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Show 594 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CEYX. [Nov. 26, Jerdon, 111. Ind. Orn. pl. 25 (1847) ; Grav, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 59 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. A v. i. pp. 157, 158 (1850); Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 13 (1852); Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854); Haiti. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 413; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 269; Jerdon, Birds of Ind. i. p. 229 (1862); Gray, Cat. M a m m . and Birds of Nep. p. 24 (1863) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271. Alcedo eriihaca, G m . Syst. Nat. i. p. 449 (1788). Ceyx erythaca, Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 50 (1849) ; Mason, Burmah, p. 674. Ceyx luzoniensis, Stephens, Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 106 (1825). Ceyx microsoma, Burton, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 89. 3Iartin-pecheur de Vile de Lucon, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 67, pl. 32 (1776). 3Iarlin-pccheur de Pondicherry, Buff. Pl. Enl. 778. fig. 2. Dein-ngyeen of tbe Aracanese (Blyth). Raja-whodan of the Malays (Eyton). C. capite et uropygio lilacinis: rostro corallino: macula ad latera colli ceerulea. : minor; interscapulio et scapularibus nigris, cyaneo lavatis : subtus flava. Hab. in regione Indica. Head and nape rufous, tinged with lilac ; upper part of the back, scapularies, and wing-coverts black, washed with bright blue ; lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts rufous, washed with bright lilac ; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the base ; tail rufous ; a spot in front of the eye, cheeks, sides of the neck, and under surface of the body pale orange ; chin and a patch of feathers on the side of the neck white ; a spot at the base of the bill and a patch of feathers behind the ear blue ; bill and feet coral-red ; eyes brown. Total length 5*3 inches, of bill from front 1*2, from gape 1*6, wing 2*3, tail 1, tarsus 0*2, middle toe 0*4, hind toe 0*2. Hab. India and Ceylon (Jerdon), Nepal (Ilodyson), Penang (Cantor), Singapore (Mus. Phil.), Sumatra (Mus. Lugd.), Java (3Ius. Brit.), Philippines (Cuming). 4. CEYX MELANURA, Kaup. Lilac-spotted Kingfisher. Ceyx melanura, Kaup, Fam. der Eisv. p. 15 (1848); Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 59 (1848) ; id. Gen. of Birds, App. p. 5 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 158 (1850) ; Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 9 (1851); Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 13 (1852); Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 415; Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854); Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 151 (1860); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271 ; id. Monogr. Alced. pt. 2 (1868). Dacelo melanura, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 49 (1&63). C. capite et uropyyio lilacinis: rostro corallino : macula ad latera colli ceerulea : major : capite lilacino obscure maculato : interscapulio et scapularibus rufis : pectore pulchre violaceo lavato. Hab. in insulis Philippinis. |