AET. 16. BIRDS FROM NORTH CELEBES RILEY. 11 



mantle, wing-coverts, secondaries, and chest edged with lemon yellow, 

 the edging on the chest very nan*ow ; the center of the throat gray- 

 ish; belly white with yellow tips to the feathers; under tail-coverts 

 white, tipped with light yellow and with a dark green mark on the 

 inner webs of the feathers ; outer tail-feathers blackish basally with 

 a sub-terminal gray spot edged with green and narrowly tipped with 

 white, the outer web green ; the other tail-feathers are similar, except 

 the white edging becomes yellow and narrower as the central feath- 

 ers, which are without the gray subterminal spot, are approached. 



A slightly older specimen taken at Gimpoe, August 8, differs from 

 the above in the tail pattern, the outer feathers being slate gray on 

 the inner web with a darker subterminal bar, the tip gray, narrowly 

 edged with yellowish white. 



Dendrophassa is common at Pinedapa but as they feed mostly on fruit of 

 the taller trees here they are difficult to shoot ; in other places I have seen 

 them feeding on the fruit of small trees and saplings. They are very fond of 

 the small yellow fruit of the Waringan. The flight is very rapid and when 

 taking wing they make a rather loud clapping of the wings as do nearly all 

 the pigeons and doves in Celebes. — H. C. R. 



6. DENDROPHASSA VERNANS PURPUREA (Gmelin).« 



One male, Kwala Besar, August 24, 1914; one male and two 

 females, Tandjong Penjoe, February 18-20, 1915; three males, 

 Likoepang, March 11-12, 1916; one male and one female, Parigi, 

 September 19, and October 5, 1916. 



An immature male taken at Likoepang, March 11, acquiring the 

 adult plumage, has the gray of the throat, cheeks, and forehead 

 mixed with light green, as also the purple jugular band, the orange 

 breast patch is separated into two spots by a green band down the 

 center. Several of the above males have the throats and foreheads 

 washed with greenish, the last traces of the immature plumage. 



The above series has been compared with quite an extensive one 

 from the Philippines, the mainland, Borneo, and Java. From the 

 mainland form the Celebes bird differs in having the top of the 

 head, back, breast, and purple band noticeably lighter in color; in 

 fact, the gray of the head in Celebes specimens is slightly lighter 

 even than in the two males before me from Java, though they seem 

 to agree in other respects and the difference is slight. Even Philip- 

 pine specimens appear to be slightly lighter than birds from the 

 mainland, especially in the southern islands. Bornean specimens 

 seem to agree with those from Java. 



^ For the use of this name see Hartert and Goodson, Nov. Zool., vol. 25, 1918, p. 355. 

 Since the above was written Oherholser (Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci., v©l. 14, 1924, p. 298) 

 has named the Celebes bird, Dendrophassa vemans zalepta. 



