320 ON THE BIEDS INHABITING [1875. 



DACELONINiE. 



Cetx, Lacepede. 



41. * Cetx melaa'ura. 



Alcedo melanura, Kaup, Fam. der Eisv. p. 15 (1848) ; Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 39. 

 Hub. Philippine Islands {mus. nostr.) ; Manilla {mus. J. Gould). 



42. Cetx tridacttla. 



Alcedo trydactyla, Pallas, Spic. Zool. fasc. vi. p. 10, pi. 2. f. 1 (17G9) ; Sharpe, Monogr. 

 pi. 23 ; V. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 18, no. 85. 



Le Martin-pecheur de Visle de Lugon, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 67, pi. 32. 

 Alcedo tridactyla, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 90, no. 56 (1786), ex Sonn. 

 Ceyx lifzoniensis, Stephens, Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 106, "Lu^onia" (1826). 

 Alcedo {Ceyx) purjjitrea, Gm., v. Martens, I. c. no. 86. 



Hal). Philippines (Cuming). 



The absolute identity of the Philippine with the continental three-toed Kingfisher has yet 

 to be established. 



43. * Cetx philippixexsis. 



Ceyx Xihilippinensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 404, "vicinity of Manilla; " Sharpe, Monogr. 

 pi. 24. 



Hah. Manilla (/. Gould). 



Both Messrs. Sharpe and Gould regard the type individual, the only example that has 

 reached England, as distinct from Alcyone cyanopectus. In deference to their opinion it is treated 

 here as a separate species, a position I trust future investigation may justify {conf. Salvadori, Atti 

 E. Accad. Sc. Torino, iv. (1869) p. 445). 



Tr. Z. S. VK. Entomobia, Cabanis. 



p. 154. 44, * EXTOMOBIA GULAEIS. 



Ispidamadayascariensis ccemlea, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 496, no. 32, "Madagascar." 



Alcedo smyrnensis, \ar. (3, Linn. S. N. i. p. 181 (1766), ex Briss. 



Le Martin-pecheur bleu et roux, Bufi'ou, Hist. Nat. vii. p. 182, ex Brisson. 



Grand Martin-pecheur de Madagascar, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. 232. 



Alcedo gularis, Kuhl, Buff. & D'Aubent. Fig. Av. Col. Nom. Syst. p. 4 (1820), ex D'Aubent. 



Alcedo rnfirostris, Illiger, Mus. Berol. ; Kittlitz, Kupfert. pt. 2, p. 10, pi. xiv. f. 2, " Luzon " 

 (183.3). 



Halcyon gularis (Kuhl), Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 70 ; Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 101. 



Hab. Luzon [mus. nostr.); Negros {L. C. Layard); Zebu [Meyer). 



Neither in D'Aubenton's plate is the white throat represented, nor in Buffon's description is 

 it alluded to. But Brisson mentions it in his accurate diagnosis, made, as he states, from an 

 example obtained by Poivre in Madagascar. 



