﻿CLASSIFICATION. 



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Species unica. 

 C.fulgidus (Gould, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 65). 



This, again, is a link between Halcyon and Tanysiptera, though more closely allied to the 

 latter genus. The smoothness of the rounded culmen, the comparatively short bill, and long 

 tail, however, are peculiar to this genus. 



Genus 16. Cakcineutes. 



Type. 



Carcineutes, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 163 (1860) . . . . C. pulchellus. 



Lacedo (!!), Reich. Handb. Alced. i. p. 41 (1851) C. pulchellus. 



Clavis specierum. 



a. Genis runs 1. pulchellus. 



b. Genis nigris 2. melanops. 



This is a curious genus, as will be seen by a reference to the peculiar formation of the 

 bill in the Plate of Genera (fig. 15). Its affinities are apparently between Halcyon and 

 Dacelo ; for while partaking somewhat of the character of the plumage of a Halcyon, it has 

 the sexes different as in Dacelo, which it also resembles slightly in form of bill. The 

 difference of the sexes, however, is pushed further than in Dacelo ; for in the present genus 

 the entire plumage of the female is red, and the predominating colour of the entire plumage 

 of the male is blue, whereas in Dacelo this difference in colour holds good in most species, but 

 only in the tail, which differs in colour, being blue in the male and rufous in the female. 



Genus 17. Tanysiptera. 



Type. 



Tanysiptera, Vig. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 433 (1825) T. dea (Linn.). 



Uralcyon, Heine, J. f. O. 1859, p. 406 T. sylvia. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Macula dorsali alba. 



a. Subtiis cinnamomina 1. sylvia. 



b. Subtiis albae. 



a!. Scapularibus saturate ultramarinis : tectricibus supracaudalibus 



cum rectricibus caeruleo marginatis 2. doris. 



b'. Similis T. doridi, sed paullo major : pileo argenteo-cyaneo : rec- 

 tricibus cyanco angustissime marginatis 3. emilice. 



c'. Scapularibus nigris, ultramarino clare lavatis : tectricibus supra- 

 caudalibus cum rectricibus albis 4. sabrina. 



B. Macula dorsab nulla. 



a. Uropygio coccineo 5. nympha 



b. Uropygio albo. 



a'. Cauda baud spatulata . . 6. ellioti. 



b'. Cauda spatulata. 



c2 



