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whitish : loral spot and the whole of the uuder surface bright orange ; 

 a band along the sides of the neck deep orange ; a patch at the sides 

 of the upper breast black : " bill and feet coral-red ; iris dark " 

 {A. R. Wallace). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 1'4, wing 2'5, 

 tail 1, tarsus 0-3. 

 Hab. Sula Islands. 



a. d ad. sk. Sula Islands. Wallace Coll. 



( Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Sula Islands. Wallace Coll. 



9. Ceyx lepida. 



Cevx lepida, Te7n7n. PI. Col. iv. pi. 595. fig. 1 (1836); Less. Compl. 

 Buf., Ois. p. 649 (1838); Grai/, Cat. Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 59 

 (1849); Bp. Con.ij). i. p. 1-38 (1850); Reichenb. Handb., Alced. 

 p. 10, Taf. 398. fig. 3066 (1851) ; Cass. Cat. Halcyon. Philad. Mus. 

 p. 14 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 

 1854, p. 414 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 190 ; id. Cat. B. New 

 Gvinea, p. 55 (1859); id. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 348 (Amboiua; 

 Eatchian), 1861, p. 433 ; Wall. P. Z. i>. 1862, pp. 335, 338 (pt.) ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 25 ; JRosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxt. 

 p. 251 (1863); id. J. f. 0. 1864, p. 118; Finsck, Neu-Guinea, 

 p. 161 (1865); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 271, 596; id. Monogr. 

 Alced. p. 131, pi. 46 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-L B. i. p. 94, no. 1145 

 (1869); Salvad. Atti R. Accad. ,Sci. Torino, [\. -p. -iTl (1809); 

 Sfiarpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 509 ; Saltad. Ann. Mu.^. Civ. Genov. x. 

 p. 30 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 81 (Amboiua) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, 

 i. p. 417 (1880) ; id. Rep. Zool. H.M.S. ' Challenger; ii. p. 62 

 (1881); Blasius ^- Nehrk. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxii. p. 418 

 (1882 : Ambiiina) ; Blasius, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 704 (Ceram) ; Pleske, 

 Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. xxix. p. 525 (1884: Ternate) ; Guillem. 

 P. Z. S. 1885, p. 567 (Ternate) ; Salvad. Ayg. Orn. Papuasia, i. 

 p. 53 (18fc9). 



Alcyone lepida. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 82 (1847). 



Ceyx uropygialis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 348 (Batcbian ; Ternate) ; 

 Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 161 (1865) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 271, 

 596; id. Monogr. Aked. p. 133, pi. 47 (1869); Salvad. Atti R. 

 Accad. Sci. Torino, iv. p. 474 (1869) ; Gray, Uand-l. B. i. p. 94, 

 no. 1148 (1869) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. \. p. 764 (1875). 



Dacelo lepida, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 48 (1863) ; id. Vog. 

 Nederl. Ind. Alced. pp. 39. 66, pi. 16. figs. 4, 5 (1864); id. Mus. 

 Pays-Bas, Alced. Revue, p. 34 (1874). 



Alcedo lepida, Rosenb. Reis. naar Geelvinhh. p. 6 (1875). 



Adult. Head, nape, checks, and M'ing-coverts black, plentifully 

 spotted with rich ultramarine, each feather having a central stripe 

 of brighter blue ; scapulars black, washed with rich ultramarine; 

 back very bright ultramarine, becoming silvery-blue towards the 

 rump ; quills blackish, the inner web rufous towards the base ; tail 

 blackish, tinged with ultramarine ; tbroat and a longitudinal patch 

 of feathers on the sides of the neck white, the latter tinged with 

 orange ; loral spot orange ; entire under surface orange, paler on 

 the abdomen ; bill and feet coral-red. Total length 5*5 inches, 

 culmen 1"5, wing 2-b, tail 1, tarsus 0"3. 



