186 ALCEDINIDJE. 



Alcyone cyanopectus, Jard. Conir. Orn. ISoO, ]>. 82 ; B]>. Omsp. 5. 



y. loS (\K,0); li,-irhf;ih. Handb., Alced. \>. 71, Taf. ■'iUC). «-. 30(50 



(IKol); Bp. Consp. Vohicr. Anis. \). 10 (LS."i4) ; //«;•//. J. f. O. 



1854, |). Ixiv ; S/uirpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 3o3; j'li. Monoc/r. Alced. 



p. 5o, ])1. 17 (18G9) ; H«We«, T/Yms. Z. ^S. ix. pp. 153,249 (1875) ; 

 Wardlaw-Rami^aii , App. Tircedd. Mem. p. (io5 (18S1). 

 Alcyone cincta, Jurd. Co/it r. Orn. 1850, p. 82, pi. only. 

 Aloedo CYani])ectus, Sc/il. Miis. Pai/s-Bas, Alced. p. 18 (1863) ; Grat/, 



Haml'-l. B. i. p. 95, no. 1161 (1869). 

 Cevx pl3ilippinen.sis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 404 ; Sharpe, Monor/r. 



Alced. p. 113, pi. 37 (1869); Walden, Trans. Z. S. ix. pp. 153, 



249 (1875) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Tweedd. Mem. App. p. 654 (1881). 



Adult female. General colour aboye bright cobalt-blue from the 

 mantle to the upper tail-coverts : the scapulars black washed with 

 indigo ; wing-coyerts black washed with blue, through which runs 

 a shaft-line of bright cobalt ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 

 quills black, externally washed with indigo-blue ; centre tail- 

 feathers blue, the remainder black ; crown of head, nape, and hind 

 neck blue-black, spangled with tiny spots of bright cobalt, larger 

 ou the hind neck ; a loral spot of orange-chestnut ; ear-coverts and 

 cheeks blue-black, spotted with cobalt like the crown ; on the sides 

 of the neck a band of pale orange-rufous, whitish anteriorly ; chin 

 and upper throat white, tinged with rufous ; low er throat, fore 

 neck, breast, and abdomen rich orange-chestnut, as well as the sides 

 of the body and the under wing- and tail-coverts ; the long under 

 tail-coverts deep blue ; on the sides of the breast a large patch of 

 deep ultramarine-blue, forming a broad half-collar. Total length 

 5-5 inches, culmen 1-45, wing 2*35, tail O'So, tarsus 0"4. 



Adult male. Similar to the female, but differing in the colour of 

 the under surface, which is crossed by a broad pectoral band of deep 

 indigo-blue ; the sides of the body also blue, but brighter and more 

 ultramarine, forming a second incomplete band across the lower 

 l)ortion of the breast. Total length 5'5 inches, culmen 1-6, wing 

 2-2"). 



It is not easy to understand exactly what Prof. Steere means by 

 his remark on this species. It has hitherto been supposed to be 

 confined to the island of Luzon, but the above-named traveller 

 records it from Mindoro and Marinduque. The specimen from 

 Marinduque is said to have the upper mandible reddish brown, 

 while in the Mindoro specimen it is black. I consider the latter to 

 belong to a distinct species [vide infra). 



Hub. Luzon and Marinduqiie. 



rt. c? ad. t'k. Philippines. Eyton Coll. (Type 



of species.) 

 h. 2 ad. sk. Philippines. Eyton Coll. 



c. cS ad. sk. Philippines. Purchased. 



</. $ ad. sk. Manila. Gould Coll. (Tv])e 



of Cei/.r 2diil/jip'?ie?i.'<i.'i.) 

 e, f. J ad. ; ^, h. Manila (MuitUnid Ileriof). Tweeddale Coll. 

 " $ ad. sk. 



