182 ALCEDINID.T5. 



AduJt male. Similar to C. melanura, and with the samelihic spots 

 on the liead ; the wiiif!;-co verts, however, are rufous like the back, 

 with mesial spots of lilao ; tail cinnamon-nifous : " bill and feet 

 bright pale red ; iris dark brown " (D. C. Woin-ster). Total length 

 4'7 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 2'4, tail 0-7, tarsus U-yS. 



Hab. Basilan. 



a, f>. J Q ad. sk. Basilan, Nov. P. C. Worcester and 



F. C. Bourns [C.]. 



7. Ceyx cajeli. 



Ceyx Ciijeli, Wallace, P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 2o, pi. v. ; Finsch, Neii-Gumca, 

 p. 161 (1865); Slun-pe, P.Z.S. 1868, ]ip. 271, .590; id. M<wo,/r. 

 Alced. p. 127, pi. 44 (1868) ; Salvarl. Afti H. Accad. Sci. Torino, 

 iv. p. 468 ( 1869) ; Sharpe, F. Z. 8. 1869, p. 509 ; Gray, Hani-l. B. 

 i. p. 94, no. 1147 (1869); Salvad. Ann. Mm. Genov. viii. p. 375 

 (1876), X. p. 301 (1877) ; id. Or>i. Fapimsia, i. p. 416 (1880). 



Djicelo cajeli, Schl. I'nr/. Kederl. Ind. Alced. pp. 39. 67, pi. 16. fig. 3 

 (1864) ; id. Ned. Tijdschr. iii. p. 339 (1866) ; id. Mus. Faijs-Bas, 

 Alced. Meviie, p. 34 (1874). 



Adult male (type of species). Crown of the head and wing- 

 coverts black, with very minute spots of clear blue, each feather 

 having a me>ial streak of brighter colour; back silvery blue; 

 scapulars: and tail black ; quills black, the inner web light reddish 

 towards the base : lores light orange ; a patch of feathers on each 

 side of the neck white, tinged with orange ; throat white ; under 

 surface of body light orange, deeper on the flanks ; a considerable 

 patch of feathers on the sides of the upper breast black : bill and 

 feet pale coral-red ; iris dark. Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 1-2, 

 wing 2-5, tail 1, tarsus 0-3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 5"8 

 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 2-3.5, tail 1, tarsus 0"4. 



Hab. The island of Bourou in the Moluccas. 



a. J ad. sk. Bourou. Wallace Coll. 



(Typo of species.) 

 h. 2 ad. sk. Bourou. Wallace Coll. 



c,d. Ad.sk, 'Boviiow (A. R. Walhue). Tweeddale Coll. 



8. Ceyx wallacii, 



Ceyx lepida (jiec Temm.}, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 338. 



Ceyx wallacii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 270 ; id. Monoyr. Alced. 



p. 129, pb 45 (1868). 

 Dacelo wallacii, Schleqel, Mus. Fays-Fas, Alced. Fevue, p. 34 



(1874). 



Adult (type of species). Above black ; head and nape spotted with 

 cobalt, more on the latter, each feather having a mesial stripe of 

 brighter blue ; cheeks and wing-coverts streaked with bright cobalt ; 

 back very rich shining cobalt ; the upper tail-coverts slightly tinged 

 ■with \iltramarine ; scapulars black ; quills and tail-feathers blackish, 

 the inner web of the former light rufous towards the base ; throat 



