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will result in the snbspecific separation of that form. "While the wings of 

 six Celebes skins before me are from 51 to Tio mm. in length (the femnles 

 not alwa.ys smaller, unless there are wrongly se.xecl birds among them), the 

 wings of the two Saleyer birds (see Nov. Zool. 111. p. 171) are -19 to oO mm. 

 long, and they are slightly paler, though this latter character is probably 

 due to their being in old plumage. 

 2.5. Pitta celebeiisis Forsten. — Seven skins from Tawaya. Some are adult birds, 

 some in the spotted plumage of the young, with some red feathers just 

 appearing. " Iris of old birds very dark chestnut or deep brown, of young 

 ones deep greyish umber; legs of a somewhat silvery grey; beak black." 

 I consider the interesting P. jxdliceps as merely a subspecies. 



26. Gaprimulgus affjnis Horsf. — c? in moult and ? from Tawaya. 



27. Cei/copsis J'allax (Schleg.). — Both sexes from Dongala and Tawaya. The 



females are of a much darker and less rufous brown above. " Iris deep 

 brown in both sexes." 



28. Alcedo ispida moluccaiui, (= ispidoidcs) (Less.). — Dongala. 



29. Pelarf/opsis melanorhiineha (Temm.). — Three males and a, female from Tawaya. 



" Iris very deep brown ; feet and claws black, soles dark orange ; beak 

 black." In some skins there is a small red spot at the base of the maxilla ; 

 but in a large series of this species there is not a specimen that approaches 

 the recently described very interesting P. dichrorhi/nidia Mey. & Wigl. from 

 Peling (cotypes before me), which resembles P. melanorln/ncka very mucli, 

 but has a larger and partly red beak. The sexes do not seem to ditfer in 

 any way. 



30. Cittura cyanotis (Temm.). — c? ? , from Tawaya. "Iris crimson; bare skin 



before eyes scarlet; feet dark vermilion, claws black: beak dark vermilion."" 

 C. sanghirensis, which Doherty sent from Sanghir, has tlie '' iris purplish pink ; 

 feet scarlet, claws blackish ; beak dark vermilion." 



31. Monachalcyon monachus intermedius subsp. uov. 



A inale Momu-haleijon from Tawaya differs conspicuous]}' from M. monachus 

 monachus of North Celebes in having the heatl of a much deeper blue and with a 

 distinct, though faint, greenish tinge. The tail is a little less washed with blue. 

 It differs from J/, capucinus Mey. & Wigl. in having the head deep blue, not 

 black, and tlie tail not quite without a bluish wasli. The breast and abdomen of 

 the Tawaya bird are a shade lighter than in most males of M. monachus monachus, the 

 beak apparently a little thicker. I have before me twelve skins of .1/. monachus 

 monachus, but I know the type of M. capucinus only from the description in Abh. 

 and Be/: Mus. Dresden, 1896, pp. 12, 13. Probably .1/. capm-inus is also 

 a subspecies of M, monachus, the M. m. intermedius bridging the gap over. 

 Antea, p. 160, I have given the statement of Mr. ^Vigles worth, who compared the 

 fema.le ilonachalci/on from Makassar witli his type of M. capucinus ; but now I 

 think that it is almost as possible that it belongs to J/, m. intermedius, as the 

 crown is not pure black, but very deep bluish l)lack with a greenish tinge. It 

 would thus seem that Celebes has (besides tlie very different .1/. cijanocephalas*) 

 three forms : M. monachus monachus with a bright blue cap in N. Celebes, M. m. 

 ijitermedius with a deep greenish blue cap in \V. Celebes, M. m. capucinus with a 



* So ctvlletl in the Vat. B XVII., though its proper name seems to boprincijis Rchb. 



