ART. 16. 



BIRDS FROM NORTH CELEBES RILEY. 



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Remarks. — This species is so very different from tlie description and plate 

 of Cdtaponera turdoides Hartert given in Meyer and Wiglesworth "* that it 

 scarcely needs comparison. Hartert's species came from the south, while the 

 present comes from the central mountainous part of the island. 



In this class of birds the sexes are alike, so the differences can not 

 be explained upon that score. 



Collected at dusk and seen to hop along branches in the same way as Malia. 

 Bill reddish-orange; eyelid and feet chrome yellow. — H. C. R. 



155. ANDROPHILUS CASTANEUS (Buttikofer) . 



One male, Goenoeng Lehio, January 17, 1917; one male, Toewo 

 Moimtain, November 4, 1917; two males, Kano Rano, December 

 10 and 13, 1917. 



The tails in the above specimens are somewhat defective. 



The genus Androphilus strongly resembles Pseudotharrhaleus of 

 the Philippines, both in color and structure, and the only striking 

 difference is in the longer, stiffer, and more pointed tail feathers of 

 the latter. The wing formula is practically the same and somewhat 

 peculiar, there being little difference in size after the third (from, 

 the outside) in the length of the primaries, making a very blunt 

 wing. Androphilus is said to, have 10 rectrices, while Pseudothar- 

 rhaleus has 12; the two genera are very closely allied and evi- 

 dently represent each other in their respective habitats. Since 

 Meyer and Wiglesworth wrote on the birds of Celebes, Androphilus 

 has been discovered on the high mountains of Burn and Ceram, and 

 Rothschild and Hartert *° have described a species from central 

 Dutch New Guinea; from the description of the latter and the re- 

 marks accompanying it this is a very doubtful member of the genus^ 

 however. 



These are often heard but hard to see because of their habit of running 

 along and under fallen tree trunks and dense dark underbrush, though most 

 of the time they sit absolutely motionless watching for food. — H. C. R. 



The four males measure as follows : 



156. MALIA GRATA GRATA SchlegeL 



A fair series of both sexes and immature from : Goenoeng Lehio, 

 January 14-20, 1917 : Rano Rano. December 8-27. 1917. 



s» Birds of Celcbe.'!, vol. 2, 1898, p. -503, pi. 29. 

 « Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. .34, 1911, p. 33. 



