566 Birds of Celebes: Stumidae. 



an angle; tail rather short, rounded; wing moderate, the secondaries about ^/4 

 its length ; tarsus and feet yellow, large, the tarsus about as a long as the middle 

 toe and claw; sexes similar. Range: Afghanistan to Celebes. 



-^ i* 236. ACRIDOTHERES OINEREUS Bp. 



Celebes Myna. 



Acridotheres cinereus (1) 'B\)., Consp. I, 1850, 420; (2) Finsch, Neu Guinea 1865, 174; 

 (5; Gray, HL. H, 1870, 20, Nr. 6289; (IV) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, Vm, 77, pi. X, 

 fig. 1; ^5;Blytli, Ibis 1873, 79; (6) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 134; (7) Guillem., P. Z. S. 

 1885, 556; (8) Sharpe, Cat. B. XDI, 1890, 91; (9) Biittik. , Zool. Erg. Weber's 

 Reise Ost-Ind. 1893, m, 280; (10) M. & "Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1S96, Nr. 1, p. 13; 

 (11) Hart., Zov. Zool. 1896, 154. 



Figure and descriptions. AValden IV; Bonaparte 1\ Sbarpe 8. 



Adult. Above smoke-grey, paler on the riimp and upper tail-coverts, where the shafts of 

 the feathers are whitish; head above, clothed with lanceolate feathers, and 

 upper ear-coverts slaty black; chin, throat, jugulum, thighs, and axillaries 

 dark smoke-grey, crossed with obscure brownish bars; malar region darker; re- 

 maining under-parts pale smoke-grey, tinged mth fulvous on the middle of the 

 body; middle of abdomen pale cinnamon; under tail-coverts white, washed with 

 isabelbne; wings above dark bistre-brown; the lesser coverts broadly edged, the 

 middle coverts more narrowly bordered, with drab; the smaller bastard-wing-feather 

 outwai-dly white; jnimary coverts white ; the free ends and inner webs of the primaries 

 black; across the base of the primai-ies a broad white band; tail brownish black, 

 tipped with white, increasing in widtli towards the outermost feathers, the shafts 

 blackish; "iris lemon-yellow; bill and feet yellow" (§, Kahbankere, Tjamba Distr., 

 S. Cel., 1. Vin. 78: Platen — 5372). Wing 129mm; tail 73; tarsus 34.5; bill 

 fr. nosti-il 15. 



Dr. Guillemard describes the iris in the male as brownish orange, biU red- 

 orange, feet yellow. 



Sexes. Similar in ])lumage (Sbarpe S). 



Remark. The example described above is in worn plumage. Dr. Sharpe describes the 

 abdomen as "greyish white, sides of body, flanks and thighs light ashy grey, under 

 tail-coverts white". A female in good plumage in the Sarasin Collection has the 

 chin, throat, and thighs dark smoke-grey, uniform. 



Distribution. Celebes, Southern Peninsida: Macassar (Wallace 8, Meyer 6, Weber 9, etc.), 

 Pankadjene (P. & F. Sarasin 10), Tanette (Meyer S), Tjamba Distr. (Platen in 

 Dresd. Mus.), Maros (Guillem. 7), Tete Adji (Weber 9). 



Just as Enodes is known only from the Northern Peninsula of Celebes, so 

 the present species is at present known only from the Southern Peninsula. 

 Meyer found it very common near Macassar, but both Guillemard and he 

 mention that they never met with it in North Celebes. Its nearest affinities 

 are with the Javan A. javanicus. Cab., and it follows the rule that when a Cele- 

 besian species is closely related to one occurring between Java and Timor, its 

 habitat is sure to be South Celebes, but not always the North as well. Acridotheres 

 javanicus differs in being dark brownish slate above and dark mouse-grey below; 



