INHABITING THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 153 



Alcyone, Swainson. 



39. * Alcyone cyanopectus. 



Ceyx cyanopectus, La Fresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 33, Patr. ignot. ; Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 31 ; 

 Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Alcedines, p. 18. 



Hab. Philippines (Hi/ton, Schlegel). 



Although there is a general concurrence of evidence showing that this interesting 

 form inhabits some part of the Philippines, its exact habitat still remains unknown. 



Pelaegopsis, Gloger. 



40. * Pelabgopsis gotjldi. 



Pelargopsis gouldi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 61, " Luzon; " Monogr. pi. 59. 

 Hob. Manilla [Cuming). 



Dacelonin^. 



Ceyx, Lacepede. 



41. * Ceyx melanura. 



Alcedo melanura, Kaup, Fam. der Eisv. p. 15 (1848) ; Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 39. 

 Rob. Philippine Islands (mus. nostr.) ; Manilla {mus. J. Gould). 



42. Ceyx tkidactyla. 



Alcedo trydactyla, Pallas, Spic. Zool. fasc. vi. p. 10, pi. 3. f. 1 (1769) ; Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 23 ; v. 



Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 18, no. 85. 

 Le Martin-picheur de I'isle de Lugon, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 67, pi. 32. 

 Alcedo tridactyla, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 90, no. 56 (1786), ex Sonn. 

 Ceyx luzoniensis, Stephens, Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 106, "Lujonia" (1826). 

 Alcedo {Ceyx) purpurea, Gm., v. Martens, I. c. no. 86. 



Hab. Philippines {Cuming). 



The absolute identity of the Philippine with the continental three-toed Kingfisher 

 has yet to be established. 



43. * Ceyx philippinensis. 



Ceyxphilippinensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 404, " vicinity of Manilla; " Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 24. 



Hab. Manilla (/. Gould). 



Both Messrs. Sharpe and Gould regard the type individual, the only example that 

 has reached England, as distinct from Alcyone cyanojiectus. In deference to their 

 opinion it is treated here as a separate species, a position I trust future investigation 

 may justify {conf. Salvadori, Atti R. Accad. Sc. Torino, iv. (1869) p. 445). 



