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CEYX WALLACEI.
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CEYX WALLACIL
(WA L LA C E’S K IN G F ISH EK .)
Ceyx Wallacii.
„ lepida,
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 18G8, pt. ;
Wall. P. Z. S. 1862. p. 338
C . c a p ite n ig ro c y a n e o m a c a la to : ro a lro c o ra llin o , lo n g io r i : g e n is c um reg io n s p a ro ticS c y an e o m a c n l . l i s ;
s c a p u la r ib u s n i g r i s : d o rso p o s tic o e t u ro p y g io laete c y a n e is .
Hab. in insulis dictis “ Su la” naaris Celebensis.
Above black ; head and nape spotted with cobalt, more on the latter, e a ^ feather
h av in g a central strip e o f b rig h te r b lu e ; cheeks and wmg-coverts streaked with b ig h t
cobalt • back very rich shining cobalt, the upper tail-coverts slightly tmged n i th u ltra-
marine^ wing and ta il-fo ih e r s b l a c k i s h , th e in n er web o f th e former
Uffht rufous from the b a s e ; th ro a t w h itish ; a spot on each side of the base o f the bill
b J f f -
f r o i t 1.4, from gape 1.7, wing 2.5, ta il 1, tarsu s 0.2, middle toe 0.5, hm d toe 0.2.
Hab. Sula Islands ( WaUace).
f t / ®ew species discovered hy
him in almost every case from the type specimens themselves. o.im t
I t was in examininv his collection th a t I met with the present bird, wlncli
believed to be new to science, and recent experience has fully ™
for sh o rtly after describing it, 1 discovered two more specimens m th e B iitish Museum,
“ x te a /t t f o t “ te from my paper hi the ‘Proceedings,’ which will illustrate
thp noints in which th e present species differs from C. kpula. • , , , „
"?‘ its / a ™ t ally is certainly C. lepida, b a t i t is a t once to be distinguished ^ the
cobalt instead o f ultramarine (o r ra th e r vio let) tinge o f the blue on the head, cheeks and
back as well as by th e to ta lly black scapularies, which in C kjnda are washed with b n h t
viole’t. The p a tchY f feather! on caeli side o f the neck is also d aA rufous, instead o f w hite
tlnved with oranee as in C. W “ . ft«®® are o th er minor differences. , . , . ,
° M. w ¥ l a c e / ? Siis p a p e r / n ’the ‘Birds o f the Sula Islands,’ reters to th is b ird as
C hrida, b u t he had noted the differences ex istin g m the two birds to d i t was by an
o v e rs id it th a t the p resent species was n o t desoribed as new on th a t occasion.
The figure in the accompanying p late is draivii from the type specimen, from
also the description is taken.