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Both sexes :i Wing, 100-115 (average, 107.6) mm.; tail, 60-75 

 (66.8) ; exposed culmen, 33.5^7 (41.9) ; tarsus, 14-17 (15.8). 



Type locality. — Gorontalo, northern Celebes. 



Geographic distribution. — Celebes, and probably its coastal islands. 



Remarks. — This race is, in general characters, intermediate between 

 Saui'opatis chloris chloris and 8auropatis chloris collaris, as it is in 

 geographic position. Although the specimen from Gorontalo, 

 Celebes, on which Bonaparte based his Halcyon forsteni- was un- 

 doubtedly very abnormal, as both Schlegel and Sharpe conclude, 

 the name becomes, of course, available, now that the birds from this 

 island prove to be subspecifically recognizable. This form seems, 

 however, to be confined to Celebes and its coastal islands. 



The female of Sam^opatis chloris forsteni differs from the male 

 in having the upper parts decidedly duller, more greenish or oliva- 

 ceous (less bluish) ; the auriculars more blackish (less washed with 

 greenish) ; and the black nuchal band on the average somewhat 

 wider. 



The colors of the soft parts, as shown by data on the labels of 

 specimens, are as follows : Iris gray or black ; bill black, the base of 

 mandible flesh color; feet black. 



Measurements and localities of all the specimens examined are 

 subjoined. 



Measurements oi speci%mens of Sauropatis chloris forsteni. 



* Thirty-three specimens, from Celebes. 



' Consp. Generum Avium, vol. 1, 1850, p. 157. 



