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14. Ceyx steerii. 



Cevx pMippinensis, Sfeerc, List Birch ^- Mamm. Sfeere Kvped. 

 Philiju^. p. 10 (1890, pt.)- 

 Adult female. Similar to C. c)/anipectus, but distingiii.shed by the 

 dull reddish colour of the under surface. Total length i>o inches, 

 culmen 1 45, wing 'J-'So, tail 0'85, tarsus 0-4. 

 Hab. Island of Mindoro in the Philippines. 



a. $ ad. sk. Miudoro, June •22. F. S. Bourns, Esq. [C.]. 



15. Ceyx argentata. 



Cevx argentata, Tweedd. Ann. &f Mag. N. H. (4) xx. p. 533 (1877) 

 (Dinagat) ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 822 (Placer) ; id. F. Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 108, jjI. vi. (Dinagat), p. 943 (Zamboaugaj ; Steere, List Birds 

 L^ Mamm. iStwre Exped. Philipp. p. 10 (1890). 



Adult male. General colour above black, -with spots of silvery 

 white along the sides of the crown, and a few spots of greenish 

 blue or silvery white on the hind neck ; entire back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts silvery white, with here and there a subtcrminal 

 shade of greenish blue ; scapulars and wing-coverts black ; the 

 median wing- coverts with tiny terminal specks of greenish blue, the 

 greater series with larger spots of silvery white ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills black ; tail black, with some of the 

 lower upper tail-coverts greenish blue ; lores pale rufesccut ; ear- 

 coverts and checks black ; on the sides of the neck a band of 

 ochreous white ; throat white with a slight ochreous tinge ; sides of 

 breast black ; breast and sides of body black, washed with deep 

 blue ; abdomen white ; tbighs and under tail-coverts black ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries white, as also the edge of the wing ; the 

 coverts bordering the entire bend of the wing black; quills black 

 below : " bill black ; feet pale reddish ; iris brown " (A. Everett). 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 2-155, tail O'S, tarsus 0"35. 



Bab. Mindanao and Dinagat. 



a. 2 f-d- sk. Dinagat, June (A. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



(Tvpe of species.) 



b. d ad. sk. Placer, July {A. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



10. Ceyx flummicola. 



Cfvx argi utata (wef Tivecdd. 1877), Tireedd.P. Z. S. 1878, p. 341 (S. 



Leyte). 

 Ceyx' fiumenicola, Steere, List Birds <^- Mammals Steere Ejcped. 



I'hilippines, p. 10 (1890), 



Adult male. Similar to C. argentata, but differing in having the 

 breast and sides of the body black washed with ultramarine or 

 purplish blue : " bill black ; legs and feet scarlet, the nails brown ; 

 iris brown " (Z). G. Worcfsiu-). Total length 5 inches, culmen 1-45, 

 wing 2-4, tail 0-9, tarsus 0-4. 



