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figured by Buffon (7. c.) as the Martin-pécheur de Java agrees very 
well with the Bornean Pelargopsis ; and as the description also ac- 
cords with the same bird, I see no reason to refuse the conclusion 
forced upon us in this manner. On this plate is founded the Alcedo 
javana of Boddaert ; but this name must be dropped as inapplicable, 
and the term Jeucocephala, the next in order of priority, be sub- 
stituted. 
5. PELARGOPSIS FRASER], Sp. 0. 
Ispida capitis bone spei, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 488. 
Alcedo capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 180 (1766, ex Briss.) ; 
Bon. et Vieill. Ene. Méth. i. p. 285 (1823). 
Haleyon capensis, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 154 (1850) ; 
Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 101. 
Ramphaleyon javana, Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 7, t. eecxcviii. b. fig. 
3406 (1851, nec Bodd.). 
Halcyon javana, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 156 (1860, 
nec Bodd.). 
Halcyon javanica, Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 11 (1852, nec 
Shaw). 
Halcyon javana (part.), Pelz. Reise d. Nov. Vég. p. 49 (1865). 
Alcedo leucocephala, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 174 (1822, 
nec Gm.). 
Halcyon leucocephalus, Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. 
p- 46 (1849) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av.i. p. 154 (1850); Horsf. & 
Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 123 (1854, pt.); Moore, 
P.Z.S. 1854, p. 268. 
Burong-Kaha of the natives of the Malay peninsula (Zyton). 
Tengke-Buto of the Javans (Horsfield). 
Head indistinctly capped, ashy brown, strongly washed with pale 
ochre ; space between the bill and the eye, cheeks, and ear-coverts 
more decidedly ashy grey; sides and back of the neck ochre; upper 
part of the back and scapularies indigo-blue, with more or less of a 
greenish tinge ; whole of the back rich cobalt ; wing-coverts blue, 
with a slight greenish lustre ; quills pale brown, the inner web light 
ochre at the base, the outer web, especially of the secondaries, in- 
digo; tail indigo above, black beneath ; under surface of the body 
ochre, tinged with whitish on the throat; bill dark sealing-wax red ; 
feet dark red. Total length 14 inches, of bill from front 3°3, from 
gape 3°7, wing 6:2, tail 3°8, tarsus 0°45, middle toe 1, hind 
toe 0°45. 
Hab. Java (Horsfield, Wallace); Malacca (mus. &. B. S.); Penang 
(Cantor; mus. R. B. 8.). 
a. Sumatran race. 
Alcedo leucocephala, Raffi. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 293 (1822). 
Baug Kaha of the natives of Sumatra (Raffles). 
Hab. Sumatra (Raffles, Wallace). 
The Sumatran race of P. fraseri is much smaller, the blues slightly 
more intense, but the bird appears to be not specifically separable. 
Proc. Zooxu. Soc.—1870, No. V. 
