VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS OF CELEBES. ie 
Monta, Hodgson. 
102. Monta wisorta (Temm.), Pl. Col. 500. f. 2, “Java” (8 May, 1830); conf. Blyth, 
Ibis, 1870, p. 172; Walden, Ibis, 1869, p. 211, note. 
Hab. Macassar (Wallace); Java (mus. nostr.). 
A single Celebean example in Mr. Wallace’s collection, the only individual I have 
been able to examine, agrees well with Javan specimens. The upper tail-coverts and 
edges of the rectrices, however, are olive-green, and not grey as is the case in all my 
Javan examples. Mr. Blyth (J. c.) observes that the Celebean race has no pale shafts to 
the feathers of the upper parts; but in this Macassar individual the pale shafts are very 
conspicuous. ‘The two principal characters which distinguish the Javan M. nisoria (‘T.) 
from the Indian MW. punctularia (L.), are the rufous colouring of the breast-markings 
and the grey colour of the upper tail-coverts and edges of rectrices. In the Indian bird 
these are golden yellow, and the breast-markings are almost black. Moulmein indivi- 
duals, again, differ from those of India in having the breast-markings rufous, and from 
both Javan and Indian in having the upper tail-coverts and edges of the rectrices 
yellowish green; nor are the breast-markings in the Moulmein race as well defined. In 
the race which inhabits Flores the upper tail-coverts are pale olive-green, as in the 
Celebean bird. 
M. punctularia and M. nisoria, in young plumage, before the breast-markings appear 
and the upper coverts assume the waxy lustre found in the adult, are extremely difficult 
to distinguish. The Indian bird, however, is considerably larger, and has the bill much 
stouter. From I. rubro-nigra and its allies, when in first plumage, they are likewise 
difficult to separate. The only sure characters are the sinuated commissure and massive 
form of the bill in WZ. rubro-nigra. 
103. Munta moxucca (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 302 (1766), ex Brisson, Orn, ili. 
p- 241. no. 10; Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 147. 
Hab. Macassar (Wallace); Flores (mus. nostr.). 
A Celebean example of an adult male collected by Mr. Wallace perfectly agrees with 
Brisson’s description of Count Bentick’s specimen obtained in the Moluccas, on which 
Linneus bestowed the above specific title. 
104. Muna BRUNNEICEPS, n.sp. (Pl. IX. fig. 1.) Conf. Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 171. 
Hab. Macassar (Wallace). 
Head, chin, throat, and breast brown; abdominal stripe, vent, and under tail-coverts 
black; remainder of plumage dark chestnut. From a Macassar example of a male 
collected by Mr. Wallace. In another example from the same locality, marked a female, 
the head and nape are of a lighter and less decided shade of brown. Wing 2 inches. 
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