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Birds of Celebes: Sturnidae. 



6. Calornis panayensis altirostris iSalvad.). 



p. Calornis altirostris (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2] IV, (1886) 1887, 553; (2) Sliarpe, 



Cat. B. Xm, 1890, H7. 

 Description. Salvad. p 1. 

 Diagnosis. Like C. panayensis chalybea, but darker, larger (wing 105 mm), and with a very 



stout and much higher bill (Salvad.). 

 Remark. Dr. Sharpe remarks that this bii'd should be carefully compared with C. panayensis 



tytle)%. From Count Salvadori's description it seems to be smaller and to have a 



differently-shaped bill, the last not being, as we should think, a very stable character, 



judging from its variation in Calornis panayensis sangirensis. 

 Distribution. Nias Island off Sumatra (Modigl.). 



7. Calornis panayensis enganensis (Salvad.). 



q. Calornis enganensis (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) XTT, 1892, 137. 



Diagnosis. Like C. panayensis chalybea, but larger, with longer wings (115 mm), stouter bill 

 [and when young not white below, striped with dusky, but entirely black]. If the 

 young of this race differ from those of the others in being always black, specific 

 distinction must of course be admitted. 



Distribution. Engano Island, Sumatra (Modigliani). 



The species. 



Calornis panaye^tsis as a Celebesian species may be described as follows: 



Adult. Entirely metalhc copjjery green on a black ground; quills and tail black, externally 

 shaded with green except on the primai'ies; lores and base of the forehead velvety 

 and black; the feathers of the head, neck, and throat hackle - shaped (rf, Tomohon, 

 K Celebes, 25. HI. 94, P. & F. Sarasin). 



Female. Like the male, but the hackle-feathers seem to be less developed. Iris red ( § , Kema, 

 27. X. 93: P. & F. Sarasin). 



Young. Dusky, darker on the head; the feathers with obscure paler margins; below white, 

 striped with dusky hke the back (IMinahassa: Faber — 3509). Lis yellow, orange or 

 pink, increasing, apparently, in intensity to deep red in the fully adult bird (Kelham i 3). 



Immature. The young in its second plumage is Hke the adult above — glossy green on a 

 black ground; below white, or yellomsh white, striped with glossy greenish black like 

 the back (Mantehage Id., 21. IV. 93: Nat. Coll. — 12188). 



Measurements (adult specimens from the Celebesian subregion). 



a. (C 2435) 9 ad., N. Celebes, Limbotto, VII. 71 (Meyer 



b. (Sarasin Coll.) Q ad., N. Cel., Kema, 27. X. 93 . 



c. (Sarasin Coll.) c? ad., N. Cel., Tomohon, 25. m. 94 



d. (0 15643) ad., N. Celebes (Riedel) .... 



e. (C 2425) ad., Manado, m. 71 fMeyer) . . 



f. (C 5220) ad., Manado, (v. Musschenbroek) . 



g. (C 12181) ad., Banka Id., 14. V. 93 (Nat. Coll 

 li. (0 12183) ad., Banka Id., 12. V. 93 (iid.) . 

 i. (C 12192) ad., Manado tua Id., 8. IV. 93 (iid.^ 

 j. (C 12186) ad., Manado tua Id., S. IV. 93 (iid.) 



Wing 



Tail 



103 

 105 

 109 

 108 

 110 

 109 

 108 

 111 

 109 

 111 



71 

 69 

 74 

 69 

 74 

 74 

 71 

 76 

 76 

 74 



Tarsus 



22 



23 



22.5 



23.5 



22 



23 



23 



24 



23 



24 



BID from 

 nostril 



13 



13.5 



14.5 



13.5 



12.5 



13 



13.5 



13.8 



13.8 



14.8 



