444 Birds of Celebes: Dicaeidae. 



Description, Sharpe 2. 



Diagnosis. Like D. celebicwm, but the sides of the body olivaceous green, instead of dusky 



grey with a wash of ohve ; the iianks brighter with a yellowish oKve wash. The violet 



gloss on the upper parts seems to be duller [[(^] Banggai Id., V.— Vm. 95: C 14666). 

 The fresh skins from Banggai struck us as having a much more violet upper 



surface than D. celebicum. It is perhaps not quite connect to say it is violet, but 



there is decidedly a difference of tint. 

 Young. Olivaceous green above, as against grey oKve in D. celebicum juv., wing-coverts and 



quills edged with the same coloui'; below chiefly buff-whitish, becoming yellowish oUve 



as in the adult male on the flanks, face and sides of breast greyer (Banggai, 14669). 

 Measurements. Wing 47 (juv. Q ?), 51 — 53 mm {(J' ad.); tail ca. 29; tarsus ca. 12; bill from 



nostril ca. 7. 

 Distribution. Sula Islands (Allen a 1, 2); Banggai Id. (Nat. Coll. G). 



The type-specimen of these species was obtained by Wallace's assistant, 

 Allen, in Sula Besi or Sula Mangoli; it is in the British Museum, and remained 

 the only example on record until the end of 1895, when a small series from 

 Banggai obtained by our native hunters reached the Dresden Museum ; some of 

 them are now in the Tring Museum. 



Dr. Sharpe mentions its close affinity to D. monticola of Kini Balu, Borneo, 

 a species which may be distinguished from D. celebicum by its olive-green flanks, 

 and from both D. celebicum and sulaense by its steel-blue-black back. D. sangirense 

 and talautense also stand near, but have grey sides. 



-^ * 172. DICAEUM SANGIRENSE Salvad. 

 Sangi Red-throated Flower-pecker. 

 Plate XXV. 



Dicaeum sanghirense (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. IX, 1876, 58; (2) Meyer, Isis, 

 Dresden 1884, 6; (3) Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1883, 579; (4) id.. Cat. B. X, 1885, 24; 

 (5) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Orn. 1885, 292; (6) id., Oniis 1888, 590; (7) M. & Wg., 

 Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 9, p. 5. 



Descriptions. Salvadori 1; Sharpe 4\ W. Blasius 6 (young male and measurements). 



Adult [male]. Above, including face and submalar region, metalhc hyacinth -blue -black, 

 quills and ear-coverts dusky; chin whitish; throat and jugulum scarlet; sides 

 smoky slate-grey, darkest on sides of neck; abdomen, middle of breast and under 

 tail-coverts white, the last with some central streaks or spots of grey; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries white; metacarpal edge blackish; bill black, base 

 of lower mandible whitish; legs and feet blackish (Great Sangi [rf according to the 

 hunter's mark] — C 1050). 



Immature. A younger specimen has the upper plumage mixed, old feathers of slate-grey and 

 new ones of metallic blue-black hke the adult, the blue-black being predominant on 

 the forehead, mantle, and scapulars, the grey on the neck, lower back and greater 

 wing-coverts; on the crown, other wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts the grey and 

 blue-black feathers are a good deal mixed. The scarlet of the throat less extended 

 and less brilliant than in the adult; the middle of breast and abdomen washed with 

 ■ fulvous (Great Sangi [(^ according to the hunters" mark] — C 515). 



