366 



CTrcrLiDJ-:. 



Adult. Upper half of tlie head, back of neck, and upper mantle 

 huffish brown, slightly darker on the crown; remainder of the 

 upper parts dark chestnut : throat and chest buff, shading into 

 chestnut on the sides of the chest, abdomen, and under tail-coverts ; 

 bill black; legs blackish brovvn. Total length 20-2 inches, culmcn 

 1-05, wing 6-8, tail 10-8, tarsus ISo. 



Hah. Celebes. 



a. $ ad. St. ; b. 



Ad. sk. 

 c, d. Ad. sk. 

 e, f, (J. Ad. sk. 

 h, i, k. Ad. ; /. 



Imm. sk. 

 m, n, o. Ad. sk. 

 p. 2 "<!• •''t. 



Celebes. 



Celebes. 



Menado, N. Celebes. 



Menado. 



Makassai- (A. R. Wallace). 

 Makassar. 



WaUace Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 ^^■allace Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 



yi. Centropus andamanensis. 



Centropus andamaneusis, Beaian, Ibi", 1SG7, p. •■<21 (ex Tytler, 

 MSS:)\ Ball, 8tr. F. i. p. 0-3 (1873): Hume, Nests <§• Egys 

 Ind. B. p. 144 (1873) ; id. Str. F. ii. p. 194 (1874), viii. p. 89 

 (1879). 



Centrococcvx andamnneusis, WaUl. Ibis, 1873, p. 305, pi. 11 ; Oates, 

 ed. Hume's Nests i^- Ei/fjs Ind. B. ii. p. 404 (1890). 



Adult male. Head, neck, upper mantle, and under surface of 

 the body brownish buff ; wings and a narrow band across the upper 

 back very deep chestnut ; the tips of the primaries dark brown ; 

 remainder of the back and the upper tail-coverts dusky brownish 

 buff ; tail purplish black ; abdomen and under tail-coverts rather 

 more dusky than the throat ; under wing-coverts dusky brownish 

 buff : " iris red ; biU, legs, and feet black." Total length 17'4 

 inches, culmen 1*5, wing Gw, tail 9-7, tarsus 1-9. 



In specimens in worn plumage the head, neck, and underparts 

 are more buff and the tail much browner, especially towards the 

 edges of the feathers, wliich are often browTiish buflf. 



Hah. Andaman Islands. 



a. 6 ad. sk. 

 h. 2 ad. sk. 

 c. 2 ad. sk. 

 d-i. (^ 2 ad. sk. 



h. 2 ad. ; I. 2 



imm. sk. 

 m, n. c? ad. ; o, p, 



q. 2 ad. sk. 

 r, s, t. (S ad. ; u, 



V. 2 ad. sk. 

 w. 2 ad. sk. 



Great Coco Island, April ( W. 



Davison). 

 Little Coco Island, March 



{W.D.). 

 Port Coruwallis, X. Andamans, 



April (J. 

 S. Andamans, Jan., Feb., Mav, 



July {R. G. W. R.). 

 S. Andamaus, July (R. J. 



Wimherley). 

 Aberdeen, April, May ( W. 



Davison). 

 Port Mouat, Dec., Jan., April 



(W. Davison). 

 Haddo. Dec. 23 (W. 



Davison). 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



