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III. LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED AT TAWAYA AND DONGALA, NORTH 

 AND SOUTH OF PALOS BAY, IN WEST CELEBES, 

 IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1896. 



Althongli the species enumerated here are mostly more or less common, 1 

 thought it best to give a complete and critical list of all of them, as this must be of 

 interest for the details of the distribution of the Celebes birds, and as it is valuable 

 to know whether the northern or the southern forms are found north and south of 

 Palos Bay, since we know that so many of them are different. For the localities and 

 the nature of the country see Introduction, p. 154. 



1. Geocichla erythronota Scl. — One mnlc and two females from Tawaya. " Iris 



very deep brown ; feet slaty blue ; beak pale slate-colour ; tip and com- 

 missure whitish ; basal two-thirds of maxilla black. The same in both 

 sexes." 'Y\\^ females before me are smaller than the male (wing 110 — 112 

 against 120 in the male), the beak shorter, but otherwise there is no material 

 difference between the sexes. This rare thrush was originally described 

 from Makassar. 



2. Pratincola caprata (L.). — Old and young birds from Tawaya. 



3. Trickostoma (Tiirrlinus) celebetise (Stvickl.). — Dongala and Tawaya. "Iris dull 



orange ; feet dark brown ; beak black : mandible greyish horn-colour." It 

 is this northern form, and not T. finschi of South Celebes, which is found near 

 Palos Bay. 



4. Acmonorki/nchiis aureolimbatus (Wall.). — Tawaya and Dongala. 



5. Dicaeum celehicum. Miill. k Schleg. — Tawaya and Dongala. 



6. Cinni/ris frenata mei/eri Hart. — From Dongala (and also from Gorontalo). The 



Dongala birds agree fully with typical C.f. metjeri Hart, (see antea, p. 156) 

 from Menado. 



7. Cinnyris porphyrolaema (Wall.). — Dongala. 



8. Aetliopy(jaJla):ostriata {W&W). — One skin, marked ?, in the plumage of the 



bird described and figured as Ae. beccarii by Salvadori. 



9. Antkreptes malaccensis celebensis (Shell.). — Tawaya and Dongala. 



10. Zosterops atrifrons Wall. — Tawaya. Specimen agreeing with one from 



Gorontalo. 



11. Zosterops intermedia Wall. — Specimens from Tawaya, agreeing with those of 



South Celebes. 



1 2. Cisticola exilis (Vig. & Horsf.). — Tawaya. 



1 3. Munia atricapilla brunneiceps ( Wald.). — Tawaya and Dongala, 



14. Muuia subcastanea sp. nov. 



Munia speciei J/, pallida nominatae similis, sed abdomine subcandalibnsqne 

 brunneo-castaneis, concoloribus, pallio saturatiore, nigricautiore. 



Hab. Celebes, circnm sinum Palos. 



Three skins, two males and oiw. female, of a Munia from Dongala and Tawaya 

 are unlike any other species. They are of the size and general appearance of Munia 

 pallida Wall., but differ considerably. 



Top of the head whitish, washed with pale ashy brown ; iuterscapulium, back, 

 wings, and wing-coverts deep ashy brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts troldeu 



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