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ALCEDINID^E. 

 ALCEDININ.E. 



Alcedo, Linnaeus. 



19. Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. : Walden, t. c. p. 152. 



a. juv. San Bernardino, Negros, Jan. 1875. Eyes dark. 



b. <s . Dumalon, Mindanao. Eyes hazel. 



[Very generally distributed throughout the Philippines, and found on nearly every 

 stream. — J. B. S.J 



Previously to Dr. Steere's visit, we only knew of this species from Luzon. 



Pelargopsis, Gloger. 



20. Pelargopsis leucocephala (Gm.) : Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 31. 



a. c? • Puerto Princesa, Palawan, July 1874. 

 [I found this species in mangrove swamps in the island of Palawan. — J. B. S.] 

 The above specimen belongs to P. leucocephala of Borneo, not P. Gouldi, which is 

 probably confined to Luzon. 



21. Pelargopsis gigantea, Walden, Ann. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 123 (1874) : Meyer, t. c. 

 pp. 401, 475. 



a. Dumalon, Mindanao. 



[Frequently seen flying along the sea-beach, fishing over the open sea, and perching 

 upon the low trees on the sandbars. — J. B. S.] 



Lord Tweeddale described this distinct species from Sulu in the Sum archipelago, where 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer obtained it ; and now Dr. Steere has procured it in Mindanao. It is a 

 representative of P. melanorhyncha of Celebes, but has a reddish bill, like P. leucoce- 

 phala &c. I compared the Mindanao bird with Lord Tweeddale's type specimen. 



Cetx, Lacepede. 



22. Cetx melantjra, Kaup : Walden, t. c. p. 153. 



a. 3 . Dumalon, Mindanao. Eyes hazel. 



[I only saw the one specimen of this pretty Kingfisher, in deep thick jungle, perching 

 low. Its food consisted of small crabs. — J. B. S.] 



The single bird collected by Dr. Steere differs from every other Philippine specimen 

 which I have examined in having the wing-coverts black with rufous edgings, whereas 

 all the others which have fallen under my notice have had them black spotted with 

 blue ; and Lord Tweeddale has a nestling resembling the adult in this respect. At the 

 same time I do not like to found a new species on a single example. 



Halcyon, Swainson. 



23. Halcyon gularis (Kuhl) : Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 70. Entomobia gularis 



(Kuhl), Walden, t. c. p. 154. 



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