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pines; the Javan bird resembles those from the Philippines verj 

 much, except that the shaft lines on the feathers of the head, neck,, 

 and chest are more pronounced. The four Celebes specimens have 

 the shaft lines of the white areas very fine, in fact almost obsolete; 

 this sometimes occurs in Philippine birds, but not so generally or ta 

 so pronounced an extent ; the Celebes birds are also somewhat smaller. 

 Only one specimen of the Australian form, without definite locality, 

 has been available for comparison. It is entirely without shaft stripes 

 on the white areas. As the Celebes bird does not seem to be the 

 Game as that from Java, the Philippines, or Australia, I am using 

 Briiggemann's name, founded upon Celebes specimens, as the only 

 safe course. 



Mathews ^^ unites the Celebes form to that of the Philippines, but 

 there is no evidence in his work that he actually compared series 

 of specimens from the two localities, apparently relying more upon 

 the literature. He may be right in assigning Javan specimens to a 

 different form than that of the Philippines but he is not justified in. 

 uniting the latter to that of Celebes. 



78. ELANUS HYPOLEUCUS Gould. 



Three males and two females, Parigi, September 12-23, 1916; one 

 male, Gimpoe, August 20, 1917. 



Philippine and Javan specimens do not appear to differ in any 

 way from those of Celebes. 



The crops of the two specimens examined by Mr. Raven both 

 contained the remains of quail {Excalfactoria) . 



79. MILVUS IMIGRANS AFFINIS Gould. 



One male, Parigi, September 3, 1916; one male and five females^ 

 Laboea Sore, November 19-December 4, 1916; one female, Winatoe^ 

 January 21, 1917; one male, Koelawi, February 3, 1917; two male& 

 and one female, Gimpoe, August 3, 23, 1917. 



No Australian specimens of this race have been available for 

 comparison. 



Never seen until a deer or other large specimen is being skinned.- — H. C. R. 



80. PERNIS CELEBENSIS CELEBENSIS Wallace. 



One female, Koelawi, .February 8, 1917; one female, Gimpoe, 

 August 23, 1917. 



The specimen from Koelawi is much like the plate in Meyer and 

 Wiglesworth,'^ except the black streaks on the throat and chest are 

 more numerous and broader, while the Gimpoe female has them 



" Birds Australia, vol. 5, pt. 2, 1916, p. 156. 

 '2 Birds of Celebes, vol. 1. 1898, pi. 2. 



