596 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CEYX. [Nov. 26, 



the former liglit rufous from the base ; throat whitish ; a spot on 

 each side of the base of the bill and the whole of the under surface 

 bright orange ; the characteristic spot on the sides of the neck deep 

 rufous brown ; a line at the base of the loral spot, also the space 

 between this spot and the eye, and a large patch of feathers on the 

 side of the upper part of the breast deep black ; bill and feet coral- 

 red ; iris dark. Total length 5'5 inches, of bill from front 1"4, from 

 gape 1'7, wing 2"5, tail 1 , tarsus 0'2, middle toe 0'5, hind toe 0"2. 

 Hab. Sula Islands (H^a/^ace). 



7. Ceyx LEPiDA, Temra. Beautiful Kingfisher. 



Cet/x lepida, Temra. PL Col. 595 ; Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 59 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 158 (1850); Reich. 

 Handb. Alced. p. 10, t. cccxcviii. fig. 30r>6 (1851); Cass. Cat. 

 Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 14 (1852); Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 

 (1854) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 348 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 433 ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z.*S. 1868, p. 2/1 ; id. Monogr. Alced. pt. 2 (1868). 



Alcyone lepida. Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, i. p. 82 (c. 1844). 



Dacelo lepida, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 48 (1863); id. 

 Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 39, 66, ph 16 (1864). 



C. capite nigro, ccerideo maculato : rostro co7'allino, longiore, ro- 

 bustiore : genis et regione jJdrotica cceruleo niaculatis : dorso 

 ultramariuo, uropygio cyanescente : tnajor : maculis loralibus 

 majoribus : capitis summi ?naculis et interscapulio carulescen- 

 tioribus. 



Hab. in insulis dictis " Ceram," "Amboiua," et in Nova Guinea 

 australi et australi-occidentali. 



Head, nape, cheeks, and wing-coverts black, plentifully spotted 

 with rich ultramarine, each feather having a central stripe of brighter 

 blue ; scapularies black, washed with rich ultramarine ; back very 

 bright ultramarine, becoming silvery blue towards the rump ; wing- 

 feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the base ; tail blackish, 

 tinged with ultramarine ; tliroat and a longitudinal patch of feathers 

 on the side of the neck white, the latter tinged with orange ; a large 

 spot in front of the eye, and the entire under surface orange, paler 

 on the abdomen ; bill and feet rich coral-red. Total length 5'5 inches, 

 of bill from front 1'5, from gape 1-7, wing 25, tail 1, tarsus 0'3, 

 middle toe O'o, hind toe 0'2. 



Hab. AmhomSi {Wallace), Ceram {Wallace); south and south- 

 west coast of New Guinea ( Wallace, Von Rosenberg). 



8. Ceyx uropygialis, Gray. Silvery-backed Kingfisher. 



Ceyx uropygialis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 348 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 271. 



C. cajiite nigro, cceruleo maculato : dorso j)ostico ultra7narino : 

 uropygio Iccte argenteo : scapularibus cceruleo luvatis : minor : 

 subtus intense auruntia. 



Hab. in insulis dictis " Batchian," " Gilolo," " Ternate," maris 

 Celebensis. 



