﻿PELARGOPSIS GOULD 1. 



(GOULD'S STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER). 



Pelargopsis gouldi Sharpe, P Z.S., 1870, p. 



P. rostro rubro : scapularibus viridi-cyaneis : capite haud pileato, collo postico concolori : major : supra 

 yiridi-cyanea. 



Hah. in insulis Philippinis. 



Whole head and neck, and the whole of the under surface of the body rich ochre ; 

 upper part of the back, scapularies, wing-coverts, upper tail-coverts and upper surface of 

 the tail green, slightly inclining to blue on the latter ; whole of the back and rump silvery 

 cobalt ; quills blackish, the inner web pale orange at the base, the exterior web of the 

 primaries and nearly the whole of both webs of the secondaries bright cobalt ; bill rich 

 vermillion ; feet dark red. Total length 13 inches, of bill from front 3.2, from gape 3.6, 

 wing 6.0, tail 3.5, tarsus 0.5, middle toe 1.0, hind toe 0.5. 



Hah. Manilla (Cuming, mus. J. Gould). 



This species must not be confounded with the Bornean P. leucocephala, from which it 

 may be distinguished by its larger size, and by the total absence of the blue on the upper 

 surface so very distinct in the last named bird. All the parts which in P. leucocephala are 

 bright ultramarine are in the present species vivid green. 



Besides the specimen in Mr. Gould's collection, from which I have taken the descrip- 

 tion, and from which the plate is drawn, the Derby Museum possesses another collected in 

 Manilla by the late Hugh Cuming. I am indebted to Mr. Gould for the loan of his 

 beautiful specimen, which is also from Manilla, as it enables me to give a figure of the 

 type 



