﻿CEYX TRIDACTYLA. 



(PEXAXG KINGFISHER,; 



Aleedo tridactyla 

 Ceyx tridactyla 

 Aleedo rubra 

 Ceyx rubra 

 Dacelo rubra 

 Aleedo purpurea 

 Ceyx purpurea 

 Aleedo erithaca 

 Ceyx erythaca 

 ,, luzoniensis 



Pall. Splc. Zool. vii, p. 10, t. II, fig. 1 (1769). 

 Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 84. 

 Bodd. Tabl. PI. EnL p. 49 (1783). 

 Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mas. p. 59 (1848). 

 Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 49 (1863). 

 Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 449 (1788). 

 Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 38 (1831). 

 Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 449 (1788). 

 Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc, Beng. p. 50 (1849). 

 Stephens, Gen. Zool. xiii, p. 106 (1825). 

 „ microstoma . . Burton P. Z. S. 1837, p. 89. 

 ilartin-pecheur de Visle de Lucon, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 67, pi. 32 (1776). 

 Martin-pecheur de Pondicherry, Buff. pi. Enl. 778, fig. 2. 

 Dein-vyyeen, of the Arracane.se {Blyth). 

 Raja Whodan, of the Malays (Eyton). 



C. capite et uropygio lilacinis : rostro corallino : macula ad latera colli caerulea: minor: iuterscapulio et 

 apularibus nigris, cyaneo lavatis : subtus flava, 



Hab. in resrione Indica. 



Head and nape rufous, tinged with lilac; upper part of the back, scapularies and 



Additional references. — Aleedo tridactyla, Linn. Mant. Plant, p. 524 (1771), Scop. Del. Faun, et Flor. 

 Insubr. II, p. 90 (1786;. Gm. Syst, Nat. I, p. 459(1788). Dacelo rubra, Schl. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 40, 68, 

 pi. 16 (1864). Ceyx tridactyla, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, I p. 80 (c. 1844), 

 .Terdon, 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 25 (1847), Gray. Cat. Piss. Brit. Mus. p. 59 (1848), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, pp. 157, 

 158 (1850;, Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 13 (1852), Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854), Hartl. Journ. f. 

 Orn. 1854, p 413, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 269, Jerd. Birds of Ind. I, p. 229 (1862), Gray, Cat, Mamm, and 

 Birds of Nep. p. 24 (1863), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271. Ceyx erythaca, Mason, Burmah, p. 674. Ceyx 

 purpurea, Keich. Handb. Alced. p. 9, t. cccxcviii, fig. 3071 (1851), Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). Ceyx 

 purpureus, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 423. 



