532 Birds of Celebes: Motacillidae. ■ 



1885, 516, pi. n, ff. 3, 4, 5; (12) Dresser, Ibis 1889, 88; (13) Lilford, t. c. 322; 

 (14) Sharpe, t. c. 431; (15) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 102; (16) Whitelul, 

 Ibis 1890, 52; (17) Steere, List B. & M. Pliilipp. Is 1890, 21; (18) Seeb., B. Japan. 

 Emp. 1890, 115; (19) Gates, Faun. Br. Incl. B. 11, 1890, 295; (20) Styan, Ens 

 1891, 343; (21) DeLaTouche, Ibis 1892, 408, 419; (22) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1894, 

 475; (23) Bourns & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 1894, 37; ^24; Everett, Ibis 1895, 

 23, 33; (25) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 13; (26) iid., ib. 1896, 

 Nr. 2, p. 18; (27) Hart, Nov. Zool. 1896, 154, 168, 546. 



a. Budytes flavus (or flava) (I) Gould, B. Gr. Brit. HI, pi. 4 (ca. 1870); (2) David & Oust, 

 Ois. Cliine 1877, 302; (3) Gates, B. Br. Burmali 1883, 162; (4) Radde & Walter, 

 Grnis 1889, 42, 214, 245; (5) Salvad., Agg. Grn. Pap. 1890, 128; (6) id., Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. 1891 (2) XH, 69; (7) Tacz., Faune Grn. Sib. Grient. 1891, 379; (8) 

 Hartert, Kat V. Senckenb. Mus. 1891, 42, 43; (9) Meyer & Helm, Verz. d. Vog. 

 Sacbsens 1892, 100. 



/;. Budytes viridis (1) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VHI, 65; (2) Meyer, J. f. G. 1873, 405; (3) 

 Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 196; (4) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1875, YH, 666; 

 (5) Tweedd., Ibis 1877, 310; (6) id., P. Z. S. 1877, 697; (7) id., P. Z. S. 1878, 710, 

 950; (8) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 127; {9) Wardl. Rams., Tweedd. Grn. Works 1881, 

 658; (10) Salvad., Grn. Pap. 11, 1881, 430; (11) Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 1883, 

 XLH, 221; (12) W. Bias., J. f. G. 1883, 155; (13) M. & Wg., J. f. G. 1894, 247. 



c. Motacilla borealis (1) Biittik. inec Sundev.j, Zool. Erg. Weber's Reise Gst-Ind. 1893, 

 m, 277. 



"Tunonsi sua", Tonkean, E. Celebes, Nat. Coll. 



"Acobatanga", Talaut, Nat. Coll. & i5. 



For further synonymy and references of. Sharpe XI. 



Figures and descriptions. Naumann II\ Gould F, a 1\ Keulemans VI\ Dresser VIII; 

 Sharpe XI; Gates a 3, 19; David & Gustalet a 2; Salvadori b 10; Vorder- 

 man b 11. 



Adult male (summer). Head and neck slate-grey; a broad superciliary stripe from 

 nostril to above ear-coverts white; lores black; ear-coverts blackish slate 

 with some of the feathers partially wliite; upper surface olive-green, yellower green 

 on the lower back and rump; wings brown, the coverts and inner quills broadly 

 edged with pale yellowish, the outer quills paler brown; the four middle pairs of 

 tail-feathers black, edged with the colour of the back, the outermost white, 

 broadly fi-inged with black on most of the inner web, the next white, partly black 

 on both the outer and inner webs; chin and malar region white; remaining 

 under-parts dark yellow, washed with oclu'aceous on the breast; mider wing- 

 coverts yellowish white, the carpal edge barred with bro-mi. Wing 85 mm; tail 

 75; tarsus 25; bill from nostril 9.5 {(j^, Tjamba, S. Celebes, 16. VI. 78: Platen — 

 C 5368). 



Young (in winter). General colour above hair-1)rown, somewhat yellower on rmnp, super- 

 ciliary stripe whitish; wings and tail much as in adult; under-parts pale buff, 

 sometimes dirty wlute, browner on chest and sides of breast (Kabruang, 6. X. 93: 

 Nat Coll — C 13135—6). 



Nestling. Above cinnamon-bro'miish, blackish on sides of occiput; wings blackish with broad 

 edgings of ochraceous buff; superciliary stripe ochraceous buff; submalar stripe, 

 sides of throat and a bar across the chest black, forming a horse-shoe sliield; 

 remaining under-parts ochraceous buff; the two outer pair's of tail-feathers 

 white, the others black edged with ochraceous buff (Dresden, 10. YJ. 94: Schwarze 

 — Nr. 14159). 



