180 ALCEBTNID^. 



Intermediate specimens between C. euerythra and C. tridactyla. 



Ceyx nifidorsa, StricJcl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99 ; Salvad. Atti R. Accad. 

 Sci. Torino, iv. p. 459 (1809). 



a S ad. sk. ISrnlacca (A. R. JFallace). Tweeddsile Coll. 



t>, c. Ad. sk. ^Malacca {Dr. Muingmj). Tweeddale Coll. 



rf. Iium. sk. Malacca. "\V. Hiirvey,Esq.[P.]. 



e. Ad. .sk. Malacca, July (W. Darison). Hume Coil. 



/. cJ imui. sk. Johore, July 24 (IF. Davi- lluine Cull. 

 soil). 



4. Ceyx innominata. 



Cevx rufidor.«a, pt., Cass.'Cat. Hale. Fhilml Mm. p. 13 (18.52); 



Horrf. Sf- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 132 f]8.54). 

 Ceyx innominata, Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Sci. Torino, iv. p. 4fio 



(1869) ; Vordertn. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl hid. xliv. p. 2.59 (1885: 



Java), xlvi. p. 68 (1887 :' W. Java) ; Salrad. Ann. Mus. Civic. 



Genov. (2) iv. p. .537 (1887). 

 Dacelo rufidorsa (?iec Strickl.), Sc/il. Mus. Pai/s-Bas, Revue Alced. 



p. 33(1874). 

 Ceyx rubra, Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. hid. xliii. p. 179 



(1884). 



Adult. Entirely lilac-rufous above, with a wash of brighter lilac 

 on the crown ; the back and rump streaked with lilac-blue ; wing- 

 coverts rufous like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 

 quills blackish, with an edging of rufous to the first primary and 

 inner secondaries; tail rufous; lores, sides of face, and cheeks 

 orange-rufous : on the sides of the neck a band of yellowish white ; 

 throat white, slightly tinged with yellow ; the rest of the under 

 surface briglit orange-yellow, somewhat paler on the abdomen ; 

 under wing-coverts orange-rufous ; quills dusky below, pale chestnut 

 along the inner web. Total length 4-8 inches, culmen 1*45, wing 

 2-2, tail 0-9, tarsus 0-35. 



Hab. Java, Lombock, and Flores. 



n-e. Ad. sk. Java (Horsfield). India Museum. 



/. Ad. sk. Eist Java. Wallace Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. West Java (A. R. Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Lombock {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



». Ad. sk. Lombock {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Floras {A. R. Wallace : Tweeddale Coll. 



Sharpe Coll.). 



I. Ad. sk. Floras {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



5. Ceyx melanura. 



Cevx melanura, Kaup, Fam. Eisv. p. 1.5 (1848); Gray, Cat. Fissir. 

 Brit. Mus. p. .59 (1848) ; id. Gen. B. iii. App. p. 6 (1849); Bp. 

 Cbw.s/j. i. p. 1.58 (18.50); Reichenb.Handh., Alced. p. 9 (18.51); 

 Cass. Cat. Halcyon. Philad.Mus.f. 13(18.52: Amboina) ; Cab. (§• 

 Heine, Mus. Hein.Th. ii. p. 151 (I860); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, 

 p. 271 ; id. Monoqr. Aired, p. 117, pi. .39 (1868) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. 



