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that the Peliuo; and Biinirt-'iii skins liefore me are of the detestable "Celebes-make," 

 the neck very much shortened, tail pushed in, part of lower abdomen and belly cut 

 away, wliile Doherty's skins are ratlier thickly filled up. A nest n-ith two e^u's was 

 found on Sula Mangoli. They are jiinkisli white, blotched and spotted all over with 

 mostly somewhat longitudinal markings of brownish red, and deeper lying pale 

 pinkish grey patches. The markings are more accumulated on the thicker end. 

 The eggs thus resemble eggs of some species of the genus Crhtiffi'r and Pycnonotux. 

 They are large and measure 24 to 24'2 : 20 to 21 mm. 



:i7. Munia molucca molucca (L.). 

 Sula Besi and Snla Mangoli. 



38. Calornis sulaensis Sharpe. 



Tliis e.Kcellent sjtecies (described Cat. B. Brit. Mm. Xlll. p. 14'.); may, on 

 account of its long tail, be described as a C. metallica with the colour of ('. 

 pinwyem'u. It difters from C. jjunaijoisis and C. neglect a.^ by its very much longer 

 tail, which measures from about 95 to 110 mm., although in one female it is only 

 '••2 mm. 



Doherty has sent specimens from Snla Besi and Snla Miuigoii. The iris of 

 adult and immature birds in strijied plumage is red, but of very young ones it is 

 brown. 



JMr. Wallace records a specimen of C. metallicu.i as being collected on the Snla 

 Islands by his assistant, Mr. Allen, which is now in the British Mnsenm. Doherty 

 did not find C. metallica. 



3i». Charitornis albertinae Schl. 

 Doherty has sent us one adult male and two Mlxdt fe nude. h of this rare bird, all 

 from Snla Mangoli. The sexes do not differ in plumage, but the colour of the iris is 

 different, according to Doherty. The iris in the 6 is "white; the feet ochreous, 

 with paler claws; the bill orange-yellow, more reddish orange towards the base of 

 the mandible, which is black, like the naked throat and sides of the head." In the 

 female these colours are the same, except that the iris is " chestnut." 



4(). Basileornis galeatus A. B. Meyer. 

 An evidently young male from Snla Mangoli. The feathers of the throat and 

 foreneck have dull brown edges, the rectrices are rather pointed, the crest is 

 very much shorter than in adult birds, of which I have a series before me from 

 Banggai and an uncertain locality. " The feet are ochreous, claws nearly black; the 

 maxilla blackish brown, pale towards the cutting edge, mandible and gape dull 

 greyish white." 



41. CorvTis enca Horsf. 

 Several skins from Sula Jlangoli. " Iris deej) brown." 



42. Oriolus frontalis Wall. 

 A large series from Sula Bcsi ;ind Sola Mangoli. The young birds have the 

 bills black; thcjemale does not seem to acquire a totally black tail as old males do, 

 but the basal part at least of the central rectrices is always more or less green. 

 The iris of the adult 7nale &nd female is "dull crimson; feet pale bluish leaden 

 grey; bill whitish pink, somewhat [Miriilisii towards the tip." 



