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yeUowish, more ashy on the sides of the upper breast ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white ; quills dusky below, white along the 

 edge of the inner web. Total length 3-25 inches, culmen 0--4, wing 

 1-85, tail 0-9, tarsus 0-45. 

 Hah. Celebes. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Celebes. . Gould CoUection 



c d c? ad sk. Menado. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [O. J. 



e f. 6 9. ad. sk. Menado. A. R. Wallace, Esq. rC.J. 



(].' (S ad. sk. Macassar. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



10. Dicseum sanghirense. 



Dicffium sanghirense, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. ix. p. 58 

 (1877). 



Adult male. General colour glossy dark indigo-blue ; the wing- 

 coverts like the back; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 black, externally edged with blue like the back ; tail blue-black ; 

 head 'like the back ; lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks 

 black, also slightly glossed with blue, the sides of the throat also 

 black along the malar line ; chin white ; lower throat and fore neck 

 scarlet ; remainder of under surface white with a yellowish tinge ; 

 the sides of the body dark ashy grey, blacker on the sides of the 

 upper breast ; down the centre of the breast a broad longitudinal 

 mark of black washed with blue ; imder tail-coverts white with 

 longitudinal black centres ; axUlaries and under wing-coverts white ; 

 quUls blackish below, ashy along the edge of the inner web. Total 

 length 3-3 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 1-95, tail 1-05, tarsus 0-5. 

 {Mus. R. G. Wardhm Ramsay.) 

 Hah. Sanghir Islands. 



11. Dicseum sulaense. 



Dictum celebicum {nee Miill. ^ Schl.\ Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 342. 

 Dicseum sulaense, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 579. 



Adidt male. General colour above purple, the wing-coverts like 

 the back ; quills black, externally purple ; lower back and rump 

 slightly washed with olive ; upper taU-coverts and tail deep purple ; 

 lores, sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts dusky purple ; chin 

 whitish ; a narrow line along the edge of the lower jaw blackish ; 

 throat and chest fine scarlet ; in the centre of the breast a broad 

 streak of duU xmrplish black; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 jellowish white; sides of upper breast ashy washed with olive; 

 sides of body and flanks duU yellowish olive ; axiUaries and under 

 wing-coverts white with a faint tinge of yellow ; quills blackish 

 below, ashy whitish along the edge of the inner web. Total length 

 3-65 inches, culmen 0'4, wing 2-05, tail 1-15, tarsus 0-55. 

 Hah. Sula Islands. 



a. Ad. sk, Sula Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



