62 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIEDS OP CELEBES. 



TIMALIIDiE. 



Trichostoma, Blyth. 



68. Trichostoma celebense, Strickland, Contr. Ornith. 1849, p. 128, pi. — , "Celebes." 



Hob. Macassar {Wallace). 



A species of the above genus, collected by Mr. Wallace, is referred, with some doubt, 

 to the bird figured and described by the late Mr. Strickland. The chin and throat are 

 white ; the rest of the under surface is washed with pale ferruginous faintly tinged with 

 brown. The upper plumage and wings are dark olive-brown, the loose plumes of the 

 lower back being tinged with rusty, and the upper tail-coverts being distinctly rust- 

 coloured. The outer edges of the rectrices are rusty brown. Lores and cheeks dingy 

 white. Wing 2|, tail 2f, tarsus 1. 



While evidently belonging to the genus Trichostoma, this species diflFers structurally 

 from T. licolor (Lesson) of Sumatra and Malacca, by having the lictal bristles but 

 slightly developed and the tail proportionally short. 



PITTID^. 

 Melanopitta, Bonaparte. 



69. Melanopitta forsteni (Bp.), Consp. i. p. 256, " Celebes" (1850). 



Pitta melanocephala, Forsten (nee Wagler), Schlegel & S. Miiller, Yerhandl. Zool. Aves, p. 19, 

 "Tondano;" Westerman, Bijdr. i. pt. 6. p. 46, pi. 2; Schlegel, Vog. Ned. Ind. Pitta, p. 5, 

 pi. 2. f. 1. 



Brachyurus forsteni, Bp. Elliot, Monogr. p. 83, pi. 24; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 106. 



Hah. Kema, Tondano {Forsten). 



Ertthropitta, Bonaparte. 



70. Ertthropitta celebensis (Forsten), Schlegel & S. Miiller, Verhandel. Zool. Aves, 



p. 18, " Tondano ;" Westerman, Bijdr. i. p. 6. p. 46, pi. 3 ; Schlegel, Vog. Ned. 

 Ind. PiUa, p. 17, pi. 4. fig. 4 ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 106. 

 Brachyurus celebensis (Forst.), Elliot, Monogr. p. 67, pi. 17. 

 Hab. North Celebes {Forst m). 



This species was found to be scarce by Mr. Wallace (Ibis, 1860, p. 142). When 

 remarking that three species of Pitta inhabited Celebes, Mr. Wallace {I. c.) was probably 

 misled by Bonaparte's Conspectus, wherein P. miilleri, Bp., is stated to be from Celebes 

 instead of Borneo. 



