loo PROCEEDINGS OP THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.64. 



Some of the specimens in the above series have dark tarsi, but in 

 the majority they are light colored; the birds with dark tarsi seem 

 to be older, and this character may be due to age. 



186. BUDYTES FLAVUS SIMILLIMA (Hartert). 



A good series of both sexes in various stages of plumage from: 

 Dolo, December 25-26, 1916; Koelawi, January 30-February 10, 

 1917; Rano Lindoe, March 3-25, 1917; Doda, Besoa, October 23-26, 

 1917; Toewo Mountain, Besoa, October 29-November 2, 1917; Napoe, 

 Watoetaoe, November 20, 1917. 



The few birds in the above extensive series in nearly adult plum- 

 age, I have compared with B. /. plexus and B. f. simillima. From 

 the former, the Celebes birds differ in having the pileum, lores, and 

 auriculars much lighter, but from Kamchatkan skins of the latter 

 the differences are slight and may be due to the different seasons at 

 which the two series were collected, the Kamchatkan specimens hav- 

 ing been taken in the breeding season. Hartert '^^ did not designate 

 a type in the original description of Motacilla flava simillima, but 

 later ^° stated that the type came from Sulu Island. Specimens from 

 Luzon and Celebes agree in size, but the latter appear to average a 

 little lighter on the top of the head. This may be seasonal, the Luzon 

 birds being taken later in the season ; at any rate the differences are 

 very slight. 



All the specimens taken in Celebes from the latter part of Decem- 

 ber to the latter part of March are in molt and in none is it com- 

 pleted. There seems to be a complete spring molt with tlie exception 

 of the wings and tail. 



187. ANTBUS GUSTAVI Swinhoe. 



One adult female, Tandjong Penjoe, February 20, 1915. 

 Family PLOCEIDAE. 



WEAVEE BIRDS. 

 188. MUNIA ATRICAPILLA BRUNNEICEPS (Walden). 



A good series of both sexes, adult and immature from: Likoe- 

 pang, March 2-9, 1916; Dolo, December 25, 1916; Eano Lindoe, 

 March 3-23, 1917; Doda and Toewo Mountain, Besoa, October 23-31, 

 1917; Napoe, Watoetaoe, November 20-December 4, 1917. 



The nearest relative of the Celebes bird is Mtmia atricapilla jagori 

 from the Philippine Islands (except northern Luzon), and when 

 compared with it very little difference can be detected. Munia 



™VOgel paliiark. Fauna, vol. 1, Heft 3, 1905, p. 289 (Kamchatka to Maluscas, etc.). 

 "iNov. Zool., vol. 26, 1919, p. 167. 



