528 Birds of Celebes: Sylviidae. 



J. f. 0. 18S5, 181; (17) Oollett, D)is 1886, 217—223; (IV''') Meves, Ornis 1886. 

 223; (18) Styan, Ibis 1887, 219; (19) Sharpe, Ibis 1888, 201; (20) W. Bias., 

 Ornis 1888, 314, 005; (21) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 96; (22) Steere, 

 List B. &M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 20; (23) Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1890, 138; (24) 

 Whitehead, Ibis 1890, 51; (25) Seeb., B. Japan. Emp. 1890, 69; (26) Salvad., 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1891, 68; (27) Styan, E^is 1891, 321, 339; (28) Seek, Ibis 

 1892, 10; (29) De La Touche, t. c. 415; (30) Oust, N. Ai'ch. dii Mus. 1893, 176; 

 (31) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber's Beise Ost-Lid. 1893, 293; (32) Grant, Ibis 1894, 

 408; (33) M. & Wg., J. f. 0. 1894, 246; (34) Bourns & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 

 1894, 39; (35) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1894, 469; (36) id., ib. 1895, 466; (37) Everett, 

 Ibis 1895, 23; (38) Grant, t. c. 443; (39) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, 

 p. 13; (40) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 150, 167, 544, 566, 581; (41) Biittik., Notes 

 Leyden Mus. 1896, XVIH, 182. 



g. Phyllopseustes borealis (1) Meves, J. f. O. 1875, 429; (2) Ridgw., Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 

 567; A9J Nelson, Report N. H. Coll. in Alaska 1887. 



h. Acanthopneuste borealis (1) Gates, Faun. Br. Ind., B. 1889, I, 412; (2) Pleske, Vog. 

 Russ. Reichs H, 156 (1889). 



"Puti arelo", Talaut, Nat. Coll. 



For further synonymy and references of. Salvadori 9; Seebohm 10\ Taczanovvski c 17\ 

 Gates li 1. 



Figures and descriptions. Dresser VII; Middendorff b J; J. H. Blasius c II; Baird f I\ 

 David & Oustalet c 13\ Taczanowski ell; Salvadori 9\ Seebohm 10\ Gates 

 13, h 1; Ridgway g 2. 



Adult fwintei']. Above olivaceous green, the greater Tving-coverts tipped with yellowish 

 white, forming a bar; sujjerciliary stripe from nostril to above ear-coverts 

 buffy; ear-coverts and lores mixed with dusky; under-parts white, slightly 

 washed with yellow on throat, abdomen and under tail-coverts, witli drab on sides 

 of breast and sides, becoming more ohve-green on flanks; under wing-coverts pale 

 yellow (Great Sangi: Meyer — C 3654). 



"Upper mandible dark brown, the edges and tip yellow; gape and basal half 

 of the lower mandible orange-yellow, terminal half dusky; mouth bright orange-yellow; 

 iris dark brown; legs flesh-colour, tinged with yellow; claws yellowish hom-colour 

 (Gates h 1). 



Female. Rather smaller than the male (Collett 5, 17). 



Measurements (9 examples, Talaut, Sangi, and Celebes). Wing 63 — 68 mm; tail c. 40 — 46; 

 tarsus c. 18.5; bill from nostril c. 7.5. A (j' from Kalao Id. (Everett) is much 

 larger: wing 73 mm; not so, however, a Q: wing 65. 



Eggs. 5 — 7. Piu'e wliite, profusely spotted with very small and very pale pink spots 

 (Yenesei — Seebohm VII). 



Nest. Semi-domed, the outside composed of moss, the inside of fine dry grass, built on the 

 ,gi-ound on the side of a tussock of grass and the like (Seeb. VII). 



Distribution. Hehgoland (Gatke c 1, c II, c 3, 28); Norway (Oollett 3, VII, 17); North 

 Russia (Meves g 1, Seebohm & H. Brown 2, Henke 11); Siberia — Obi valley 

 (Finsch ell); Yenesei valley (Seebohm VII, c 17); Lena (Bunge c i7); Kamtschatka 

 (Dybowski c 17); Baikal, Dauria etc. (Godlewski c 17); Mongolia (Prjevalsky c 14i-^ 

 Tibet (Bonvalot & D'Grleans 30); Alaska (Nelson ^r 2, g 3); Kurile Is. (Schrenck 

 VII, Wossnes. 25); Commodore Is. (Stejneger c 17); Corea (Kalinowski c 15, 

 c 16); Japan (Blakiston & Pryer 25); China (Swinhoe c 4, David cl3, Styan 

 27, etc.); Formosa (Swinhoe c 4); Manipur (Hume h 1); Burmah (Gates 13, h 1j; 



