^BT. 16. 



BIRDS FEOM NORTH CELEBES RILEY. 



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■either series can be picked out that are almost identical. There is 

 Jittle or no difference in size. 



The type of Aethostoma Sharpe is Trichostoina rostratum Blyth, 

 •and a comparison of celehensis with it shows them to be not struc- 

 turally quite the same and it is doubtful if they should be placed in 

 the same genus. Trichostoma celebense Strickland has the tarsus 

 less than one half the length of the tail, while in rostratum it is 

 jnore than half. In T. celebeTise the tarsus equals about one and a 

 third the length of the middle toe without claw while in T. rostratum 

 the proportion is about one and a half. 



Nasal region very soft. Iris light brown. — H. C. R. 



Family TURDIDAE. 



THBUSHES. 

 158. SAXICOLA CAPRATA ALBONOTATA (Stresemann). 



One adult male, Dolo, December 30, 1916; two adult males, Rano 

 Lindoe, March 10 and 23, 1917; one male in mixed plumage, Doda, 

 Besoa, October 24, 1917 ; one male in mixed plumage, Napoe, Watoe- 

 taoe, December 4, 1917. 



The above series when compared with Luzon birds {S. c. caprata) 

 shows the Celebes form to be larger, with more white on the wing 

 and rump and the black deeper as pointed out by the describer.*^ 

 A male of Saxicola caprata fruticola from Java in the United 

 States National Museum is larger with less white on the wing coverts 

 than Celebes birds. 



The five males measure as follows : 



Seen many times in fields and open plains near Parigi, Toboli, and Laboea 

 Sore, but very shy and difficult to approach. — H. C. R. 



Family SYLVIIDAE. 



WAKBLERS. 

 159. CISTICOLA EXILIS GRAYI (Walden). 



A good series : Rano Lindoe, March 7-24, 1917, and Doda, Besoa, 

 October 23, 1917. 



"Nov. Zool., vol. 19, 1912, p. 321. 



