AET. 16. BIRDS FROM NORTH CELEBES KILEY. 91 



united generically, then Lophozosterops Hartert "^ would be the name 

 to use, but out of deference to Finsch ®^ and from a lack of proj)er ma- 

 terial, the two Celebes species had better remain in Pseudozosterops 

 for the present. 



Family DICAEIDAE. 



FLOWER-PECKERS. 

 174. DICAEUM CELEBICUM S. Muller. 



A good series of both sexes and immature from : Paleleh, August 

 1, 1914; Paleleh River, August 10, 1914; Soemalata, September 3-7, 

 1914; Kapas Bay, November 22, 1914; Toli Toli, December 2-8, 

 1914; Kampa, February 14, 1915; Tandjong Penjoe, February 25- 

 26, 1915; Likoepang, January 16, 1916; Manembo Nembo, June 23, 

 1916 ; Langowan, July 12, 1916 ; Parigi, September 28, 1916 ; Kasim- 

 bar, December 13, 1916; Laboea Sore, November 24, 1916; Gimpoe, 

 August 2-September 1, 1917; Toare, Bada, September 20, 1917; 

 Koelawi, February 4 and 23, 1917 ; Rano Lindoe, March 7-23, 1917 ; 

 Pinedapa, Januaiy 12, and February 13, 1918. 



Birds from the north when compared with a series from the north- 

 central mountainous section have deeper purplish backs and the 

 dark central pectoral patch is more pronounced. The series from 

 the north-central country is more worn and the differences may be 

 due to fading, however. There is little diiference in size between 

 the two series. 



The majority of the adult males have the throat and jugulum 

 scarlet-red, but one male (No. 248,743) from Tandjong Penjoe, Feb- 

 ruary 26, has these parts geranium-red. It is peculiar in other 

 particulars, also; the back is darker, less purplish, and the black 

 pectoral spot extends clear across the chest, but in this latter char- 

 acter it is approached by a specimen from Toli Toli (No. 248,738), 

 and others. The white chin spot varies from hardly any at all 

 to the condition in which the whole throat is white and the scarlet- 

 red reduced to a jugular patch, as in a specimen taken at Gimpoe, 

 August 3 (No. 252,389). This later sems to be fully adult and is 

 unique in the series. 



Two young males, Gimpoe, August 21 and 28, have a few red 

 feathers appearing on the throat and a few dark purplish feathers 

 on the top of the head. Another young male taken at the same 

 place, August 2, is much further advanced toward the adult 

 plumage. 



«9Nov. Zool., 3, 1896, 568. «> Ti&s Tier., 15 Lief., 1901, p. 46. 



