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be admitted that the distribntion of the colours iu these two birds is 

 strikingly siniihir, bnt why should one mimic tlie other ? 



5. Gazxola ti/pica Bp. — This interesting little crow, wliicli is still rare in collections, 



and of which we know harcU)' anything but a few skins in collections, is said 

 by Doherty to be common enough north of Makassar and on Bonthain Peak, 

 although he sent us only one nude. 



6. Alceao ispida inoluccana (Less.). — This is the proper nomenclature of this form, 



which is generally called A. molneceiisis or .1. ispidoiiles. It is connected 

 with A. ispida bengaleTisi'i by intermediate forms. Doherty sent three 

 skins from Makassar. " Iris very deep brown ; feet bright orange, claws 

 blackish." Celebes specimens resemble entirely the typical Moluccan form. 



7. Monachalci/oii capucinus Mey. & Wigl. — J/.c, Meyer & Wiglcsworth in Ahh. und 



Ber. Mas. Dresden, 1896-97, No. 2, p. 12 (1896). The authors described their 

 species from one example, evidently an adult male, from Tonkean in the 

 Eastern Peninsula of Celebes. It is therefore of remarkable interest that 

 the same species shonld now turn uj) near Makassar. Not being cjnite sure 

 about the identity of the bird, I sent it to Mr. Wiglesworth, who kindly 

 compared it with the type in the Dresden Museum, and he found that the 

 differences between it and the tA-pe are just the same as those between the 

 sexes of J/, monachus. Of course males from Makassar a,xiA^ females from 

 Tonkean are still desirable for future investigations.* In our bird the crown 

 is greenish black ; a superciliary line, a few feathers on the forehead, all the 

 under parts (except the chin and throat, which are rufous white) and under 

 wing-coverts are rusty ochraceous ; the sides of the head and neck mixed 

 blackish green and ochraceous: upperside dull green, with a brownish rusty 

 tinge. Beak bright orange ; iris brownish grey; feet orange-brown. Beak 

 48 mm.; wing 147: tail 120: tars. 19. 



8. Phlegoenas bimaculata Salvad. — An immature male of this rare bird was shot in 



low country near Makassar. The purple-violet spots on the sides of the 

 upper nape are not developed, but just indicated ; the breast has some brown 

 feathers edged with rust-colour ; the ujiper wing-coverts have rusty edges. 

 " Iris deep chestnut ; feet reddish ; beak dull blackish." 



9. Chalcophaps stephani Rchb. — From the neighbourhood of Makassar. The 



distribution of this species is very j)eculiar. 



10. Carpophaga paidi>ia (Temm.). — From Makassar. Exactly like specimens from 



North Celebes. 



11. Phoenicophaes ealorhjnchis meridionulis Mey. <fe Wigl. — Several skins from 



Makassar are distinctly this subspecies. 



12. Pyrrhocentor celebensis rufescens Mey. & AVigl. — Two skins, shot in the low 



country north of Makassar, agree entirely with typical examples of 

 P. c. rufescens from Tonkean, while skins from Bonthain Peak (Nov. Zool. 

 III. p. 160) agree much more with P. celebensis celebensis from North 

 Celebes. This is difficult to understand, for the two forms seem tu be 

 distinct, unless the differences are due to age or season, which is not 

 probable, as the authors and I have seen large series of the northern form. 



* See remarks under MnnachcUcyon wtynachvi intcrmrdius, described hereafter. 



