346 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



Alcedo asiatica, Sw. ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 255. 

 An adult female from Bongao, and an adult male from 

 Tavvi-Tawi. 



26. Ceyx euerythra. 



Ceyx euerythra, Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 179 (1892). 

 An adult male from Bongao, and a female from Tawi- 

 Tawi. 



27. Ceyx malamaui. 



Ceyx malamaui, Steere, List Mamm. & Birds Exped. 

 Philipp. p. 11 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 184. (1892). 

 Ceyx suluensis, Blasius, J. f. O. 1890, pp. 139, 141. 

 Adult birds of both sexes from Bongao. 



28. Ceyx bournsi. 



Ceyx bournsi, Steere, List Mamm. & Birds Exped. Philipp. 

 p. 10 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 185 (1892). 

 Ceyx margarethce, Blasius, J. f. O. 1890, p. 141. 

 Adult males from Tawi-Tawi. 



29. Halcyon winchelli. 



Halcyon winchelli, Sharpe ; id. Cat. B. xvii. p. 255 (1892). 



Adult male, female, and young from Bongao ; and an adult 

 male from Tawi-Tawi. 



All the old males sent by Mr. Everett have white breasts. 

 The females have orange on the throat, chest, and sides of 

 body. A nestling has the orange colour fully developed, as in 

 the females. Dr. Ovistalet's Halcyon alfredi (Le Naturaliste, 

 1890, p. 63) is therefore the old male of H. ivinchelli. The 

 young male has the soft parts as follows : — " Bill black, base 

 of mandible white ; feet greenish, claws black ; iris dark 

 brown. '^ 



30. Macropteryx comata. 



Macropieryx comata (Temm.) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 256; Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 517 (1892). 

 An adult male from Sibutu. 



31. COLLOCALIA LINCHI. 



Collocalia linchi, Horisf. & Moore; Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. 

 p. 508 (1892). 



A pair of adult birds from Bongao. 



