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



Jerdon, 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 25 (1847); Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 59 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. pp. 157, 158 (1850); 

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

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

 P. Z. S. 1854, p. 269; Jerdon, Birds of Ind. i. p. 229 (1862); 

 Grav, Cat. Mamm. and Birds of Nep. p. 24 (1863) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 271. 



Alcedo erithaca, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 449 (1788). 



Ceyx erythaca, Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 50 

 (1849) ; Mason, Burmah, p. 674. 



Ceyx Imoniensis, Stephens, Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 106 (1825). 



Ceyx microsoma. Burton, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 89. 



Martin-pecheur de Vile de Lucon, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 67, 

 pi. 32(1776). 



Mai-tin-pecheur de Pondicherry, BufF. PL Enl. 778. fig. 2. 



Dein-vgyeen of the Aracanese {Blyth). 



Raja-whodan of the Malays (Eyton). 



C. capite et uropyyio lUacinis : rostro corallino : macula ad 

 latera colli cccrulea : minor: interscapidio et scapidarihus 

 nigris, cyaneo lavatis : suhtus fiava. 



Hab. in regione Indica. 



Head and nape rufous, tinged with lilac ; upper part of the back, 

 scapularies, and wing-coverts black, washed with bright blue ; lower 

 part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts rufous, washed with 

 bright hlac ; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the 

 base ; tail rufous ; a spot in front of the eye, cheeks, sides of the 

 neck, and under surface of the body pale orange ; chin and a patch 

 of feathers on the side of the neck white ; a spot at the base of the 

 bill and a patch of feathers behind the car blue ; bill and feet coral- 

 red ; eyes brown. Total length 5-3 inches, of bill from front 1-2, from 

 gape 1-6, wing 2-3, tail 1, tarsus 0-2, middle toe 0*4, hind toe 0-2. 



Hah. India and Ceylon (Jerdon), Nepal {Hodgson), Penang 

 {Cantor), Singapore {Mus. Phil.), Sumatra (Mus. Lugd.), Java 

 (Mus. Brit.), Philippines (Cuining). 



4. Ceyx melanura, Kaup. Lilac-spotted Kingfisher. 



Ceyx melanura, Kaup, Fam. der Eisv. p. 15 (1848); Gray, Cat. 

 Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 5!) (1848) ; id. Gen. of Birds, App. p. 5 (1848) ; 

 Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 158 (1850) ; Reich. Handb. Alced. 

 p. 9 (1851); Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 13 (1852); Hartl. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 415; Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 

 (1854); Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 151 (1860) ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271 ; id. Monogr. Alced. pt. 2 (1868). 



Dacelo melanura, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 49 (1863). 



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

 latera colli carulea : major : capite lilacino obscure maculato : 

 interscapulio et scapularibus rufis : pectore pulchre violaceo 

 lavato. 



Hah, in insulis Philippinis. 



