3. HYPOT.EXIDIA. 45 



5. HypotsBnidia celeb snsis. 



Kallus celebensis, Quoy Sf Gaim. Toi/. de f Astro!., Zuol. i. p. SoO, 

 j)l. 24. tifr.o (18,50) ;■ Gniy, Lid GntlUe Brit. Mm. p. 116 (1844j ; 

 Jirii(/(/em. Al)handl. nut. J'er. Bremen, v. p. 92 (187(3). 



Eulnbeornis celebensis, Grai/, Gen. B. iii. p. 595 (1840) ; id. Iland-l. 

 B. iii. p. 57, no. 10370 (1871). 



llypottBindia celebensis, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1850) ; .SV7(7. Mus. 

 Bat/s-Bax, llalli, p. 22 (1805); M'aldeu, Trans. Z. S. viii. p. '.»5 

 (1872: Meuiido, Goroiitalo, Limbotto) ; Feb. Ibis, 1873, p. 4''.: 

 Blasiiis, J. f. 0. 1883, p. 139; id. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. iii. p. ItJO 

 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above dark olive-brown, the featliors 

 being dusky brown iu the centre, with olive-brown margins : wing- 

 coverts like the back, with a slight reddish tinge on the greater 

 series ; bastard-wing, priiuarv-coverts and quills dusky brown, 

 externally olive with a slight tinge of re Idish ; tail-feathers olive- 

 brown with dusky centres ; crown of head and nape dusky brown, 

 darker than the back ; lores and feathers round the eye black, 

 continued in a broad black baud to the sides of the nape ; this 

 black band skirted by an equally broad white one, which extends 

 from the gape to the sides of the neck, traversing the ear-coverts ; 

 checks black, with a few indications of tiny white cross lines on the 

 malar region ; entire under surface of body black, crossed with 

 numerous lines of white, a little less distinct on the throat ; thighs 

 grey posteriorly ; under wing-coverts and axillaries exactly like 

 the breast and barred in the same way. Total length llj-o inches, 

 culmen l-oo, wing 0, tail 2-15, tarsus 1-S5, middle toe and claw 2. 



Hub. Celebes. 



a. Ad. St. Celebes. Levden Museum. 



h. Ad. St. Celebes. Edward Wilson, Esq. 'P.]. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Meuado, Celebes. "Wallace Coll. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Menado, Celebes. Gould Coll. 



(J, h. Ad. sk. Menado, Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



i. iSkeletou. Celebes. Dr. A. 13. Mever [C.]. 



(5. Hypotaeuidia saturata. 



? llvpoticnidia celebeusis {nee Q. ^- G.), Sahad. Ann. Mm. Geiiov. 



vii. p. 970 (1875). 

 IIypot;euidia saturata. Sahad. MSS., Scl. 7/>;s, 1880, p. 310, note : 



Sali-iid. Ann. Mtis. Genov. xviii. p. 319 (^1882) ; id. Orn. ra.niusia 



etc. iii. p. 200 (1882). 



Adult. Similar to H. celebetisis and fully as large, but dis- 

 tinguished by the absence of white cros.s lines on the throat, which 

 is entirely black. Total length 13 inclies, culuicn 1-8.5, wing 5-9, 

 tail 2-3, tarsus 2-15, middle toe and claw 2-25. {Mos. 11'. Ruth- 

 schild.) 



Ilab. X.W. Xcw Guinea and Salawati. 



