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nearly as long, the third and following qnills being much shorter. This indicates an affinity of 

 these two species to true Sturnus ; and the structure of the tail and the metallic hues of the 

 plumage strengthen the evidences of the relationship. The form of the bill is peculiar, being 

 short and stout, albeit Sturnine. On the other hand, Oriolus sinensis, Gm., the type of Sfurnia, 

 Lesson, is a true Temenuchus, Cab. ; consequently all the species falling under the latter generic 

 title must be referred to Sfurnia, and Temenuchus will have to be suppressed. A distinct sub- 

 genus will probably have to be made for ;S'. ivjrrlwgenijs and *S'. dauricus, and another for the 

 reception of the isolated Cingalese form Pastor senex, Temm., =Sturnia alhofrontata, Layard. 



Enodes, Temminck. 

 112. Enodes eeythrophrys (Temm.), Nouv. Eec. xlv" livr. ; PI. Col. 267, "Celebes, 

 environs de Menado, et dans I'ile Taguatto (1st of May 1824) ; " Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 141. 

 Hah. N.E. Celebes, confined to the interior mountain districts, never abundant ( Wallace). 



Caloenis, G. R. Gray. Tr. Z. S. vlii. 



11.3. Calorms neglecta, n. sp. P- '^• 



Calornis ohscura, var., Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 343. 



Eab. Q^lehes, {mus. nostr.) ; Sula Islands (Tf«?/«e<?). 



Having carefully compared examples of nearly all the described species of this genus, I 

 have no hesitation in considering the Calornis of Celebes and the Sula Islands distinct. In 

 colouring it most nearly approaches C. chalyhea (Horsf.), ex Java, with the allied races from 

 Sumatra, Malacca, Borneo, and Cambodia ; but its dimensions are much greater. From C. ohscura 

 (Forst.), ex Gilolo and Batchian, it can be readily discriminated by its bright green colouring. 

 From all the members of the C. metallica group it may be known by the total absence of any 

 iridescent colours. It perfectly agrees with examples from the Sula Islands. 



The individuals on which this species is founded were sent from Menado in a box which 

 contained nothing but Celebean birds. Notwithstanding, therefore, Mr. Wallace's statement 

 (Mai. Archip. i. p. 431) that the genus does not occur in Celebes, we may, I venture to think, 

 conclude that that island is not an exception to the general rule which prevails in the geographic 

 distribution of Calornis. 



The following attempt at an analysis of the species belonging to this difficult genus may 

 perhaps assist in clearing up the confusion in which the synonymy of its members is involved. 

 All the species are divisible into two distinct groups : — first, those in which the plumage is 

 uniform green, varying from light to very dark green ; secondly, those which have, added to the 

 prevailing green colour of the plumage, metallic reflections of purple and violet. The uniform 

 green species may be further subdivided into light green and dark green ; while the metallic- 

 green species are usually also distinguished by having the middle pair of rectrices much pro- 

 longed. In general terms it maybe said that the first subdivision embraces all the Indo-Malayau, 

 the second and third all the Australian forms. 



