592 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CEYX. [NoV. 26, 



came. There is, however, another bird of which I have seen spe- 

 cimens from Batchian and Gilolo, which I cannot reconcile at all 

 with any of the other species. It is larger than C. uropygialis 

 and about the size of C, lepida, and many people would be inclined 

 to consider it the young of the latter bird ; but the blue spots on 

 the head are very small and obscure, and the blue on the back not 

 nearly so much developed as in C. lepida, while it presents the bright 

 rump of C. uropygialis. I at present consider it to be a variety of 

 the latter bird ; but I think that when we know more of the differ- 

 ent species, it may prove to be distinct. 



I add a list of the species at present known to me, with a full 

 synonymy, the descriptions being taken from my ' Monograph ' 

 when the species have already been noticed there. 



1. Ceyx rufidorSa, Strickl. Strickland's Kingfisher. 



Alcedo purpurea, var., Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 97 (1811). 



Ceyx tridactyla, Jard. and Selby, 111. of Orn. i. pi. 55. fig. 2; 

 Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. part 2. plate only (1868). 



Ceyx rufidorsa, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99 ; Gray, Gen. of Birds 

 App. p. 5 (1848); Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 50 

 (1849); Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 8, t. cccxcviii. fig. 3070 (1851) ; 

 Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 13 (1852); Bonap. Consp. Vol. 

 Anis. p. 9 (1854); Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 413; Horsf. & 

 Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E. I. Co. p. 132 (1854) ; Moore, P. Z. S, 

 1854, p. 270; Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 152 (1860); 

 Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 484 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271. 



Bacelo rufidorsa, Schl, Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 48 (1863); id. 

 Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 40, 67, pi. 16 (1864). 



Chuchack-wranff of the Javans {Horsfield). 



Binti-abanff of the Malays of Sumatra (Raffles). 



Bintei of the Bornese {Motley). 



C. capita et uropygio lilacinis : rostro corallino : macula ad 

 latera colli carulea nulla: scapularibus lilacino-rufis : subtus 

 flava. 



Hab. in regione Indo-Malayana. 



Above lilac-rufous, tinged on the sides and hack of the head and 

 on the back with shining violet ; wing-feathers blackish, the inner 

 web rufous from the base, more conspicuous on the secondaries, 

 which are almost entirely rufous ; throat and a patch of feathers on 

 each side of the neck white, tinged with light orange ; a loral spot 

 (very faintly developed), cheeks, and under surface of the body 

 bright orange ; bill and feet coral-red. Total length 47 inches, of 

 bill from front 1-2, from gape 1-09, wing 2-2, tail 0-8, tarsus 0-25, 

 middle toe 04, hind toe 02. 



Hab. Malacca {Cantor), Sumatra {Mus. Lugd.), Bangka {Mus. 

 Ltigd.),Jiiva.{3Ius. Lugd.), Bavian Island {Hartlaub), Lombock ( Wal- 

 lace), Sumbawa(3fM«. iw^c?.), Flores (Wallace), Borneo (Alotley). 



The above description and measurements are taken from a nicely 

 preserved skin obtained in Flores by Mr. Wallace, and now in my 

 own collection, I have another specimen in my collection, which 



