2,tC dr. F. H. n. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [Mar. 17, 



This species has apparently not been recorded from the Phihppines. 

 To the soutli, its eastern limit appears to be Celebes. 



15. Pelargopsis gigantea, Walden. 



PeJargopsis gigantea, W'ald. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, 

 vol. xiii. Feb. lS/4 ; id. P.Z.S. 1877, p. 541 ; id. ident. p. 822 ; 

 id. ident. 1878, p. 108; id. ident. pp. 341, 943; id. ident. 1879, 

 p. 69. 



Jlab. Panay, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao, 'Q&.sAa.n {Everett) ; Lapac 

 (Guillemard) ; Salok Island "near Borneo " (Meyer). 



a, b. S • Lapac Island. 



Iris dull red ; bill and tarsus scarlet. Length 39 centims. ; 

 wing 15-5 centims.; bill from gape 9*8 and 10-8 centims. : from 

 forehead 7'9-8'8 centims. 



These examples differ from Lord Walden's type in having shorter 

 wings and larger bills ; but a larger series will probably show that 

 the present species is hardly separable from the Bornean bird. I 

 am unable to localize Salok, whence the type came. It is apparently 

 not marked either ou the Spanish or English charts of the archipelago, 

 neither is there any reference to it in Findlay's 'Directory.' It is 

 to be regretted that more care is not taken in the definition of 

 localities. 



16. Sauropatis chloris (Bodd.). 



Halcyon chloris (Bodd.), Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 89 ; Wald. 

 & Lay. Ibis, 1872, p. 101. 



Sauropatis chloris, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. part ii. p. 155 ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Papuas. e Molucche, vol. i. p. 470. 



Hab. Luzon, Zebu, Guimaras {Meyer) ; Camiquin and Panay 

 {H.M.S. ' Challenger ') ; Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat, Mindanao, and 

 Basilan {Everett) ; Negros {L. C. Layard) ; Sulu {Guillemard) ; 

 Cagayan Sulu {Guillemard) ; Celebes (Eraser) ; Borneo {Doria ^ 

 Beceari). 



a-c. S - Sulu Island. 



d-f. § . Sulu Island. 



y. Sulu Island. 



Iris brown ; bill black, proximal end of lower mandible white or 

 pale bluish ; tarsus olive-brown. Length 24-25 centims. ; wing 

 10-1 1"2 centims. 



This widely distributed species is very abundant on the coast, 

 but is rarely seen inland. 



17. MiCROPTERYX coMATus (Tcmm.). 

 C'ypselus comatus, Temm. PI. Color, pi. 2G8. 

 Dendrochelidon comata, Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 123. 

 Macropteryx comatus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 340 ; Wald. Tr. Z. S, 



vol. ix. part ii. p. 158. 



Hah. Luzon (Meyer) ; Zebu, Mindanao (Everett) ; Negros 

 (Steere) ; Sulu (Guillemard) ; Borneo (Doria, Beceari, Moltley). 



a, b. cJ . Sulu Island. April and May. 



