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280. CEYX GOODFELLOWI Grant. 

 GOODFELLOW'B KINGFISHER. 



Ceyx goodfellowi GRANT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. (1905), 16, 17; Ibis (1906), 

 6, 492. 



Mindanao (Goodfellow). 



"Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. malamaui Steere [=bournsi], 

 but the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts are of a brilliant ultramarine- 

 blue, tinged with cobalt on the middle of the lower back and rump; the 

 feathers of the crown and nape are also tipped with much of the same 

 brilliant color; the wing-coverts and scapulars like those of C. malamaui, 

 are of a deep purplish blue. 'Iris dark brown ; bill, feet, and nails bright 

 vermilion.' ( Goodfellow. ) Length, 127 ; wing, 63 ; tail, 22 ; culmen, 39 ; 

 tarsus, 10." (Grant.) 



This species, described from a single specimen, is doubtfully distinct 

 from Ceyx bournsi. 



Genus HALCYON Swainson, 1821. 



Bill large; culmen from base less than tail, rounded not flattened; 

 birds of medium size and various bright colors. The species here in- 

 cluded in Halcyon are by some authors assigned to at least three genera 

 but, other than their style of coloration, the genera Sauropatis and 

 Callialcyon seem to have no tangible characters. Halcyon hombroni, 

 lindsayi, and moseleyi stand apart from the other Philippine species of 

 the genus because of their short stout bill, longer tail, and peculiar spotted 

 plumage. The genus Actenoides might be used for these three species. 



Species. 



a 1 . Scapulars and wing-coverts unspotted. 



6 X . Bill entirely red. 

 >.> c 1 . Crown uniform in color with wings and tail; above dark rufous-brown 



washed with lilac..... coromandus (p. 319) 



c*. Crown not uniform in color with wings and tail. 



d 1 . Crown chestnut-rufous; lower back bright greenish blue. 



gularis (p. 320) 



d 2 . Crown black; lower back ultramarine-blue pileatus (p. 321) 



b". Bill mostly black. 



c 1 . Collar and spot in front of eye rufous-brown winchelli (p. 322) 



c 2 . Collar and spot in front of eye white chloris (p. 323) 



a". Scapulars and wing-coverts more or less spotted. 



6 1 . Crown and back blue hombroni (p. 324) 



ft 2 . Crown and back green. 



c 1 . Breast-feathers edged with green lindsayi (p. 325) 



c 2 . Breast-feathers edged with black , moseleyi (p. 326) 



