﻿seen at least half-a-clozen examples of this undetermined species in different collections in 

 this country, all from Batchian or Gilolo, and they all present the same characters. The 

 blue of the back is never so bright as in Ceyx lepida, with which, however, it corresponds in 

 size. In the very deep orange colour of the breast it agrees with Ceyx uropygialis, but the 

 back is not so bright as in this last named species. I think that on the arrival of more 

 specimens I shall be able to characterize the Batchian bird as new, but as our knowledge of 

 the ornithology of the Moluccas is still so limited, I prefer to consider it at present a variety 

 of Ceyx uropygialis. 



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