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Show 1868.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CEYX. 597 Crown of the head black, minutely spotted with ultramarine, each feather having a very faint stripe of cobalt down the centre ; scapularies black, faintly washed with ultramarine ; back ultramarine on the upper part and on the tail-coverts; rump silvery blue, with a tinge of greenish in some lights; wing-coverts black, tipped with ultramarine; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the base ; tail black ; throat and a longitudinal patch of feathers on the sides of the neck white; a spot in front of the eye pale orange ; under surface with the under wing- and tail-coverts very rich orange ; bill and feet coral-red. Total length 5'5 inches, of bill from front 1*3, from gape 1*7, wing 2*4, tail 0*9, tarsus 0*25, middle toe 0*45, hind toe 0*2. Hab. Batchian, Gilolo, Ternate (Wallace). 9. CEYX PHILIPPINENSIS, Gould. Philippine Kingfisher. Ceyx philippinensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 404. C. rostro nigro, longiore: capite cyaneo fasciato: gula rufescente : pectore et abdomine intense rufis : pectoris lateribus intense lazulino lavatis. Hab. in insulis Philippinis. Head and nape bright indigo, thickly banded with irregular markings of bright cobalt; back very bright shining cobalt, inclining to ultramarine on the rump; scapularies black, washed with bright indigo, and spotted with cobalt ; wing-feathers blackish, the secondaries narrowly edged with indigo ; throat whitish, tinged with rufous; a patch of feathers on the side of the neck pure white, tinged with rufous on the outer edge ; a spot in front of the eye and the entire under surface, as well as the under wing-coverts, deep rufous, the lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts slightly tinged with indigo ; shoulders, and a spot on each side of the upper part of the breast, shining laguli-blue; upper mandible brownish black, lower mandible pale orange; feet orange. Total length 5*5 inches, of bill from front 1*3, from gape 1*7, wing 23, tail 1*1, tarsus 0*3, middle toe 0*5, hind toe 0*2. Hab. Luzon ; Manilla (Mus. J. Gould). 10. CEYX SOLITARIA, Temm. Solitary Kingfisher. Ceyx solitaria, Temm. Pl. Col. 595 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 172 ; id. P.Z. S. 1859, p. 155; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 433; Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 118; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271 ; id. Monogr. Alced. pt. 2 (1868). Alcyone solitaria, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, p. 82 (c. 1844) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 158 (1859) ; Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 7, t. cccxcviii. fig. 3067 (1851); Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9(1854). Alcedo solitaria, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 17 (1863); id. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 12, 48, pl. 3 (1864). Therosa solitaria, Muller, M S . PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1868, No. XXXIX. |