18G8.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CKYX. 59/ 



Crown of the head black, minutely spotted with ultramarine, each 

 feather having a very faint stripe of cobalt down the centre ; scapu- 

 laries black, faintly washed with ultramarine ; back ukramariue on 

 the u])per part and on the tail-coverts ; rump silvery blue, with a 

 tinge of greenish in some lights; wing-coverts black, tipped with 

 ultramarine ; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the 

 base; tail black ; throat and a longitudiuar patch of feathers on the 

 sides of the neck white ; a spot in front of the eye pale orange ; 

 under surface with the under wing- and tail-coverts very rich orange ; 

 bill and feet coral- red. Total length 5-5 inches, of bill from front 

 1-3, from gape 17, wing 2-4, tail 0-9, tarsus 0-25, middle toe 0'45, 

 hind toe 0-2. 

 . Hab. Batchian, Gilolo, Ternate (Wallace). 



9. Ceyx philippinensis, Gould. Philippine Kingfisher. 



C'eyx philippinensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 404. 



, C. rostro nigro, longiore : capite cyaneo fasciato : yula rufescente : 

 pectore et abdomine intense rxifis : pectoris lateribiis intense 

 lazulino lavatis, 



Hab. in insulis Philippinis. 



Head and nape bright indigo, thickly banded with irregular mark- 

 ings of bright cobalt ; back very bright shining cobalt, inclining to 

 ultramarine on the rump ; scapularics black, washed witii bright 

 indigo, and spotted with cobalt ; wing-feathers blackish, the secon- 

 daries narrowly edged with indigo ; throat whitish, tinged with 

 rufous ; a patch of feathers on the side of the neck pure white, 

 tinged with rufous on the outer edge ; a spot in front of the eye and 

 the entire under surface, as well as the under wing-coverts, deep 

 rufous, the lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts slightly 

 tinged with indigo ; shoulders, and a spot on each side of the upper 

 part of the breast, shining laguli-blue ; upper mandible brownish 

 black, lower mandible pale orange; feet orange. Total length 

 5-5 inches, of bill from front 1-3, from gape l'/, wing 23, tail M, 

 tarsus 0"3, middle toe 05, hind toe 0-2. 



Hab. Luzon ; Manilla {Mus. J. Gould). 



10. Ceyx solitaria, Temm. Solitary Kingfisher. 



Ceyx solitaria, Temm. PI. Col. 595 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 172 • 

 id. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 155 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 433 ; Rosenb. Journ. 

 f. Orn. 1864, p. 118; Sharpe, P. Z. S, 1868, p. 2/1 ; id. Monoo-r. 

 Alced. pt. 2 (1868). 



Alcyone solitaria, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, p. 82 (c. 1844) ; 

 Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av'. i. p. 158 (1859) ; Reich. Handb. Alced'. 

 p. 7, t. cccxcviii. fig. 3067 (1851); Bonap. Consp. Vol, Anis 

 p. 9 (1854). 



Alcedo solitaria, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 17 (1863); id. 

 Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 12, 48, pi. 3 (1864). 



Therosa solitaria, Miiller, MS. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1868. No. XXXIX. 



