1872.] ON THE BIRDS OF CELEBES. 209 



Upper surface brown. C^liiii, throat, and cheeks white, each feather broadly centred with 

 dark brown. Breast pale rufous, some of the feathers with brown central stripes. Abdominal 

 and ventral region, flanks, under wing- and tail-coverts, and the thigh-coverts white, with two, 

 three, or four broad transverse bands. Tail crossed by three broad dark-brown bands, one being 

 terminal ; between the termiual band and the next a broad, light greyish-brown band of 

 irregular shading and marking ; between the second dark-brown band and the third a paler 

 brown band. 



YuNGiPicus TEMMiNCKii (Malherbe), antea, p. 145. 



Dr. Meyer has sent a male as well as several females of tliis rare species. The male, 

 hitherto unknown, is peculiar in having the sides of the neck blood-red instead of a narrow 

 stripe behind the eyes. In other respects it exactly resembles the female. Notwithstanding 

 Bonaparte's remark (Consp. i. p. 137, no. 20), this species in no way resembles Y. kisuki. It is 

 an isolated form, readily distinguished by its olive-brown plumage, spotted on the wings with 

 yellowish-white dots, by its fulvous upper tail-coverts and rump, and by all its rectrices being 

 barred rufous and brown. 



Meropogon forsteni (Temm.), antea, p. 14G. 



This species has the first primary half the length of the second, which is a little shorter 

 than the third. The third a.nd fourth are longest, and equal. The fifth is somewhat shorter 

 than the third and fourth, but longer than the second. In the structure of the wing, therefore, 

 it diff"ers from both Merojis and Melittojihagiis*, but agrees with Ni/ctiornis. The grooved 

 culmen of Xyctiornis is not present ; but a shallow channel extends from the base of the raaxilla, 

 on both sides of the culmen, for two thirds of its length. This character is not possessed by Tr. Z. s. viii. 

 either Kyctiornis, 2Ierops, or Ilelittojjhagus. The rectrices are truncated, as in 31/rf/or/n's ; but P- •'^^-• 

 the middle pair are elongated, as in Merops, and closely resemble in form and proportion those 

 of M. phiUppensis. The feet are those of the family. The elongated pectoral plumes resemble 

 in character the same feathers in JV^yctionu's. Altogether M. forsteni may be regarded as a link 

 uniting Nyctiornis to Merops, but most nearly allied to Nyctiornis. 



Ceycopsis fallax (Schlegel), antea, p. 148. 



Several examples were obtained in North Celebes by Dr. Meyer. 



Tanysiptera riedelii was not obtained in Celebes (conf. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 1) ; and as yet 

 there is no evidence that the genus occurs in the island. 



Ltncoenis mackopteeus, Bp., antea, p. 150. 



This species, L. macrotis. Vigors, and L. temmincki, Gould, are representative forms, closely 

 resembling each otlier in plumage, but differing in size, the Celebean species being a little 

 smaller than the Philippine. L. cervmiceps, Gould, the giant of the genus, diflPers considerably 

 in colouring and markings. 



* Prince Bonaparte says (Consp. i. p. 164), ^'- alai Melittophagi •" but in Melittophagus, M. minuti'.s\iemg the t)'pe, 

 the third quiH is the longest. The African species which most resembles M. forsteni in the graduation of the quills and 

 the form of the rectrices, the middle pair excepted, is M. bullockuidcs, Smith. 



