Birds of Celebes: Sturnidae. 



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Measurements (continued). 



(iid.; 



(iid; 



Skeleton 



k. (C 12182) ad., Mantehage Id., 22. IV. 93 (Nat. Coll.) 

 I. (C 12185) ad., Mantehage Id., 22. IV. 93 (iid.) . . . 

 m.{C 13512) ad., Biarro Id., 3. IX. 94 (iid.) .... 

 n. (C 13506) ad., Tagulandang Id., 3. VTH. 94 (iid.) . . 

 0. (Tring Miis.) ad., Tagulandang Id., 5. VTTT. 94 

 p. (Tring Mus.) ad., Tagulandang Id., 9. VTTT 94 

 q. (0 13507) ad., Tagulandang Id., 7. VHI. 94 (iid. 

 r. (C 13509) ad., Euang Id., 28. VIH. 94 (iid.) . 

 s. (Tring Mus.) ad., Ruang Id., 23. VTU. 94 (iid.) 

 t. (Tring Mus.) ad., Ruang Id., 30. VDI. 94 (iid.) 

 u. (C 13511) ad., Ruang Id., 21. Vm. 94 (iid.) . . 



V. (C 2444) ad., Siao (Meyer) 



w. (0 2448) ad., Siao (Meyer) 



X. (C 12604) ad., Siao, 23. VI. 93 (Nat. Coll.) . 

 y. (C 12605) ad., Siao, 29. Yl. 93 fiid.) . . . . 

 X. (C 12684) ad., Gt. Sangi, 28. VU. 93 (iid.) . . 

 a'. (C 12685) ad., Gt. Sangi, 21. VII. 93 (iid.) . . 

 b'. (C 13126) ad., Kabruang, 11. XI. 93 (iid.) . . 

 c'. (C 13128) ad, Kabruang, 14. XI. 93 (iid.) . . 

 d'. (C 13127) ad., Kabruang, 14. XI. 93 (iid.) . . 

 e'. (C 13131) ad., Kabruang, 14. XI. 93 (iid.) . . 

 f: (C 13130) ad., Kabruang, 11. XL 93 (iid.) . . 

 g'. (C 13129) ad., Kabruang, 11. XL 93 (iid. . . 

 //. (C 13132) ad., Salibabu, 29. X. 93 (iid.) . . . 

 Meyer e XII). 



Length of cranium 



Greatest breadth of 



Length of humerus 



Length of ulna 



Length of radius . 



Length of manus . 



Length of femm- . 



Wing 



109 

 111 

 116 

 112 

 113 

 116 

 116 

 110 

 115 

 121 

 117 

 119 

 116 

 117 

 118 

 121 

 117 

 117 

 117 

 121 

 121 

 119 

 117 

 123 



Bm from 

 nostril 



14.5 



14.5 



14.8 



15 



16 



15.7 



16.5 



15 



15.7 



16.5 



15.5 



16 



16 



16.5 



17 



16.5 



16 



17 



16 



17 



17 



17.7 



15.5 



18 



mm 



Eggs. 



Nest. 



Very pale greenish blue, Mitli a number of large and smaller spots and blotches, 

 brownish-reddish purple and paler greyer purple, sometimes ahnost black; moderately 

 broad ovals, more or less compressed towards the small end; size 25.4 X 18.8 mm 

 (Malay Peninsula, and elsewhere? Hume i 7). 

 Built in holes in trees or at the juncture of pahn-leaves with the trunk; very high up 

 (i 3) ; a loose structure ahnost globular, but open at the top, of very coarse dry grass 

 (lallung or elephant-grass), hned with green durian leaves cut into small bits (Malay 

 Peninsula, Davison i 7). 

 Remark. The nesting habits of C. panayensis etiganmisis, the young of which are said to be 

 black, might be observed with advantage. 



In his Malay Archipelago, 1869, I, 431, Mr. Wallace sjaeaks of Calm-nis 

 as a form absent from Celebes. The present species is now known as one of 

 the commonest birds in North Celebes, but it has not yet occurred, to our 



