IIALCYONINiE. 



the first quill long, and the second and third nearly equal and longest. Tail very small and rounded. 

 Tarsi very short, and rather slender. Toes long; the inner toe wanting ; the middle and outer toes long, 

 and united to the third joint of the former; and the hind toe short : the claws moderate, compressed, 

 and slightly curved. 



It is in India and its archipelago that the species of this genus are found. 



1. C. tridactyU (Linn.) Cuv. Pall. Spic. vi. t. 2. f. 1. — Ceyx I 2. C. rubra (Bodd.) PI. enl. 778. f. 2. — Alcedo purpurea 

 luzoniensis Steph. Sonn. Voy. Ind. t. 32., Jard. & Selby, III. Orn. Gmel 

 pl.f. 



August, 184(5. 



