﻿OEYX SUAE PI I. 



(BORNEAN KINGFISHER). 



Ceyx Sharpii ...... Salv., Atti E. Accad. Tor. I860, p. 463. 



„ Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1869, p. 511. 



C. capite et uropygio lilacinis : rostro corallino : macula ad latera colli ccerulea nulla : scapularibus lilacinis : 

 tectricibus alarum nigris ac rufis, cyaneo lavatis. 



Hah. in insula ' Borneo ' dicta. 



Above most brilliant lilac-rufous, with violet reflections ; scapularies lilac-rufous, the 

 innermost black, forming a distinct black stripe ; wing-coverts black, the least coverts for 

 the most part rufous, and edged with a distinct line of blue spots ; quills jet black, the 

 inner web pale rufous at the base, the innermost secondaries entirely of a pale rufous 

 colour ; tail rufous ; a spot at the base of the bill deep blue black, very distinct : the 

 feathers round the eye also black ; space between the bill and the eye glistening yellow ; 

 throat and a longitudinal patch of feathers along the sides of the neck white ; entire under 

 surface rich orange -yellow, darker on the flanks and under wing-coverts ; bill and feet rich 

 vermillion. Total length 4.7 inches, of bill from front 1.4, from gape 1.6, wing 2.3, tail 

 0.9, tarsus 0.25, middle toe 0.4, hind toe 0.15. 



Hah. Sarawak, Borneo (Doria). 



This Kingfisher, which Count Salvadori of Turin has named after me, is cer- 

 tainly very closely allied to some of the other rufous-backed species of the genus 

 Ceyx^ but nevertheless seems to differ specifically from all of them. To Ceyx Dill- 

 wynni it approaches in having the wing-coverts edged with blue, but differs in having 

 rufous scapularies. Again it is nearly allied to C rufidorsa, but is to be distinguished 

 from this also by the blue spots on the wing-coverts, and by the black line along the inner 

 scapularies, neither of which characters obtain in the Malayan species. In addition to 

 these differences Ceyx Sharpii far surpasses all the other rufous-backed Ceyces in the extreme 

 brilliancy of the colouring. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Count Salvadori for lending the type-specimens, of 

 which a figure and description is given in the present article, and I beg leave publicly to 

 return him my best thanks for his consideration 



