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Show 596 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CEYX. [Nov. 26, the former light rufous from the base ; throat whitish ; a spot on each side of the base of the bill and the whole of the under surface bright orange; the characteristic spot on the sides of the neck deep rufous brown ; a line at the base of the loral spot, also the space between this spot and the eye, and a large patch of feathers on the side of the upper part of the breast deep black ; bill and feet coral-red ; iris dark. Total length 5*5 inches, of bill from front 1*4, from gape 1*7, wing 2*5, tail 1, tarsus 0*2, middle toe 0*5, hind toe 0*2. Hab. Sula Islands (Wallace). 7. CEYX LEPIDA, Temm. Beautiful Kingfisher. Ceyx lepida, Temm. Pl. Col. 595 ; Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 59 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 158 (1850); Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 10, t. cccxcviii. fig. 3066 (1851); Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 14 (1852); Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 348 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 433 ; Sharpe, P. Z.S. 1868, p. 271 ; id. Monogr. Alced. pt. 2 (1868). Alcyone lepida, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, i. p. 82 (c. 1844). Dacelo lepida, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 48 (1863); id. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 39, 66, pl. 16 (1864). C. capite nigro, cceruleo maculato : rostro corallino, longiore, robustiore : genis et regione parotica cceruleo maculatis: dorso ultramarino, uropygio cyanescente : major : maculis loralibus majoribus: capitis summi maculis et interscapulio ccerulescen-tioribus. Hab. in insulis dictis "Ceram," "Amboina," et in Nova Guinea australi et australi-occidentali. Head, nape, cheeks, and wing-coverts black, plentifully spotted with rich ultramarine, each feather having a central stripe of brighter blue ; scapularies black, washed with rich ultramarine ; back very bright ultramarine, becoming silvery blue towards the rump; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the base; tail blackish, tinged with ultramarine ; throat and a longitudinal patch of feathers on the side of the neck white, the latter tinged with orange ; a large spot in front of the eye, and the entire under surface orange, paler on the abdomen ; bill and feet rich coral-red. Total length 5*5 inches, of bill from front 1*5, from gape 1*7, wing 25, tail 1, tarsus 0*3, middle toe 0*5, hind toe 0*2. Hab. Amboina (Wallace), Ceram (Wallace); south and southwest coast of New Guinea (Wallace, Von Rosenberg). 8. CEYX UROPYGIALIS, Gray. Silvery-backed Kingfisher. Ceyx uropygialis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 348; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271. C capite nigro, cceruleo maculato: dorso postico ultramarino : uropygio leete argenteo : scapularibus cceruleo lavatis : minor : subtus intense aurantia. Hab. in insulis dictis "Batchian," "Gilolo," "Ternate," maris Celebensis. |
