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Show 1870.] MR. R. B. S H A R P E O N T H E G E N U S PELARGOPSIS. 65 figured by Buffon (I. ci) as the Martin-pecheur de Java agrees well with the Bornean Pelargopsis; and as the description also accords with the same bird, I see no reason to refuse the conclusion forced upon us in this manner. On this plate is founded the Alcedo javana oi Boddaert; but this name must be dropped as inapplicable, and the term leucocephala, the next in order of priority, be substituted. 5. PELARGOPSIS FRASERI, sp. n. Ispida capitis bonce spei, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 488. Alcedo capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 180(1766, ex Briss.); Bon. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 285 (1823). Halcyon capensis, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 154 (1850); Eyton, P.Z.S. 1839, p. 101. Ramphalcyon javana, Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 7, t. cccxcviii.6. fig. 3406 (1851, nee Bodd.). Halcyon javana, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 156 (1860, nee Bodd.). Halcyon javanica, Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 11 (1852, nee Shaw). Halcyon javana (part.), Pelz. Reise d. Nov. Vog. p. 49 (1865). Alcedo leucocephala, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 171 (1822, nee Gm.). Halcyon leucocephalus, Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p.46(1849); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 154 (1850); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 123 (1854, pt.); Moore, P.Z.S. 1854, p. 268. Burong-Kaha of the natives of the Malay peninsula (Eyton). Tengke-Buto of the Javans (Horsfield). Head indistinctly capped, ashy brown, strongly washed with pale ochre; space between the bill and the eye, cheeks, and ear-coverts more decidedly ashy grey; sides and back of the neck ochre; upper part of the back and scapularies indigo-blue, with more or less of a greenish tinge; whole of the back rich cobalt; wing-coverts blue, with a slight greenish lustre ; quills pale brown, the inner web light ochre at the base, the outer web, especially of the secondaries, indigo ; tail indigo above, black beneath ; under surface of the body ochre, tinged with whitish on the throat; bill dark sealing-wax red ; feet dark red. Total length 14 inches, of bill from front 3*3, from gape 3*7, wing 6*2, tail 3*8, tarsus 0*45, middle toe 1, hind toe 0*45. Hab. Java (Horsfield, Wallace); Malacca (mus.'R. B. S.); Penang (Cantor; mus. R. B. S.). a. Sumatran race. Alcedo leucocephala, Raffl. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 293 (1822). Baug Kaha of the natives of Sumatra (Raffles). Hab. Sumatra (Raffles, Wallace). The Sumatran race oi P. fraseri is much smaller, the blues slightly more intense, but the bird appears to be not specifically separable. * PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1870, No. V. |