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Show 64 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS PELARGOPSIS. [Jan. 27, This new species forms the second of the uncapped section of the genus Pelargopsis, the other being the P. leucocephala (Gm.) from Borneo. From this latter species it is distinguished by its much larger size, and by the green colour of the upper surface of the body, this being in P. leucocephala of a rich ultramarine. Mr. Blyth has referred to this bird as being the only species to which the much-disputed name of leucocephala is really referable. The specimen on which Mr. Blyth made this remark is a Manilla specimen collected by the late Mr. Cuming, and now in the Derby Museum at Liverpool. Mr. T. J. Moore, the well-known curator of the above-named museum, very kindly sent m e the bird to examine. I found it apparently quite identical with a specimen in Mr. Gould's collection from Manilla ; but, from long exposure to light, the Liverpool specimen has become so bleached that all the rich ochre colour has completely vanished from the head, leaving that portion white, whence Mr. Blyth's remarks. I consider this species to be very distinct from the Javan species and from the Bornean, and propose to call it after Mr. Gould, who has always most kindly assisted m e in m y study of Kingfishers. 4. PELARGOPSIS LEUCOCEPHALA. Martin-pecheur de Java, Buff. Pl. Enl. 757. Alcedo javana, Bodd. Tabl. Pl. Enl. 757 (1783, ex Buff.). White-headed Kingfisher, Lath. Syn. i. pt. ii. p. 678 (1 782). Alcedo leucocephala, G m . Syst. Nat. i. p. 456 (1788, ex Lath.); Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 248(1790); Bonn. etVieill. Enc. Meth. i.p. 288 (1823); Shaw&Nodd. Nat.Misc.pl. 793(1807). Halcyon leucocephala, Steph. Gen. Zool. viii. p. 100 (1826) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 154(1850); Sclater, P.Z.S. 1863, p. 213. Alcedo javanica, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 67 (1811). Halcyon javana, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79 (1846). Halcyon javana (part.), Pelz. Reise d. Nov. Vog. p. 49 (1865). Bakaka and Rajah udong of the natives of Banjermassing (Motley). Head and back of the neck pale ochre ; back of the neck richer ochre ; upper part of the back and scapularies ultramarine, with a faint greenish lustre ; lower part of the back extremely rich cobalt; wing-coverts rich ultramarine; quills dark blackish brown, the inner web pale ochre at the base, the basal half of the outer web of the primaries and the whole of the outer web of the secondaries verv rich ultramarine ; tail rich ultramarine above, black beneath ; throat and cheeks pale ochre; rest of the under surface of the body rich ochre, a few of the flanks washed with ultramarine ; bill dark sealing- wax red ; feet dark red. Total length 13 inches, of bill from front 3, from gape 3*3, wing 5*8, tail 3*3, tarsus 0*45, middle toe 0*1, hind toe 0*45. Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace); Banjermassing (Motley); Labuan (Motley). As Lord Walden has suggested (P. Z. S. 1866, p. 553), the bird |