1872.] 



ON THE BIEDS OF CELEBES. 



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Artamus papucnsis, Temm. ; 15p. Consp. i. p. .344, "Nov. Guinea, Timor." 

 Leptopteryx leucorhynclms (Linn.) ; Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 244, "Java." 

 Lanius leucorhynclms, Linn. ; Raffles, Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 30G, " Sumatra." 

 Artamus leucogaster (Valenc.) ; Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 28 ; Walden, P. Z. S. 186G, p. 555* ; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 324. 



Artamus leucorhynclms, Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 141. 



JIah. Timor, Floras, Lombock, Bouru, and the whole archipelago from Sumatra to Nevsr 

 Guinea, Celebes (Wallace); Sumatra (liajjles); Java {Ilor.'ijicld) ; Andauums {Beavan); Cape 

 York, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Mysol, Menado, Manilla, Andamans, Java [mus. nostr.). 



I am unable to distinguish individuals of the white-bellied Swallow-Shrike inhabiting the 

 Philippines, Andamans, Java, Lombock, Mysol, Australia, and Celebes. In coloration they 

 appear to be absolutely identical. In dimension, with the exception of the large Celebean form, 

 they vary but little. I have therefore included all under the oldest title given by Linnieus to the 

 Philippine bird. The Celebean is much the largest, and ought, perhaps, to receive a separate 

 specific name. Mr. Wallace (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 485) entitles the Timor bird^. leucogaster, var. ; 

 but it was from Timor specimens that Valenciennes described A. leucogaster. 



A. mentaUs, Jard. (Fiji Islands), and A. melaleiicus (Forsten), a good species (New 

 Caledonia), belong to this group. A. moaachus (Temm.) ought, perhaps, to be also included. 



Dimensions q/" Artamus leucorhynchus. 



Manilla . . . . 

 Lombock . . 



Mysol 



Queensland 

 Cape York . . 

 Moreton Bay 



Java 



Andamans . . 

 Menado .... 



Wing. 



inches. 



5-250 

 5-250 

 5-2.50 

 5-375 

 5-250 

 5-125 

 5-250 

 6-125 

 6-625 



Tail. 



inches. 

 2-625 

 2-750 

 2-625 

 2-625 

 2-625 

 2-750 

 2-500 

 2-500 

 3-000 



Tai-Bus. 



inch. 

 •025 



•625 



•625 



•625 



•625 



•625 



•625 



•5625 



•625 



BiU 

 from forehead. 



inch. 



•7500 



•8125 



•7500 

 •6875 

 •6875 

 •6875 

 ■7500 

 •6875 

 •8750 



BiU 

 from nostril. 



inch. 

 •5(100 

 •5625 

 •5625 

 •5625 

 •5000 

 •5000 

 •5625 

 •5000 

 •6625 



Tr. Z. S. viii. 

 p. 68. 



CAMPEPHAGID^. 



Graucalus, Cuvier. 



84. Graucalus atkiceps, S. Miill. Verhand. Laud- en Volk. p. 190, " Celebes" (1839-44); 

 Hartlaub, J. fur Orn. 1864, p. 437. 



Ilab. Celebes (S. Milller) ; Ceram, Sumbawa, Flores {Hartlaub). 



In his admirable monograph. Dr. Hartlaub {I. c.) describes from a Ceram male and a 

 Sumbawa female. It is not stated whether they were compared with Celebean individuals ; I 



* \_AtiUa, p. 32.— Ed.] 



