VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIKDS OF CELEBES. 45 



Ceycopsis, Salvadori. 



48. Ceycopsis fallax (Schlegel), Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1866, p. 187, "Celebes;" 



Sharpe, Monogr. part v. no. 37. 



Hah. Edges of creeks in the mountainous parts of Celebes (Schlegel) ; Menado (mus. 

 nostr.). 



Tanysiptera riedelii, J. Verreaux, N. Arch, du Mus. ii. Bulletin, p. 23, pi. 3. f. 1 

 (1866), is not a Celebean bird. See P. Z. S. 1872, p. 1. 



Alcedinin^e. 

 Pelargopsis, Gloger. 



49. Pelargopsis melanorhtncha (Temm.), PL Col. 391, "Celebes" (10th June, 1826); 



Sharpe, Monogr. pt. ix. no. 66. 

 Hah Celebes (Beinwardt) ; Menado (mus. nostr.) ; Sula Islands (Wallace). 



Alcedo, Linnaeus. 



50. Alcedo moluccensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 11, "Moluccas" (1846); Cat. Calc. 



Mus. no. 215, p. 49, "Celebes, Moluccas;" Sharpe, Mongr. pt. x. no. 74. 



Alcedo minor moluccensis, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Alcedines, p. 8; Schlegel, Vog. Ned. Ind. 

 Ijsvogels, p. 5, pi. 1. f. 4, 5. 



Hah. Gorontalo (Forsten); Celebes, Bouru, Gilolo, Flores (Wallace); Salawati, 

 Ceram, Batchian, Mysol, Amboina (Von Mosenberg). 



It was probably Celebean examples of this species which Temminck mistook for the 

 common European Kingfisher (PI. Col. 272, note). 



51. Alcedo asiatica, Swainson, Zool. Illustr. 1st ser. i. pl. 50, " some part of India " 



(1820-21); Sharpe, Monogr. pt. x. no. 75. 



Alcedo meninting, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 172, "Java" (1822) ; Temm. Nouv. Bee. pl. 239. 

 f. 2, "Java and Sumatra;" Schlegel, Vog. Ned. Ind. Ijsvogels, p. 6, pl. 3. f. 2, 3. 



Hah. Indo-Malayan region, Macassar ( Wallace) ; Gorontalo ( Von Rosenberg) ; Lom- 

 bock (Wallace). 



CYPSELID^E. 



Macropteryx, Swainson. 



52. Macropteryx wallacii (Gould), P. Z. S. 1859, p. 100, " Macassar." 

 Hah. Celebes, Sula Islands {Wallace); Macassar, Menado (mus. nostr.). 



This species is closely allied to M. klecho, but differs in being considerably larger and 

 in having the crown of the head, the shoulder-coverts, the edgings of the quills, and the 

 upper surface of the rectrices of a deeper shade of blue-green. Dimensions of wing in 

 M. wallacii, seven inches and a quarter ; in M. klecho, six inches and a quarter. 



