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the sexes of E. obiense: if tlip\- are wroug, theu we mnst suppose that tliere is a 

 plumage of paler colour and without lilack on the l\ead between the rufous phimage 

 of the youngest birds and that of the mature male. 



2'.». Artamus monachus Bj). 

 One S from Sula Besi, with a shorter wing than our Celebes skins. The wing- 

 only 142 mm. long. " Iris dull crimson, outwardly orange." 



3n. Dicrurus pectoralis Wall. 



A number from Sula Mangoli and Snla Besi. The iris of two adult birds is 

 marked as orange, of a young bird as brown. 



This form is distinguished from JJ. leucops Wall, from Celebes by the colour of 

 the iris, which in the latter is white in adult birds. The differences supposed by 

 Dr. Sharpe (JJnt. B. Brit. Mus. III. p. 241) to exist in the coloration are not 

 really to be found, but the bill is generally somewhat more elongated in D. pectoralis, 

 and the wing distinctly shorter. While the latter measures 160 — 170 mm. in D. 

 lencops, it is generally only about 150 in D. pectoralis, and in none of the 12 birds 

 before me reaches above 155 mm. 



31. Dicaeum sulaense Sharpe. 



iSula ^langoli and Sula Besi. 



"Iris deep brown; feet blackish; maxilla black, mandible deep brown with 

 lilackish tip." 



32. Cinnyris frenata (S. Milll.) (? subsp.). 

 One immature mab' from Sula Besi. The bill seems very long. 



33. Anthreptes malaccensis celebensis (Shell). 

 From Sula Besi and Sula Mangoli. Quite like Celebes specimens. 



34. Hermotimia auriceps (G. R. Gray). 

 Sula Besi and Sula Mangoli. They are quite different from the Celebensian 

 //. porphi/rolai'mii, and seem to be quite like Moluccan //. auriceps, but the Sula 

 material is jioor, uud it is not impossible that there is a difference in size. 



35. Zosterops subatrifrons M. & Wg. 



Messrs. Meyer & Wiglesworth described this species from Peling. Doherty 

 sent it from Sula Besi and Sula Mangoli. The latter do not seem to differ from the 

 Peling form. Doherty describes the iris as " sepia-brown: the feet leaden grey; bill 

 black, with the base of the mandible whitish." 



36. lole longirostris (Wall.). 

 Sula Mangoli and Sula Besi. 6 ad. '■ Iris dull crimson ; feet pale purplish, 

 with rosy soles ; bill black, with the middle of the mandible paler." ? ad. " Iris 

 sepia, inwardly fuscous ; feet very pale jmrplish, with rosy soles and greyish claws ; 

 bill blackish brown." The female is smaller. Wing of the nude about 120 — 122 

 mm., of the feitude 110 — 111 mm Most of the specimens from Peling and 

 Banggai are duller, but this difference does not seem to be quite constant, besides 



