5(32 Birds of Celebes: Sturnidae. 



c. Calornis negleeta pt. (1) Wald, Tr. Z. S. VHI, 1872, 79 (Sula); (2) Sharps, Ibis 1876, 



46 (Sula). 



d. Calornis obscura pt. (1) Salvad., Orn. Pap. EC, 1881, 454. 



Calornis sulaensis (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. Xm, 1890, 149; (2) M. & Wg., Abli. Mas. Dresd. 

 1896, Nr. 2, p. 18. 



"Salinggoka mopo", Tonkean and Balante, East Celebes, Nat. Coll. 



"Kuling", Peling and Banggai, iid. 



Description. Sharpe 1. 



Diagnosis. In colour hke C. pmmyensis of Celebes, but slightly duller and less coppery; 

 differs chiefly by having the tail much longer and strongly graduated, the outeinnost 

 pan" of rectrices about 25 — 30 mm shorter than the middle ones, and the supraloral 

 and post-nasal feathers smooth, not disintegrated and velvety (ad. PeUng — C 1 4550, 

 and others). 



Measurements (8 adults, Peling, Banggai, and E. Celebes). Wing 106 — 112 mm; tail 90 — 96; 

 tarsus c. 24; bill from nostril 13.5 — 15. 



Young. Like the young of C. panmjoisis, but is distinguishable by its smooth post-nasal 

 feathers and long graduated tail (Tonkean — C 14431, and others). 



Distribution. Sula Islands (Allen a 1]; Banggai, PeHng, and East Celebes (Nat. Coll.). 



A fine series of this well characterized species were collected by our native 

 hunters in Peling and Banggai, and also in East Celebes, where C. panayensis 

 was not obtained. Celebes thus appears to have been invaded by Glossy Star- 

 lings at three different points — by C. minor of the I^esser Sunda Islands in the 

 South, by C. panayensis of the Philippines in the North, and by C. sulaensis in 

 the East. By the shape of its tail and by its not having the supraloral feathers 

 disintegrated Calornis sulaensis betrays its affinities with C. metallica and with 

 C. circumscripta of Timorlaut, but it is easily distinguishable by the absence of 

 purple on the mantle, head, and throat, and by the middle rectrices less prolonged, 

 as also by the less bronzy hue of its plumage. 



~i 234. CALORNIS METALLICA (Tenim.). 

 Australian Glossy Starling. 



a. Lamprotornis metallica (I) Temm., PI. Col, 11, pi. 266 (1824); (2) Finsch, Neu-Guinea 

 1866, 174. 



h. Stourne bronze (Ij Hombr. & Jacq., Voy. Pole Sud, Atl. pi. 16, f. 2 (1832—35). 



c. Aplonis metallica (I) Gld., B. Austr. Suppl. 1851, pi. 33. 



Calornis metallica (1) Gray, Gen. B. H, 327 (1846); (2) Wall., P. Z. S. 1862, 335, 343; 

 (3) Gld., Hand-b. B. Austr. 1865, I, 477; (4) Wald., Tr. Z. S. Vm, 1872, 80; 

 (5) Rams., P. Z. S. 1875, 593; (6) Brugg., Abb. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 78, 100; 

 (7) Salvad., Orn. Pap. H. 1881, 447; (8) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 120, 126, 159; 

 (9) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 48; (10) Ramsay, Tab. List 1888, 12; (11) North, 

 Nests and Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 190; (12) Sharpe, Cat. B. XHI, 1890, 138; (13) 

 Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1890, 141; (14) Meyer, Ibis 1890, 417; (15) Hartert, 

 Kat. V. Senckenb. Mus. 1891, 75; (16) \A., Nov. Zool. 1896, 13, 235; (17) Salvad., 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1896, (2) XVI, 102. 



For further synonymy and references cf. Salvad. 7, 13\ Sharpe 12. 



