1872.] 



ON THE BIEDS OF CELEBES. 



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14. Lamprofornis minor, Mull. ; Bp. Consp. 417, " Timor." Wallace gives it also from Floras 



and Lombock. A very distinct species. 



15. Calornis Tiridescens, G. E. Gray, "Aru Islands." Near to C. amboinemis. Also given 

 from Dorey by Mr. G. R. Gray under the inaccurate title of C. virescens (P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 158). 



16. Calornis gularis, G. R. Gray, "Mysol." Apparently nothing but C. viridescens. 



17 Calornis infida, G. R. Gray, " New Ireland," ex Less. & Garnot, Voy. Coq. Zool. i. p. 343. 

 Seems to belong to the green and purple group. 



Dimensions. 



C. purpurascens, G. R. Gray 

 C. amboinensis, G. It. Gray . 



C. minor (MiiU.) 



C. chalvbea (Horsf.) 



C. insidiator (7?((^.)? 



9 



9? H 



9 

 »j ?i 



C. neglecta, voh 



C. crassirostris, noh 



C. cantoroides, G. B. Gray . 



Tarsus. 



Locality. 



inch. 



•8750 

 •8125 

 •7500 

 •7500 

 •8125 

 •8125 

 •8125 

 -8750 

 •8750 

 •8125 



Cape York. 

 Amboyna. 

 Timor. 

 Java. 



Malacca. 



Sarawak. 



Cambodia. 



Celebes. 



Lombock. 



Mysol. 



Tr. Z. S. viii. 

 p. 81. 



ScissiROSTEUM, Lafresnaye. 



114. ScissiROSTRUM DUBIUM (Latham), Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xviii. no. 5 (1801), ex Lath. Syn. 

 Suppl. ii. p. 73. no. 11, descr. orig. 



Scissirostntm j}agei, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 93, " Manado ;" Mag. Zool. 1845, pi. 59; 

 Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 141 ; Malay Archip. i. p. 430. 



Hab. Scarce at Macassar, plentiful near Menado ( Wallace). 



We owe the identification of this most anomalous form with the Lanius dubius. Lath., to 

 Dr. Hartlaub (Arch. Nat. xiii. 2. p. 57). Notwithstanding Prince Bonaparte's incredulity (Consp. 

 i. p. 423), a reference to Latham's original description, taken from a specimen "at Mr. Thompson's, 

 Little St. Martin's Lane, London, but without any history of its manners or country annexed," 

 leaves no doubt of its identity. 



The sequence and relative proportions of the quills in this species are the same as in 

 Calornis. The structure of the tail is similar to that of Calornis metallica (Temm.). The bill 

 resembles most nearly, in its massiveness and general outline, that oi Eiilabes javanus, Cuv. ; but 

 the peculiar position of the nostrils, situated in narrow and deep ascending grooves, is quite 

 unique. The sole existing representative of a subfamily C?) long since extinct, its systematic 

 place seems to be between Calornis and Eulabes. 



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