﻿latter gentleman considered it to be new to science, and proposed to call it Alcyone cincta, 

 and this name was printed on the plate, before it was discovered that Mr. Eyton's bird was 

 identical with La Fresnaye's species. 



The members of the genera Alcyone and Ceyx differ much in their habits. The 

 species of Alcyone seem to be almost entirely piscivorous and more allied to Alcedo, 

 while the Ceyces are almost wholly insectivorous and seldom feed on fish. I believe that 

 Mr. Gould's new Ceyx philippinensis will be found really to belong to the genus 

 Ceya;, although I have lately seen two specimens, one in the British Museum, and the other 

 from Count Turati's collection, which have the bill more elongated and the gonys less 

 distinctly ascending than in the type specimen, which is accurately figured in my plate of 

 the species. 



At present nothing is known of the habits of Alcyone cyanopectus, nor has its precise 

 locality yet been ascertained. It will I think be found in the more southern islands of the 

 Philippine group. 



I have taken my description from Mr. Eyton's specimen, the same which Sir William 

 Jardine described and the figure is drawn from a fine bird in the Leiden Museum. 



