HALCYONINiE. 
the first quill long, and the second and third nearly equal and longest. Tail very small and rounded. 
Tarsi very short, and rather slender. Toes long; the inner toe wanting ; the middle and outer toes l° n 8» 
and united to the third joint of the former ; and the hind toe short : the claws moderate, compresse > 
and slightly curved. 
It is in India and its archipelago that the species of this genus are found. 
1. C. tridactyla (Linn.) Cuv. Pall. Spic. vi. t. 2. f. 1. — Ceyx 2. C. rubra (Bodd.) PL enl. 778. f. 2. — Alcedo purp« re 
luzoniensis Steph. Sonn. Voy. Ind. t. 32., Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. Gmel. 
pl.f. 
August, 1846. 
