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most abundant in Bengal, but apparently not found, or rare, in the 
north-west (Jerdon). 
a. Assamese and Nepaulese race, with the head a little lighter 
brown. 
Haleyon leucocephalus, Horsf. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 156; Gray, Cat. 
Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 55 (1848, pt.); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. 
E.-I. Co. p. 123 (1854). 
Haleyon capensis, J. E. & G. R. Gray, Cat. Birds and Mamm. of 
Nep. p. 56 (1846). 
Haleyon gurial, J. KE. & G. R. Gray, Cat. Birds and Mamm. of 
Nep. p. 24 (1863). 
6. Malacca race. Much smaller. Head much darker and gene- 
rally glossed, sometimes also a slight blue lustre being apparent. 
This race must ultimately be separated specifically, and I name it 
provisionally Pelargopsis malaccensis. Its nearest ally is P. gurial ; 
but it is altogether smaller, the blues are always much brighter, and 
it must be remembered that true P. gurial never really approaches 
the range of this Malacca bird. Between the ranges of the two spe- 
cies intervene P. burmanica and P. amauroptera. 
Professor Schlegel states, in his ‘‘ Catalogue,” that a Nepaulese 
specimen in the Leyden Museum is “ absolument semblable aux indi- 
vidus de Java.’ This statement, which seems to have taken Mr. 
Blyth by surprise (vide ‘Ibis,’ 1866, p. 347), certainly astonished 
me considerably. I think, however, that there must be a mistake 
in the labels of the specimens examined by the learned Professor ; 
for I have in my collection a Stork-billed Kingfisher from Assam, 
which agrees in every respect with specimens in the British Mu- 
seum from Nepaul, presented by Mr. Hodgson, from whom also 
Professor Schlegel obtained his specimen. These birds differ a little 
in the colour of the cap, which is a shade lighter brown than in true 
P. gurial from India, but I have never seen an adulé Javan speci- 
men with such a clearly defined cap. 
Reichenbach, in the letterpress of his work, refers to “ t. ecexcix. 
fig. 3075” as being the figure of Ramphalcyon gurial. This is a 
mistake, as this figure is a copy of Buffon’s plate 757 (P. leucoce- 
phalus of this paper), and the reference given in the list of plates to 
Reichenbach’s work, viz. “t. ececxxvi. fig. 3158” is really the re- 
presentation of R. gurial. 
7. PELARGOPSIS BURMANICA, Sp. n. 
Halcyon leucocephalus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 151, 152; 
Schomb. Ibis, 1864, p. 247; Beav. Ibis, 1866, p. 221; Walden, 
P. Z.S. 1866, p. 553; Beav. Ibis, 1867, p. 318. 
Halcyon leucocephalus (part.), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. 
E.-I. Co. i. p. 123 (1854). 
? Ramphaleyon capensis, Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 16, t. ceexcix. 
f. 3072, 3073 (1851). 
Head, which is distinctly capped, clear albescent grey ; sides of the 
neck and a collar encircling the same very deep ochre; upper part of 
