41t) 



Birds of Celebes: Uanipophagidae. 



Measurements. 



Wing 



Bill from 

 nostril 



a. (Mus. Nehrk.) cf ad. Rui-ukan 154 160 23 17 



b. (C 10800) ad. near Tondano, Aug.— Sept 157 156 23 20 



c. (C 10802) ad. near Tondano, Aug.— Sept 162 166 — 17.5 



d. (C 10801) ad. near Tondano, Aug.— Sept ; 161 



e. (Nr. 2211) ad. Minahassa 158 



f. (Sarasin Coll.) rf ad. Tomohou, 16. in. 94 . . . 160 160 24 19 



g. (SarasinCoU.) $ ad. Tomobon, 6. V. 94 155 150 — 17.5 



/?. (Sarasin Coll.) $ ad. Tomohon, 14. Vn. 94 . . . 160 160 — 17.5 



i. (0 14414) ad., Tonkean, E. Celebes (Nat. Coll.) . . 153 150 23.r) 20 



Distribution. North Celebes: Gorontalo (Forsten 2); Mnabassa — Kakas, 2000 ft. ca. 

 (Meyer 5], Rurukan, 3000 ft. ca. (Platen in Mus. Nebrkorn), near Lake Tondano, 

 2000 ft. ca. (Nat. Coll. in Mus. Dresd.), Tomobon 2500 ft. ca. (P. & F. Sarasin); 

 Tonkean, E.Celebes (Nat. Coll.). 



The Blue Cuckoo-shrike of Celebes appears, as Gould remarks, only to 

 inhabit the mountains, this surmise receiving confirmation from the specimens 

 obtained since by Dr. Platen, the Drs. Sarasin and by our native hunters in 

 North Celebes. No specimens up to the present have been recorded from the 

 lowlands. 



In his "Studies of the Campophaginae" (2) Dr. Hartlaub rightly speaks of 

 this species as quite aberrant in coloration. It is the only blue Graucalus. It 

 is also remarkable as having the tail as long or longer than the wings. In this 

 respect it agrees with G. caeruleogriseus (Gray) of New Guinea, Aru and Jobi, 

 a form which also corresponds best with G. temmincki in colour, being bluish 

 slaty, but in bulk it is twice as big. G. caeruleogriseus again bears much resem- 

 blance to G. hogeri of New Guinea, as Salvadori points out, but this form 

 seems to be less nearly related to the Celebes species. G. temmincki must be 

 regarded as a very distinct species, having its nearest affinities in Papuasia, and 

 its presence in Celebes may not be easy to account for. 



^ * 157. GRAUCALUS SCHISTACEUS (Sharpe). 



Sula Cuckoo-shrike. 



a. Graucalus temminckii part. (1) Wall., P. Z. S. 1862, 342 (Sula); (2) Hartl., J. f. 0. 1864, 



446 (Sula). 

 h. Campephaga temmincki part. (1) Finscb, Neu Guinea 1866, 172 (Sula); (2) Gray, HIj. 



1869, I, 337, Nr. 5081 (Sula). 

 c. Artamides schistaceus (1) Sbarpe, Mittb. Mus. Dresden 1878, m, 363; (2) id., Cat. B. 



1879, IV, 11; (3) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1881, H, 127. 

 Graucalus schistaceus (1) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 2, 14. 

 "Zaal", Banggai Id., Nat. Coll. 

 Descriptions. Sbarpe c 1, c 2. 

 Adult [male]. Entire bead, neck and tbroat black; remaining plumage dull slate-grey, 



equally dark above, below and on tbe under wing-coverts; remiges and tail black, 



