264 Zoological Society : — 



Wagler in 1827 described a bird from Java(?) under tbe name of 

 Pastor corythaix, the characters of which agree with the Ceram and 

 not the Celebes species, with which it has been confounded by Pr. 

 Bonaparte and other writers. 



The specific characters of the two species are subjoined — viz. 



Basilornis corythaix (fig. 1). 



Top of the head rich glossy purplish black ; crest bronzy black ; 

 nape, back, and beneath the body glossy chalybeous ; wings fuscous, 

 paler at the base of the inner web ; tail bronzy black, with the outer 



Fig. 1. 



feathers black with green edges ; spot below each eye, a patch on 

 each side of breast, and some scattered hairs on the throat, white. 



Pastor corythaix, Wagl. Syst. Av. 



Basilornis corythaix, Pr. B. Consp. Av. p. 420. 



Hetcerornis corythaix, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B, ii. p. 335. 



Hab. Ceram ( Wallace^. 



Basilornis celebensis (fig. 2). 



Head rich glossy steel black ; crest rich glossy purplish black ; 

 back, breast, and abdomen chalybeous ; quills fuscous black ; tail 

 bronzy black, with the outer feathers greenish black ; a spot beneath 

 each eye, and a patch on each side of breast, white, partly tipped 

 with buff; throat with some scattered white plumes, hair-like at base 



