Felwì-gopsia Fraseri
Alcedo capensis ; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. I.
; capensis .
Ramphalcyon javana
n javana
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 65.
Briss. Om. IV, p. 488.
Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 180 (1766, &
p. 285 (1823).
Erton, P . Z. S. 1839, p. 101. Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I. p. 154 (1850);
Eeich. Handb. Aloci. p. 7, t. ccoicviii. b. fig. 3406 (1851, me. Badi.).
Cab. S Heine, Mas. Hein. tb. H . p. 166 (1860, neo. B e ii.) \ (pt.) Peli.
Reise d. Nov. Yog. p. 49 (1865).
Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 11 (1852, nec. Shaw).
Horsf. Trans. T.ìmì. Soc. X IH , p. 174 (1822, nee Gm.)-, Raffi. Trans.
Linn. Soc. X IH , p. 293 (1822).
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, p t.); Moore, P . Z. S. 1854, p. 268.
n javanica .
Alcedo leucocephala
Biirong-Kalca of the natives of the Malay peninsula (jEyton).
Tengke-Buto of the Javans {Horsfield).
Bang-Kaha of the natives of Sumatra {Eaßes).
P . l’Ostro ru b ro : scapularibus viridi-cyaneis : capite indistinctè
ffa h . in sub-regione Indo-Malayanà.
ochrascenti cinereo.
ace between
and back of
o r less o f a
?bt gi'eenish
% especially
o f th e body
red. Total
tarsu s 0'45,
Head in d istinctly capped, ashy brown, stro n g ly washed w ith pale o c h re ; sp
th e b ill and the eye, cheeks, and ear-coverts more decidedly ashy g r e ) ( ; sides
th e neck o c h re ; u pper p a rt o f th e back and scapularies indigo-blue, with more
greenish tin g e ; whole o f th e back rich c o b a lt; wing-coverts blue, w ith a sli<
lu stre ; qu ills pale brown, th e inner web lig h t ochre a t the base, the o u ter wel
o f the secondai’ies, in d ig o ; ta il indigo above, black b eneath ; u n d e r surface
ochre, tinged with w h itish on the th ro a t; b ill d a rk sealing-wax r e d ; feet dark
len g th 14 inches, o f b ill from fro n t 3 ’3, from gape 3-7, wing 6'2, ta il 3 ‘8,
middle toe 1, h in d toe 0'45.
Hah. J a v a {Hdrsjield, WaUace), Malacca {mus. R . B . S .) , P enang {Cantor; mus.
R . B . S .) , Sum atra {Raffles, Wallace).
I n my paper on th e genus Pelargopsis (I.e.), I proposed the name of Mr. W. T. Fra se r
for the p resen t species in stead o f retain in g the one which seems by r ig h t to belong to the
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