﻿CEYX 



RUFIDORSA. 



(STRICKLAND'S KINGFISHER.) 



Alcedo tridactyla, var. 

 Ceyx tridactyla 



Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii, p. 97, (1811). 



Jard. and Selby, 111. of Orn. I, pi. 55, fig. 2. 



Strickl. P.Z.S. 1846, p. 99. 



Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced, p. 48 (1863). 



Binti-abang, of the Malays ef Sumatra (Raffles). 



C. capite et uropygio lilacinis : rostro corallino : macula ad latera colli carulea nulla : scapularibus lilacino- 

 rufis : tectricibus alarum rufis nigro-mixtis. 



Hob. in regione Indo- Malay ana. 



Above lilac-rufous, tinged on the sides and back of the head, and on the back with 

 shining violet; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web rufous from the base, more conspi- 

 cuous on the secondaries, which are almost entirely rufous ; throat and a patch of feathers 

 on each side of the neck, white, tinged with light orange; a loral spot (very faintly 

 developed), cheeks and the entire under-surface bright orange ; bill and feet coral-red. 

 Total length 4.7 inches, of bill from front 1.2, from gape 1.09, wing 2.2, tail 0.8, tarsus 

 0.05, middle toe 0.4, hind toe 0.2. 



Hah. Malacca (Cantor), Sumatra [Mus. Lugd.). Bangka (Mus. Lugd.), Java (Mus. 

 Lugd.) Bawian Island (Hatilauh), Lombock (Wallace), Sumbawa {Mus. Lugd.), Flores 

 (Wallace), Borneo (Motiey). 



As I remarked in my description of the Penang Kingfisher, I was led into error with 

 regard to the present species, supposing that Dr. Pucheran was well acquainted with 



Additional references. — Ceyx rujtdorsa, Gray, Gen. of Birds, App. p. 5 (1848), Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. 

 Soc. Beng. p. 50 (1849), Reich. Handb. p. 8, t. cccxcviii, fig. 3070 (1851), Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 13 

 (1852;, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854), Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. p. 1854, p. 413. Korsf. and Moore, Cat. Birds 

 Mus. E. I. Co. p. 132 (1854), Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 270, Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hcin. th. II, p. 152 (1860), 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 213, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 484, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 271. Dacelo rufidorsa, Schl. 

 Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 40, 67, pi. 16 (1864). 



