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“Adult male-—Head and back of neck deep ochraceous, the latter rather 
deeper in color; upper part ig back, scapulars, and lesser wing- 
coverts rich blue; the median and greater coverts and the outer aspect of 
the primaries rich ultramarine, inner secondaries entirely of this color; 
tail ultramarine above, black beneath; under surface of body deep rich 
ochraceous, a little lighter on throat and sides of face. ‘Bill and feet 
coral-red; iris chocolate.’ (Hverett.) Length, 330; culmen, 76; wing, 
147; tail, 84; tarsus, 11.” (Sharpe.) 
“Included in this list chiefly on the authority of Dr. Sharpe, who iden- 
tifies a bird collected by Dr. Steere as P. lewcocephala (=javana). Mr. 
Whitehead speaks of ‘two specimens’ secured by himself, and refers to 
the fact that the bird was discovered by Dr. Steere in the Island. It is 
our opinion that the Mindoro bird is P. gouldi, and we doubt the correct- 
ness of Dr. Steere’s identification of the bird collected by the Steere 
Expedition in Palawan. It might well happen that an occasional speci- 
men of P. javana should find its way into Palawan, but there is little 
doubt that P. gouldi is the common species there.” (Bourns and 
Worcester MS.) 
267. PELARGOPSIS GOULDI Sharpe. 
GOULD’S STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER. 
Pelargopsis gouldi SHARPE, Ibis (1870), 63; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 
17, 100; Hand-List (1900), 2, 49; Grant, Ibis (1896), 470; McGrecor, 
Bur. Govt. Labs. (1905), 34, 12, pl. 9 (nest); McGreGor and Wor- 
CESTER, Hand-List (1906), 52. 
Balabae (Hverett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Lubang 
(McGregor); Luzon (Cuming); Mindoro (Steere Eaxp., Schmacker, Bourns & 
Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Porter); Palawan (Lempriere, Whitehead, 
Platen, Steere Exp., White). 
“Adult (type of species).—Entire head and neck, as well as the whole 
of the under surface of the body, rich ochraceous; upper part of back, 
scapulars, wing-coverts, upper tail-coverts, and tail bluish green; quills 
and tail-feathers rather more blue; entire back and rump silvery cobalt. 
Length, 330; culmen, 81; wing, 152; tail, 89; tarsus, 13.” (Sharpe.) 
Tris dark brown; bill-and legs bright scarlet; nails dark brown; eyelids 
scarlet. A male from Mindoro is 343 in length; wing, 143; tail, 89; 
culmen, 85; tarsus, 15. 
Individuals of this species are often found near the seashore where 
they feed on small crabs; at other times they are fairly common in man- 
grove swamps. A nest found in Mindoro on April 18, 1905, was ex- 
cavated in a deserted termites nest which was fastened to a tree at about 
9 meters from the ground. The three incubated eggs were glossy white 
and measured 37.8 by 27.6; 39.8 by 28.9 and 39.6 by 28.9. 
“In Volume XVII of the Catalogue of Birds, P. gouldi is recorded 
from Panay, the specimen having been collected by the Challenger expedi- 
