g e o g r a p h ic a l d i s t r i b u t io n .
s o f the Geographical DU triiu tio n o f the Gem s Pelai-gopsis.
1. P . melanoriiynolift
2. P . nmaiiroptera .....
3. P . gouldi
4. P . leucocephala .......
-'■> P . f ra s e r i....................
a. Siunatraii race
6. P . gurial ....................
a. Assamese race
/. P . malaceensis...
8. P . burmanica
P . floresiana.............
Austkali.an R boion.
Indo-Malay Islands, i Celebes. Timor Group.
Genus 6. Ceyx.
ye o f the Genus.
and Austro-Malayan subregions as far as New Guinea. Indo-Malayan
Range o f the Species.
1. C. ru jid o rs^ Spread over the g reate r p a rt o f th e Indo-Malayan subregion and extend-
V o ' Z Z ^ V I T : islan d s'o f Lomboclr and C s
ra re t b ^ wbicb is
■ ‘0 Labuan and Borneo. I t was discovered in the former
island, b u t has since been obtained a t Banjermassing, in Borneo.
4. C. melanura. Only found in th e Ph ilip p in e Islands.
6 C. tridactyla Spread over In d ia and Ceylon, extending into Nepaul and down the
Malayan peninsula into th e adjacent islands; also found in th e P h i l i p p iL
6. C. cajeli. Confined to Bom-u.
7. C. wallacei. Confined to the Sula Islands.
Ceram and
T e L t e representative o f the foregoing bird in Batchian, Gilolo and
10. C. solitaria. Principally found in New Guinea, b u t also sent from Ceram
11. C. philippinensis. Confined to the Philippines.
GEO0KAPHIOAL DISTKIEUTION. x x ix
There are four groups o f the genus Ceyx, as follows:— ! . T h e C. tridactyla group,
with red bills and lilac plumage. 2. C. lepida group, w ith red bills b u t blue plumage.
3. C. solitaria, with a black bill. 4. C. philippinensis, with a blackish u p p e r and orange
lower mandible. O f these four different forms, th e first g ioup is typical o f the In d ian
Eegion, scarcely reaching into th e Australian, where th e second group takes its place, the
th ird group, containing only one species, is almost confined to the P ap u an Islands, while
th e fom-th, represented by one species also, is confined to th e Philippines, where i t forms
the link between th e genera Ceyx and .
Table o f the Geographical Distribution o f the Genera Ceyx and Ceycopsis.
Cetx.
1. C. rufidorsa .....
2. C. sharpei ..........
3. C. dillwymii ......
4. C. melanura ......
5. C. tridactyla .....
6. 0 . oajeli ..............
7. C. wallacei ..........
8. C. lepida..............
9. C. uropygialis......
10. C. solitaria..........
11. C. pliilippiuewsis.
Indo-Malay Islanda.
Austhalias Region.
Timor Group. Moluccaa Group. Papuan Islands.
Genus 7. Ceycopsis.
Range o f the Genus.
Confined to th e island o f Celebes, where it represents tru e Ceyx, no species o f which has
yet been discovered on the island. Only one species o f Ceycopsis exists u p to th e present
time.
Genus 8. Myioceyx.
Range o f the Genus.
Confined to th e west coast o f Africa, on the countries bordering th e Bight o f Biafra.