AKT. 16. BIRDS FROM NORTH CELEBES RILEY. 27 



To the above I would add that the lesser wing-coverts in the plate 

 of Scolopax rusticola mira are of the usual " rusticola " type, while, as 

 remarked above, in Scolopax celebensis they are of a different 

 pattern, but I made a mistake in calling them notches, for further 

 examination shows them to be really bars. The pattern is quite dif- 

 ferent, however, the black bars wide and the russet narrower; there 

 are no gray bars bordered by narrow black ones as in Scolopax rusti- 

 cola. The feathers remaining at the base of the forehead of Scolopax 

 celehensis are similar to the same area in Scolopax rusticola^ if not 

 identical, but quite different from this area in Scolopax saturata. 



Scolopax apparently has not been recorded from Celebes before 

 and a more perfect specimen is much desired. 



Family JACANIDAE. 



JACANAS. 

 46. IREDIPARRA GALUNACEA GALLINACEA (Temminck). 



Two males, Toli Toli, December 13, 1914; and one female, Rano 

 Lindoe, March 26, 1917. 



These appear to be considerably darker above, especially on the 

 rump and tail, when compared with Irediparra gallinacea novae- 

 hollandiae ( Sal vadori ) . 



Comb bright red in life and loses its color within a few minutes after 

 death.— H. C. R. 



Family PLEGADIDAE. 



IBISES. 

 47. PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS PEREGRINUS (Bonaparte). 



Three adult males, two adult females, one immature male, and two 

 immature females, Rano Lindoe, March 7-13, 1917. 



The series available for comparison, consisting of one male from 

 Europe and one male and two females from North America, is much 

 too small to reach any definite conclusions regarding the forms, if 

 any, that this species might develop. The North American male 

 is slightly darker than the specimen of the same sex from Europe; 

 the Celebes males appear slightly darker than the North American 

 bird. Whether these slight differences would hold in a larger series 

 only the future can decide. The measurements are too scattered to 

 be of any value and are not given. I am following Hartert ^^ in 

 recognizing an eastern form. 



Birds in the Celebes series with the top of the head greenish, in- 

 stead of washed with a purplish gloss, prove to be not fully adult, 



«' Vogel palSark. Fauna, vol. 2, pt. 4, 1920, p. 1222. 



