1869. | MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CEYX. 509 
in C. tridactyla. Lower parts orange-yellow; chin white. This 
bird was supposed by Pallas, in his ‘Spicilegia Zoologica’ (part 6, 
p. 13), to be the female of C. tridactyla. It is figured by Messrs. 
Jardine and Selby, in the ‘Illustrations of Zoology’ (ser. 1, pl. 55; 
fig. 2), as C. tridactyla.” 
In the type, as in all other specimens of C. rufidorsa which I have 
examined, I have never seen any auricular blue spot ; and I consider 
that, considering this character is clearly designated in Strickland’s 
deseription, and the scapularies are not distinctly stated to be rufous 
(in which case the reader would infer that they did not differ from 
C. tridactyla), it was not wonderful if we supposed Lord Walden’s 
specimen (from Malacca, whence Strickland’s type came) must be 
the true C. rufidorsa. The only point which prevents it agreeing 
with Strickland’s diagnosis is that, the centre of the back of the Ma- 
Jaccan specimen has. trace of black, and on one feather a blue lustre 
is apparent. The greater portion of the back, however, is rufous. 
Believig that I had been misled in my former paper, I asked and 
obtained Lord Walden’s permission to send over the Malaccan spe- 
cimen, along with the type of my C.dillwynni and all my other 
Ceyces, to Count Salvadori, in order that he might be able to exa- 
mine the whole quostion for himself and correct the mistake. My 
friend agreed with me in my conclusions ; and shortly after appeared 
his paper in the ‘Atti’ of the Turin Natural-History Society, on 
which I-desire to make a few remarks. 
The species admitted by Count Salvadori and by myself are as 
follows :— 
Salvadori. | Sharpe. 
1. Ceyx melanura, Kaup. 1. Ceyx melanura, Kaup. 
2: tridactyla (Pall.). 2. tridactyla (Pall.). 
3. —— rufidorsa, Strickl. 3. —— rufidorsa, Strick). 
4. —— dillwynni, Sharpe. | 4. —— dilwynni, Sharpe. 
5. —— sharpit, Salv. | 5. —— eajeli, Wall. 
6. ——— innominata, Salv. 6. —— wallacii, Sharpe. 
7. —— cqjeli, Wall. vi lepida, Temm. 
8. —— wallacii, Sharpe. 8. europygialis, Gray. 
9. ——— lepida, Temm. 9. —— philippinensis, Gould. 
10. —— solitaria, Temm. | 10. solitaria, Temm. 
It will thus be seen that Count Salvadori admits the same number 
of species as myself, but arrives at this conclusion in a different 
manner. C. melanura, C. tridactyla, C. dillwynni, C. cajeli, C. 
wallacii, C. lepida, and C. solitaria are admitted by both of us to 
be clearly characterized species. His C. rufidorsa is Lord Walden’s 
Malacea bird; and C. sharpii is a new species from Borneo, which 
he did me the honour to name after me. Ceyx innominata of Sal- 
vadori= C. rufidorsa, auct., and of my paper. He also unites C. 
uropygialis to C. lepida, a point on which I am inclined to agree 
with him; and, lastly, he refers C. philippinensis to the genus 
Aleyone. On this subject I have already expressed myself in my 
