492 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds from 



In spite of what Mr. Worcester has written {cf. Occ. Pap. 

 Minnesota Acad. i. no. 1, p. 47 ; and McGregor & Worcester, 

 p. 53) I cannot help thinking - that he is mistaken in uniting 

 G. mindanensis Steere with C. basilanica Steere. The types 

 of these two species are now in the British Museum. As 

 pointed out by Prof. Steere, the latter species lacks the 

 violet and black spot preceding the white spot on the side of 

 the neck, and has much more chestnut on the secondary 

 quills and wing-coverts. 



These characters appear to be quite constant, and I consider 

 that C. basilanica should be maintained. 



74. Ceyx goodfellowi. 



Ceijx goodfellowi Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 17 (1905). 



a. $. Piso, May. No. 429. (Type of I he species.) 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. malamaui Steere, 

 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 the same brilliant colour; 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/'' 



Total length 5'0 inches ; culmen 1-55 ; wing 25 ; tail 0*85 ; 

 tarsus 04. 



Messrs. Bourns and Worcester [cf. Occ. Pap. Minnesota 

 Acad. i. no. 1, p. 47 (1894)] have united C. malamaui Steere 

 with C. bournsi Steere, stating that they have a practically 

 unbroken series of specimens between these two very different 

 types. I think that their conclusions may probably require 

 modification, for it would appear that the young of C. mala- 

 maui has the middle of the lower back and rump much 

 lighter than in the adult. Bourns and Worcester write that 

 " in one case where the parent and offspring were killed at 

 one discharge of the gun they exhibited marked differences 

 in colour - " — a statement which seems to bear out the theory 

 that the differences in plumage are due to age. A young 

 example of C. bournsi has likewise the middle of the lower 



