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78. Baza celebensis f^chl. 

 c?. Indrulainan. ?. Indrulaman. "Iris orange-browu ; bill and cere black; 

 legs white; claws brown." The male agrees with the figure of this species in 

 Cat. B. Vol. I. PI. X. Sharpe calls it there Baza erythrothorax, but Schlegel's 

 name has evidently priority, the article of Sharpe being only received liy the 

 Zoological Society of London in June, and therefore certainly not published in that 

 same month. The female has the top of the head rufous, broadly streaked with 

 black. It seems to be immature. 



79. Butastur liventer (Temm.). 

 Makassar, where it is said to be common. The rufous colour of tail and wings 

 IS darker when the feathers appear and fades when they are worn. The upperside is 

 sometimes darker (evidently fresh plumage), sometimes paler, and the dark- shaft- 

 stripes are more or less distinct. 



80. Spilospizias trinotatus haesitandus subs]., nov. 



Seven skins of adult birds from Bonthain Peak, from Indrulaman to above 6000 

 feet, differ from a great number of specimens from North Celebes in having the 

 abdomen paler, in fact white for its greater part, the vent and under tail-coverts 

 pure white, the thighs pure white or with a very faint rosy shade on their up])er 

 part only. Abo\-e they are mostly very dark, the head and hindneck being distinctly 

 paler than the back and rump. Hofrath Dr. A. B. Meyer has confirmed the above- 

 noted differences in litt. ' I therefore give it a subspecific name, and I believe this 

 to be the right course. The males are smaller than the females, but do not differ in 

 colour. 



The totally different well-known spotted young bird has the iris lake, bill 

 black, loral region and base of mandible orange-chrome, legs dark chrome, claws 

 black. The adult male has the iris chocolate-bro\vii, the bill jet-black, base and 

 cere orange, legs chrome-yellow, claws black. A young female in the spotted 

 plumage shows a few slaty feathers above and some salmon-coloured ones on the 

 breast. The generic name of Spilospizias is now often used for this bird, but 

 Sharpe {Cat. B. I. 1874) included it in the genus AatuT. I am inclined to think 

 that it cannot be separated from Astur. 



81. Accipiter rhodogaster (Schleg.). 

 Makassar and Bonthain Peak to above 6000 feet. It is remarkable how closely 

 this bird must at a distance resemble the Astur trinotatus of Celebes. 



82. Tinnunculus moluccensis occidentalis Mey. & Wigl. 



Cf. Ahh. and Bet: Miis. Dresden, 1890-07, No. 2, p. 8, February 1896, where 

 the authors have for the first time separated t he very distinct Celebes form from 

 Tinnunculm moluccensis typicus. The lighter underparts, lighter under wing- 

 coverts, and the whitish grey ear-coverts are very characteristic. A specimen from 

 .lava (collected by Mr. Whitehead) is also referable to this subspecies. 



.Mr. Everett sent some skins from .Makassar and from iiliout tiodd feet on 

 Bonthain Peak. 



