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and \vc were therefore not a little interested when a Ceycean form turned up in that 

 locality. Still more were we surprised on finding that it presented a recognizable link 

 between the Ethiopian Ispidina? and the Malayan Ceyces. The bill partakes more of the 

 form of the latter genus ; but an inner toe is present as in Ispidina, though very small. In 

 the Plate are representations of the bills and feet of the genera Ceycopsis (figs. 5, 5 a) and 

 < '< yx (figs. 4, 4 a), while a good figure of Ceycopsis fallax will be found in the body of the 

 work. This concludes the consideration of the short-tailed Dacelonine genera, a synopsis of 

 which I next proceed to give. 



Genus 6. Ceyx. 



Type. 



Ceyx, Lacep. Mem. dc l'lnst. 1801, p. 511 C. tridactyla. 



Ceycis, Glogcr, Handb. der Naturg. p. 338 ? 



Therosa, Midler, MS C. solitaria. 



Clams specierum. 



A. Capite et uropygio lilacinis : rostro coralline 



a. Macula ad latera colli caerulea nulla. 

 a'. Scapularibus lilacinis. 



a". Tectricibus alarum rufis, haud caeruleo lavatis 1. rufidorsa. 



b". Tectricibus alarum nigris ac runs, caeruleo lavatis .... 2. sharpii. 



b'. Scapularibus nigris caeruleo lavatis 3. dillwynni. 



b. Macula ad latera colli caerulea. 



o'. Major : interscapulio et scapularibus rufis 4. melanura. 



V . Minor : interscapulio et scapularibus nigris caeruleo lavatis . . 5. tridactyla. 



B. Capite nigro, caeruleo aut cyaneo maculato : dorso postico et uropygio 

 cyancis, ultramarinis, aut argentco-caeruleis. 

 a. Rostro corallino. 



a'. Rostro breviorc : genis et regione parotica nigris : dorso postico 



et uropygio argenteo-caeruleis 6. cajeli. 



//. Rostro longiore : genis ct regione parotica cyaneo aut caeruleo 

 maculatis : dorso postico et uropygio cyancis aut ultramarinis. 

 a". Scapularibus nigris : dorso postico et uropygio lsete cyaneis . 7. wallacii. 

 b". Scapularibus caeruleo lavatis : dorso postico ultramarino ; 

 uropygio cyanesccutc. 

 a'". Major : rostro robustiorc : maculis loralibus majoribus : 



capitis summi maculis et iuterscapulio caerulesccntibus . 8. lepida. 

 b'". Minor: subtiis intense aurantia : uropygio laete argente- 



scente 9. uropygialis. 



h. Rostro nigro : capite cyaneo fasciato. 



a'. Major : pectore ct abdomine intense rufis 10. philippinensin . 



U . Minor: pectorc et abdomine fiavis : gula alba 11. solitaria. 



