10 LIST OP PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



forms in the Philippines and C. melanura itself seems to be limited 

 to Luzon. 



65. Ceyx Samarensis. sp. nov. Samar and Leyte. Upper 

 surface deep rufous. Interscapulars forming two broad black bands. 

 Wings black, coverts black and spotted with cobalt. Sides of the 

 head rich lilac. Breast and upper abdomen lilac, fainter behind. 

 Size, length, 5.80; tail, 1.20; beak, 1.20; wing, 2,60; middle toe and 

 claw, 0.60. Differs from true C. hielanura of Luzon in its larger 

 size, in coloring of cheeks and breast, and in amount of coloring on 

 lower surface. 



66. Ceyx Mindanensis. sp. nov. Above rufous. Head, 

 cheeks and back thickly spotted with bright lilac. "Wings black, 

 secondaries edged with rufous. Coverts black, broadly tipped 

 with rufous, these rufous tips carrying faint lilac spots. Breast 

 rufous washed with bright lilac. 



67. Ceyx Basilanica. sp. nov. Basilan. Color much as in 

 C. Mindanensis. Rufous edging of secondaries much broader and 

 upper secondaries, broadly tipped with rufous. White spot on side 

 of neck not preceded by the blue and black markings found in the 

 preceding species. 



C. Basilanica differs from C. Mindanensis in having lost about 

 all the black in the scapulars, and in the coloring of the wing and 

 neck. 



68. Ceyx rufidorsa. Paragua. 



69. Ceyx cyanopectus. Mindoro, Marinduque. C. cyano- 

 pectus from Mindoro is smaller, and the upper mandible black, 

 while in the specimens from Marinduque, the upper mandible is 

 reddish brown. 



70. Ceyx argentata. Mindanao. 



71. Ceyx flumenicola. sp. nov. Samar, Leyte. Wing, 2.27; 

 tail, 1.25; culmen, 1.40. General coloring above as in C. argentata. 

 Chin and throat buffy white. White spot on the belly. Breast 

 flanks and remaining under surface deep ultramarine with black 

 bases to the feathers. Differs from C. argentata in smaller size, in 

 the buffy white chin and throat, and in the general color of the 

 under surface. 



72. Ceyx Bournsii. sp. nov. Basilan. Head, nape and in- 

 terscapulars thickly spotted with bright cobalt, the blackish bases 

 of the feathers appearing between. Back silvery blue, scapulars 

 black tipped with faint cobalt. Upper tail coverts and tail cobalt. 

 Wing coverts spotted with cobalt, primaries black, 1st rufous on 

 outer web. Throat, and spot on side of neck white, the latter tinged 



