﻿CEYCOPSIS FALLAX. 



(DECEPTIVE KINGFISHER.) 



Dacelo fallax, Schl. Ned. Tidschr. 1866, p. 187. 



Ceycopsis fallax, Salv. Atti, R. Accad. Sei. Tor. 1869, p. 4-17. 



C. supra rufescens : pileo ultramarino et lilacino transi'asciato : dorso postico et uropygio fuscescente nigris, 

 cyaneo lavatis : tectricibus alarum superioribus runs lilacino maculatis : remigibus fuscis externe rut'o lavatis: 

 subtus rufa: gutture et striga longitudinali ad latera colli albis : rostro et pedibus corallinis. 



Hab. in insula 'Celebes ' dicta maris Moluccensis. 



Crown of head dusky-red, barred with ultramarine and lilac ; no distinguishable loral 

 spot, all the space between the base of the beak and the eye being rufous; cheeks and sides 

 of head rufous with a brilliant lilac lustre ; nape of the neck and middle of the back rufous ; 

 scapularies dusky rufous; lower part of the back and rump fuscous-brown washed with 

 cobalt; tail fuscous -brown; wing coverts dull rufous spotted with lilac; wing-feathers 

 fuscous-brown, the inner web rufous from the base towards the tip, the outer web of the 

 secondaries rather broadly edged with dull rufous; throat and a patch of feathers along 

 the side of the neck white; rest of the under-surface of the body orange-rufous, with a 

 beautiful peach coloured lustre on the breast; bill and feet vermilion. Total length 5 inches, 

 of bill from front 1.25, from gape 1.6, wing 2.3, tail 0.8, tarsus 0.25, middle toe 0.4, 

 hind toe 0.2. 



Hab. Celebes (von Rosenberg). 



This remarkable Kingfisher was first made known to science by Professor Schlegel 

 (Z.c), from specimens forwarded by MM. von Rosenberg, and Renesse van Duivenbode, 

 from the island of Celebes, which, as pointed out by Mr. Wallace, possesses a fauna 

 of its own. The discovery of this bird is a further confirmation of the truth of 

 Mr. Wallace's assertion, for it is generically distinct from all other Kingfishers, though ex- 

 hibiting a certain affinity towards the genera Ceyx and Ispidina. From both of these, 

 however, it is easily distinguished by the form of its bill, which is much depressed and 

 has a perfectly straight culmen with a gradually ascending gonys. This peculiarity is 

 shewn in the accompanying plate. The fact of its having four toes at once separates ir 



