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Show 1868.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CEYX. 593 is larger and brighter than any I have yet seen. This was purchased of a dealer, and is said to be from Singapore; but Lord Walden thinks it may have come from Camboja. The following are the measurements of this specimen. Total length 5*1 inches, of bill from front 1*4, from gape 1*7, wing 2*4, tail 1, tarsus 0*25, middle toe 0*45, hind toe 0*2. 2. CEYX DILLWYNNI, Sharpe, sp. n. Labuan Kingfisher. Ceyx tridactyla, Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 8, t. cccciii. b. fig. 3389(1851); Motley & Dillwvn, Nat. Hist, of Lab. p. 13(1855). Ceyx rufidorsa, Sclater, P.'Z. S. 1863, p. 213. C capite et uropygio lilacinis: rostro coraltino: macula ad latera colli ceerulea nulla : scapularibus nigris cceruleo lavatis. Hab. in insulis "Labuan" et "Borneo" dictis. Head, neck, and the whole of the back lilac-rufous, with beautiful shades of violet; a little spot at the base of the beak blue ; a longitudinal patch of feathers on the sides of the neck white ; scapularies black, washed with bright blue; tail rufous, blackish towards the tips of the feathers ; wing-coverts rufous; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the base, more conspicuous on the secondaries, the outer web of the exterior primary rufous for the greater part of its length ; chin and abdomen white ; shoulders, upper part of the breast, flanks, and under wing- and tail-coverts rufous ; bill and feet coral-red. Total length 5*8 inches, of bill from gape 1*5, wing 2*45, tail 1*2, tarsus 0*25, middle toe 0*4, hind toe 0*2. Hab. Labuan (Dillwyn) ; Banjermassing (3Iotley). The above description and measurements are taken from the type specimen, which has been most kindly presented to me by Mr. Dillwyn, and now forms part of m y collection. I have ascertained that the specimen recorded by Dr. Sclater (I. c.) is referable to this species, by a personal examination of the bird, which is now in Lord Walden's collection. 3. CEYX TRIDACTYLA (Pall.). Penang Kingfisher. Alcedo tridactyla, Pallas, Spic. Zool. vii. p. 10, t. 2. fig. 1 (1769); Linn. Mant. Plant, p. 524 (1771) ; Scop. Del. Faun, et Flor. Insubr. ii. p. 90 (1786); Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 459 (1788). Alcedo rubra, Bodd. Tabl. Pl. Enl. p. 49 (1848). Ceyx rubra, Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 49 (1848). Dacelo rubra, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 49 (1863); id. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 40, 68, pl. 16 (1864). Alcedo purpurea, G m . Syst. Nat. i. p. 449 (1788). Ceyx purpurea, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 38 (1830 ; Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 9, t. cccxcviii. fig. 3071 (1851) ; Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). Ceyx purpureus, Cuv. Regne Anim. i. p. 120 (1829); Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 423. Ceyx tridactyla, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 84; Strickl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99 ; Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, i. p. 459 (c. 1844) |