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10. Pelargopsis gigantea. 



Pelargopsis gigantea, Walden, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, 

 xiii. p. 123 (1874). 



[No. 352, S . Ilo-ilo. Eyes black ; feet red ; bill red, tipped with 

 black. Stomach had fish. 



No. 400, $ . Malauipa. Eyes black. 



No. 417, c?. Pasananca. Eyes black ; bill and legs red. Had 

 in the stomach an eel about 6 inches long.] 



The example from Malanipa (No. 400), from which island the 

 species has not been hitherto recorded, and the one from Pasananca 

 (No. 417) are somewhat smaller than the type specimen of P. 

 gigantea, but in other respects do not differ specifically. In colouring 

 the Malanipa bird is hardly distinguishable from the type ; but the 

 Mindanao example has the wings, scapulars, and interscapulars a 

 much purer blue. The Panay bird (No. 352) has the same parts of 

 a still purer blue (as opposed to greenish blue), and all the plumage, 

 including the head, which is more or less white in the type, is creamy 

 buff, most intense on the flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts. 



Our acquaintance with the mutations of colouring and what they 

 denote in many of the so-called species of this group is yet very 

 limited ; and I prefer to retain for the present the Ilo-ilo bird under 

 the title above given. 



The specimens measure as follows : — 



Bill from 

 Wing. Tail. forehead. gape, 

 in. in. in. in. 



Type, ex Sulu, near Borneo . 6-56 425 3-50 4-00 



cJ , e^ Pasananca 6-00 4-00 3-25 356 



$ , ex Malanipa 6-06 400 3-25 3-56 



(J, ea? Ilo-ilo C'OO 4-00 3-12 3-62 



11. EnTOMOBIA GULARIS. 



Alcedo gularis, Kuhl, Buff. & D'Auben. Fig. Av. Col. Nom. Syst. 

 p. 4 (1820); Walden, t.c. p. 154. no. 44. 

 [No. 350, 6 • 1 Ilo-ilo. Eyes black ; legs and bill dark red. 

 No. 3ol, ff.J Stomach had insects. 

 No 415 (S 1 

 No' 4I(i' 2 1 P^s^°^"ca. Eyes black ; feet and bill red.] 



Luzon, Negros,and Zebu individuals agree well with these Panay and 

 Mindanao examples. The last island is a new locality for the species. 



12. Sauropatis chloris. 



Alcedo chloris, Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 49 (1783) ; Walden, t.c. 

 p. 155. no. 47. 



No' 554' 2 ' I ^^^■^^*'* %^^ black. Stomach had insects. 



No! 372! I;} Zebu. Eyes black.' 



No. 387,' 6.\n ■ • t 

 No. 388, $ . f Camiguin.] 



