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Entomobia, Cabanis. 



44. * Entomobia gulaeis. 



Ispida madagascariensis carulea, Brlss. Orn. iv. p. 496, no. 32, " Madagascar." 



Alcedo smyrnensis, var. y9, Linn. S. N. i. p. 181 (1766) ex Briss. 



Le Martin-pecheur bleu et roux, Buffon, Hist. Nat. vii. p. 182, ex Brisson. 



Grand Martin-pecheur de Madagascar, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. 232. 



Alcedo gularis, Kuhl, Buflf. & D'Aubent. Tig. Av. Col. Norn. Syst. p. 4 (1820), ex D'Aubent. 



Alcedo rufirostris, lUiger, Mus. Berol. ; Kittlitz, Kupfert. pt. 2, p. 10, pi. xiv. f. 2, " Luzon " (1833). 



Halcyon gularis (Kuhl), Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 70; Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 101. 



Hab. Luzon {mus. nostr.) ; Negros [L. C. Layard) ; Zebu {Meyer). 



Neither in D'Aubenton's plate is the white throat represented, nor in Buifon's de- 

 scription is it alluded to. But Brisson mentions it in his accurate diagnosis, made, as 

 he states, from an example obtained by Poivre in Madagascar. 



Mr. Strickland was the first author who suggested the Philippines as the probable 

 only habitat of this Kingfisher (Ann. N. H. 1844, vol. xiii. p. 34). 



Dr. V. Martens includes Entomobia fusca (Bodd.), as well as this species, in his list of 

 Philippine birds {torn. cit. p. 17, no. 79), and quotes Meyen as his authority. Meyen 

 (Nov. Act. xvi. suppl. prim. 94), however, states in decided terms that the Philippine 

 species is distinct from A. smyrnensis, L. ; and he adopts Illiger's title of A. ntfirostris. 

 Mr. Sharpe (oj). cit. pt. x. pi. 79) also includes the Philippines within the range of A. 

 smyrnensis, L., but on, apparently, no better evidence than Professor Schlegel's record 

 of a Philippine specimen in the Leyden Museum (Mus. P.-Bas, Alcedines, p. 28). The 

 probabilities are that the Leyden example, if really from the Philippines, belongs to 

 E. gularis (Knhl), a title treated by Professor Schlegel (l. c.) as a synonym of A. fusca, 

 Bodd. The occurrence of Entomobia smyrnensis (Linn.) = A. fusca, Bodd., in the 

 Philippines rests upon no other evidence whatever, and certainly requires confirmation. 



45. Entomobia pileata. 



Martin-pecheur de la Chine, D'Aubent., PI. Enl. 673. 



Le Martin-pecheur a coiffe noire, Buffon, Hist. Nat. vii. p. 189, "la Chine" (1780). 



Alcedo pileata, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 41 (1783), ex D'Aubent. ; Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 3. 



Hab. Philippines [fide Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, AlCCdines, p. 27). 



That this species inhabits the Philippines is not improbable ; but a single example 

 in the Leyden Museum, said to be from those islands, collector not named, appears to 

 be the only evidence of the fact. Mr. Sharpe {I. c.) seems to take it for granted ; and 

 Professor Schlegel (Vog. Ned. Ind., Alced. pp. 22, 54) includes the Philippines, without 

 hesitation, within the range of this Kingfisher. 



Alcedo albiventris, Scoip.,=Alcedo luzonica, Gm., both founded on Sonnerat's Martin- 

 pecheur dTisle de Lugoii, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 65, pi. 31, is a well-known African form. 



