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//". Hack hi'i^lit cobalt ; liead spotted \\ ill 

 cobalt; a larpre pjitcli of blue on the 

 sides of the breast, forming a halt- 

 collar. 

 t". Under surface of body deep orange- 

 chestnut c'jaiiipecf.us, p. 18o. 



k'". Under surface of body dull chestnut, steerii, p. 187. 

 . Bill entirely black. 



i". Back silvery white ; head and wing- 

 coverts spotted with silvery white ; 

 abdomen white. 

 /'". Breast and sides of body black, 



washed with indigo or greenish blue, orf/enfafa, y\. 187. 

 in" . Breast and sides of body black, 



washed with deep purplish blue . . Jlaininicola, p. 187. 

 h". Brick washed with bright blue, as also 

 the wing-coverts, 

 w'". Abdomen white like the breast. . . . (jcntiana, p. 188. 

 o'". Abdomen orange-yellow like the 



breast solitaria, p. 188. 



1. Ceyx tridactyla. 



Alcedo tridactyla, Pallas, Spir. Zool. vii. p. 10, tab. 2. fig. 1 (1769) ; 

 Limi. Maiit. Plant, p. 524 (1771) ; Hcop. Del. Faun, et Flur. Insitbr. 

 ii. p. 90 (1786) ; Gm. Syst. Nut. i. p. 4.j9 (1788). 



Martin-pecheur de I'isle de Lufon, Soiin. Voy. Nouv. Giiin. p. 67, 

 pi. 32 (1776). 



Martin-pecheur de Pondicherry, Dauhent. PI. Enl. vii. pi. 778. fig. 2. 



Le Martin-pecheur a trois doigts. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 203 

 (1780). 



Alcedo rubra, Bocld. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 49 (1783). 



Alcedo purpurea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 449 (1788). 



Alcedo erythaca, Gni. Syst. Nat. i. p. 449 (1788). 



Ceyx luzoniensis, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 100 (1825). 



Ceyx tridactyla, Sylces, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 84; Stric/d. P. Z. S. 1846, 

 p. 99 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 80 (1847) ; id. Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mm. 

 p. 59 (1848); Jerd. III. Ind. Oryi. pi. 25 (1847); Bp. Consp. i. 

 pp. 157, 158 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Halcyon. Philad. Mus. p. 13 (1852); 

 Bp. Consp. Volucr. Ants. p. 9 (1854) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, 

 p. 413; 3Ioore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 269; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 229 

 (1862) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodys. p. 24 (1863) ; 

 Shnrpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271; id. Monoyr. Alccd. p. 119, pi. 40 

 (1868) ; Gray, Ha?id-l. B. i. p. 94, no. 1142 (1869) ; Salvad. Atti 

 R. Accad. Sci. Torino, iv. p. 455 (1869) ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. Beny. 

 xxxix. p. 295 (1870: Prov. Wellesley) ; Holdsiv. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 424 (Oeylon) ; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 173 (1874: Andamans) ; 

 Butler, t.c. p. 455 (Khandala) ; Walden, lids, 1874, p. 137 (An- 

 damans) ; Hume, Str. F. iii.p. 51 (1875: Pegu) ; Blyth, B. Burm. 

 p. 71 (1875) ; Hume, Str, F. iv. p. 287 (1876 : Koudul Isl.) ; id. 

 Str. F. V. p. 19 (1877 : Oachar) ; id. £f Davison, Str. F. vi. pp. 80, 

 499 (1878 : Tenasserim) ; Leyge, B. Ceylon, p. 303 (1879j ; Hwne, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 86 (1879) ; Biwjham, t. c. p. 193 (Kaukaryit) ; id. 

 Str. F. ix. p. 155 (1880 : Thoiingyeen Valley) ; Butler, Cat. B. S. 

 Bomb. Pres. p. 19 (1880) ; Oates, Handb. B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 80 



