9. MTIOCEYX. 195 



id. Fat/n. Madacj. p. 30 (1861) ; Roch ^ Neut. Ibis, 1862, p. 271 ; 

 Sharpe, Monnr/r. Alced. p. 137, pi. 49 (1869) ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 398 ; id. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 868 ; Hartl. Voff. Madag. p. 80 

 (1877) ; Milne-EdtvardsSr Grand. Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. p. 2 

 pis. Ixxix., Ixxix. A, xcxi., cxvii. A. (1878). 

 Dacelo madag-ascariensi.'', Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421 ; Grandid. Rev. 

 et 3Iaff. dp Zool. 1867, -p. 35i; Schl. c$- Poll. Fau7i. Madag., Ois. 

 p. 59 (1868). 



Adult. Upper surface of the body rufous, with here and there a 

 slight lilac lustre ; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web light 

 rufous from the base, the outer web edged with rufous, more espe- 

 cially on the secondaries, which are almost entirely of the latter 

 colour ; throat, a longitudinal patch of feathers along the sides of the 

 neck extending backwards, the middle of the abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts white ; cheeks and sides of the body rufous ; under 

 wing-coverts pale rufous : bill and feet coral-red. Total length 5 

 inches, of bill from front 1, from gape 1'4, wing 2*3, tail 1, tarsus 

 0-25, middle toe 0-45, hind toe 0-2. 



Ilab. Madagascar. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Madagascar. A. Crossley [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. N. Madagascar {Crossley). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Saralalau {Crossley). Shelley CoU. 



e. Ad. sk. Madagascar (/. Plant). Tweeddale Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Seebohm Coll. 



9. MYIOCEYX. 



Myioceyx, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. Intr. pp. xi, xiii 



(1871) M. ruficeps. 



liaiifje. West Africa from the Gold Coast to Gaboon. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Head red, with black on the forehead ruficeps, p. 195. 



b. Head black, banded with blue lecontii, p. 196. 



1. Myioceyx ruficeps. 



Ispidina ruticeps, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 262 (1857); Sharpe, 



Monogr. Alced. p. 147, pi. 53 (1869). 

 Alcedo iecontei (nee Cass.), Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, p. 16 (1863). 

 Alcedo ruticeps. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 96, no. 1173 (1869). 

 Myioceyx ruficeps, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. Intr. p. xiii (1871). 



Adult. Above brilliant ultramarine ; wing-coverts black, washed 

 with ultramarine at the ends ; quills and tail black ; crown of head 

 and sides of face chestnut-orange, spotted with lilac, and washed 

 with the latter colour ou the sides of the face and hinder crown ; 

 a Idack spot on the base of the forehead ; throat whitish ; remainder 

 of under surface of body orange-rufous, paler in the centre of the 

 abdomen; under wing-coverts orange; quills dusky below, rufous 



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