xiii, D, (i Zimmer: Birds of Southerri Palawan 337 



were well aware of the narrowing distance and at the proper 

 time departed with unceremonious speed. They often flew 

 overhead clear above the forest, screaming loudly. My obser- 

 vations of T. lucionensis were confined to Brooke's Point, Can- 

 dauaga, and Calatugas. Specimens were taken at Brooke's 

 Point. 



CORACIID^ 



Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus) . 



At Brooke's Point and Tagbariri where the edge of the forest 

 adjoined the open country or in the neighborhood of the clear- 

 ings, a few broad-billed rollers were observed. Even at these 

 places they were not common. 



ALCEDINID^ 



Alcedo bengalensis Gmelin. 



The usually common and widely distributed Asiatic kingfisher 

 was not so common in southern Palawan as I have seen it else- 

 where, but it was occasionally noted about the mangrove swamps 

 and river banks. Records are from Brooke's Point, Sarong, 

 Candauaga, Bonabona, Calatugas, Tagbariri, and Balabac. 



Alcedo meninting Horsfield. 



The Malayan kingfisher was much rarer in the region visited 

 than its congener, the preceding species. I saw only two in- 

 dividuals, one at Brooke's Point on March 15 and another near 

 Candauaga on March 22. Both were along the mangrove- 

 bordered banks of rivers. 



Halcyon coromandus (Latham) . 



Two ruddy kingfishers were noted on March 26 in the moun- 

 tains behind Bonabona, but they escaped in the thick jungle. 

 No others were seen. 



Oberholser ^ has recently separated the Philippine form of 

 this species under the subspecific name ochrothorectis. Since 

 the Bornean minor has been taken in Tawitawi it seems pro- 

 bable that it would also occur in Palawan ; therefore I will not 

 attempt to place subspecifically the birds that I saw. In Ober- 

 holser's paper the generic name Entoinothera is used for this 

 species, not Halcyon. The characters on which the separation 

 is based (conformation of bill, comparative length of primaries, 

 and relative measurements of bill and wing) are such that most 

 of the Philippine species of Halcyon could each be isolated there- 



'Prof. V. S. Nat. Mns. (1915), 48, 652. 



