AET. 16. BIRDS FROM NORTH CELEBES RILEY. 51 



The male has the top of the head very deep indigo blue, shading off 

 into a blackish tinge on the crown and forehead, the lower part 

 much lighter than in the typical form. In the female the blue on 

 the head is much lighter but still darker than in northern birds. 

 They both probably belong to the above race. 



Bill blight red ; feet reddish flesh color below and behind, brown above. Very 

 shy.— H. C. R. 



Family BUCEROTIDAE. 



HOBNBILLS. 

 106. RHABDOTOKRHINUS EXARATUS (Temminck). 



One female, Paleleh River, August 8, 1914; one male and one fe- 

 male, Teteamoet, February 4, 1916 ; one female, Koeala Prang, May 

 8, 1916 ; one male, Temboan, July 30, 1916 ; one male and one female. 

 Loboea Sore, November 28, 1916; one male, Koelawi, February 1, 

 1917; three males and one female, Rano Lindoe, March 21-22, 1917. 



107. CRANORRHINUS CASSIDIX (Temminck). 



A fair series of males and females from: Paleleh River, August 

 9-15, 1914; Kwandang, October 24, 1914; Paleleh, November 10, 

 1914; Teteamoet, January 25 and 29, 1916; Koeala Prang, May 28, 

 1916; Pinedapa, January 10-February 8, 1918. 



The smooth, peculiarly shaped casque and the fact that it has the 

 corrugations at the base of both maxilla and mandible entitle this 

 species to stand alone. The other species usually placed in the genus, 

 with the corrugations at the base of the mandible only, I have pro- 

 posed to remove and have named Granobrontes^^ with Buceros levr 

 cocephalus Vieillot as the type. 



Family MEROPIDAE. 



BEE-EATEHS. 

 108. MEROPS PHILIPPINUS JAVANICUS Horsfteld. 



Five males and seven females from the following localities: 

 Koeala Prang, May 28, 1916 ; Parigi, September 12, 1916 ; Rano Lin- 

 doe, March 6-26, 1917. 



Wlien laid out in series alongside birds from the Philippines and 

 viewed from one side, the Celebes bird appears to be of a deeper 

 green; the rump, tail, and under tail-coverts a purer blue; and the 

 breast more greenish. Two Javan specimens seem to agree best with 

 the Celebes series, and so for the present I am assigning the latter to 

 the same race. 



M Proc. Biol. Soo. Wash., vol. 34, 1921, p. 52. 



