p. 308) 
©. Bill stouter and less compressed; the species usually found away from 
WaleranOrescrOnr IMithiCketgs.. esses anaeeen eens eRe Oe Ceyx (p. 311) 
Genus PELARGOPSIS Gloger, 1842. 
Large, length 300 mm. or more; bill bright red, very large and strong; 
culmen flattened and perfectly straight; a well-marked groove on each 
side of bill from nostril to near tip of bill, back and rump pale blue, 
lower parts buff, tail much longer than bill. 
Species. 
a, Back and wings deep ultramarine blue; lower back rich cobalt. 
javana (p. 303) 
a’. Back and wings bluish green; lower back greenish cobalt. 
b*. Head, neck, and under parts rich deep ocherous............ a ace gouldi (p. 304) 
b?. Head whitish; hind neck and under parts pale ocherous-buft. 
gigantea (p. 305) 
266. PELARGOPSIS JAVANA (Boddaert). 
BORNEAN STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER, 
Alcedo javana BoppaErt, Tabl. Pl. Enl. (1783), 47. 
Pelargopsis leucocephala STEERE, List Bds. & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 9; 
SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 98; Hand-List (1900), 
2, 48; McGreacor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 51. 
Mindoro (Steere Exp.) ; Palawan (Whitehead, Steere Exp.). Borneo. 
