1869.] SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. oll 
Granting, then, that my synonymy of the above species is correct, 
we have the following additions to make :— 
’ 1. Cryx ruriporsa, Strickl.; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 592. 
Ceyx innominata, Salv. Atti R. Accad. Tor. 1869, p- 459. 
2. Ceyx sHarpi, Saly. Atti R. Accad. Tor. 1869, p. 463. 
Ceyx tridactyla, Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 8, t. eccciii®. fig. 3388 
(nee fig. 3389). 
Count Salvadori has most kindly sent over the types of this new 
species for my inspection; and, as far as I can see, it is sufficiently 
distinct. The only species with which it can be confounded is Ceyz 
diliwynni ; and I confess there is some chance of its ultimately pro- 
ving to be identical with this latter bird. It is evident, from the case 
of C. tridactyla, that these little Ceyces are a long time gaining 
their adult plumage; and at present Ceyx sharpii only differs from 
C. dillwynni in the scapularies and wing-coverts. In neither of the 
type specimens of C. sharpii are the wing-coverts entirely black 
washed with blue; in both a rufous feather is to be seen here and 
there. In C. dillwynni the wing-coverts are rufous for the most 
part, but here and there a black feather appears. The scapularies 
also have a mixture of rufous on some of the feathers; and in C. 
sharpii there is an admixture of black below the rufous. If, how- 
ever, we merge the two species, we must admit that the rufous sca- 
pularies are the adult stage—a process exactly opposite to that 
exhibited by the analogous species C. tridactyla. It is evident that 
many more specimens are necessary to solve the riddle satisfactorily ; 
and until we get them we must be satisfied with the evidence before 
us, which certainly makes C. sharpii a distinct species. 
3. Cryx pittwynnt, Sharpe, P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 593; Salv. Atti 
R. Accad. Torin. 1869, p. 461. 
4. Cuyx meLanura, Kaup; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 594; 
Salv. Atti R. Accad. Torin. 1869, p. 453. 
5. Ceyx TRIDACTYLA (Pall.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 593. 
Ceyxz rufidorsa, Strickl. apud Salv. Atti R. Accad. Torin. 1869, 
p. 409. 
7. Remarks on some of the Fishes in the Caleutta Museum. 
By Surgeon Francis Day, F.Z.S. & F.L.S., Madras 
Army.—Part I. 
Having obtained leave, through Col. Strachey, F.R.S., to remain 
a limited period in Calcutta for the purpose of examining the fishes 
in the Government Museum, and having at the same time had access 
