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There are four groups of the genus Ceyx, as follows: — 1. The C. tridactyla group, 

 with red bills and lilac plumage. 2. C. lepida group, with red bills but blue plumage. 

 3. G. solitaria, with a black bill. 4. C. philippinensis, with a blackish upper and orange 

 lower mandible. Of these four different forms, the first group is typical of the Indian 

 Region, scarcely reaching into the Australian, where the second group takes its place, the 

 third group, containing only one species, is almost confined to the Papuan Islands, while 

 the fourth, represented by one species also, is confined to the Philippines, where it forms 

 the link between the genera Ceyx and Alcyone. 



Table of the Geographical Distribution of the Genera Ceyx and Ceycopsis. 





Indian Region. 



Australian Region. 



Asia. 



Indo-Malay Islands. 



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Celebes. 



Timor Group. 



Moluccan Group. 



Papuan Islands. 



Indian Asia. 



Malacca and Singapore. 



Sumatra. 



Bangka. 



Bawian. 



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Borneo. 



j Labuan. 



Celebes. 



Sula Islands. 



Lombock. 



Sumbawa. 



Flores. 



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Ceycopsis. 







































Genus 7. Ceycopsis. 

 Range of the Genus. 



Confined to the island of Celebes, where it represents true Ceyx, no species of which has 

 yet been discovered on the island. Only one species of Ceycopsis exists up to the present 

 time. 



Genus 8. Myioceyx. 



Range of the Genus. 



Confined to the west coast of Africa, on the countries bordering the Bight of Biafra. 



