64 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ISTATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.64. 



The males of this series differ from L. f. fulvus in the greater 

 extension of the red of the head on to the nape and cheeks; the 

 females by the darker tails. 



I have no specimens of L. f. ivaUacei for comparison. Two males 

 of the above series (Nos. 251906 and 251909), from Kano Rano and 

 Gimpoe, respectively, have the red confined to the forehead and 

 crown, not reaching down on the sides of the face as far as the eye ; 

 they are evidently immature. The Gimpoe specimen is the younger 

 (taken August 4) and has the breast and chest avellaneous, while 

 in the older specimen it is like the adult. 



Family PITTIDAE. 



PITTAS. 

 132. PITTA CELEBENSIS MuUer and Schlegel. 



One male, Temboan, July 24, 1916; one female, Pinedapa, Feb- 

 ruary 21, 1918. 



In some particulars the specimen taken at Temboan does not agree 

 with Meyer and Wiglesworth's ^' description. It lacks the blue 

 vertical stripe and neck collar; the new feathers on the crown are 

 very dark, almost black, edged with morocco red ; the nape is brazil 

 red; the black jugular patch shows a whitish central spot, caused 

 by the bases of the feathers showing through the black; the dark 

 pectoral band is 7iot black but taupe brown. The bird is molting 

 but in apparently adult plumage. It measures: Wing, 104; tail, 

 38.5; culmen, 20; bill from nostril, 14.5. The Pinedapa specimen 

 is apparently a much younger bird than that from Temboan, or 

 there is a difference in the sexes. It is a much lighter red on the 

 breast and belly; the white center to the black jugular spot is more 

 l^ronounced; the crown is lighter, chestnut not blackish; the blue 

 vertical stripe and neck band are present; the chin and cheeks 

 lighter, light russet vinaceous, not vinaceous russet ; the dark pectoral 

 band is very narrow, almost absolete. It measures: Wing, 102; 

 tail, 40 ; culmen, 20 ; bill from nostril, 14.5. The Temboan specimen 

 has had the skin badly broken on the top of the head and cleverly 

 mended by the collector, this may account for the absence of the 

 blue vertical stripe, but would not account for the other differences. 



133. PITTA FORSTENI (Bonaparte). 



One female, Temboan, August 1, 1916. 



It measures: Wing, 114; tail, 46; Culmen, 25; bill from nostril 

 16.5. 



»5 Birds of Celebes, vol. 1, 1898, p. 340 



