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Show 592 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CEYX. [Nov. 26, came. There is, however, another bird of which I have seen specimens from Batchian and Gilolo, which I cannot reconcile at all with any of the other species. It is larger than C. uropygialis and about the size of C. lepida, and many people would be inclined to consider it the young of the latter bird; but the blue spots on the head are very small and obscure, and the blue on the back not nearly so much developed as in C. lepida, while it presents the bright rump of C. uropygialis. I at present consider it to be a variety ol the latter bird; but I think that when we know more of the different species, it may prove to be distinct. I add a list of the species at present known to me, with a full synonymy, the descriptions being taken from my ' Monograph' when the species have already been noticed there. 1. CEYX RUFIDORSA, Strickl. Strickland's Kingfisher. Alcedo purpurea, var., Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 97 (1811). Ceyx tridactyla, Jard. and Selby, 111. of Orn. i. pl. 55. fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. part 2. plate only (1868). Ceyx rufidorsa, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99 ; Gray, Gen. of Birds App. p. 5 (1848); Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 50 (1849); Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 8, t. cccxcviii. fig. 3070 (1851) ; Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 13 (1852); Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854); Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 413; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E. I. Co. p. 132 (1854) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 270; Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 152 (1860); Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 484; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271. Dacelo rufidorsa, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 48 (1863); id. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 40, 67, pl. 16 (1864). Chuchack-wrang of the Javans (Horsfield). Binti-abang of the Malays of Sumatra (Raffles). Bintei of the Bornese (31otley). C. capite et uropygio lilacinis: rostro corallino: macula ad latera colli ceerulea nulla : scapularibus lilacino-rufis: subtus flava. Hab. in regione Indo-Malayana. Above lilac-rufous, tinged on the sides and back of the head and on the back with shining violet; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the base, more conspicuous on the secondaries, which are almost entirely rufous ; throat and a patch of feathers on each side of the neck white, tinged with light orange ; a loral spot (very faintly developed), cheeks, and under surface of the body bright orange ; bill and feet coral-red. Total length 4*7 inches, of bill from front 1*2, from gape 1*09, wing 2*2, tail 0*8, tarsus 0*25, middle toe 0*4, hind toe 0 2. Hab. Malacca (Cantor), Sumatra (31us. Lugd.), Bangka {Mus. Lugd.),Java(Mus.Lugd.), Bavian Island (Hartlaub), Lombock ( Wallace), Sumbawa ( M M * . Lugd.), Flores (Wallace), Borneo (3Iotley). The above description and measurements are taken from a nicely preserved skin obtained in Flores by Mr. Wallace, and now in my own collection. I have another specimen in m y collection, which |
