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extent in the broad stiff feathers of the head of Streptocitta , which have a 

 decided tendency to form into a ridge- crest upon the forehead. The African 

 Lamprotornis , which has a long tail like that of Streptocitta, is really more re- 

 mote ; this genus has a more lengthened middle toe. 



Streptocitta, with its Sulan ally Charitornis, ranks, like Basileornis and Scissi- 

 rostrum, as one of the striking Celebesian types. 



S. albicollis of the South differs from <S. torquata of the North, West and East 

 of the island by its bill being tipped with yellow. If they are found to intergrade, 

 the two will have to be united as subspecies under the specific name of the 

 southern form. 



•f * 242. STREPTOCITTA TORQUATA (Temm.). 

 Northern Celebes Magpie. 



a. Garrula torquata (I) Temm., PI. Col. pi. 444 (1828). 



h. Pica torquata (1) Schl., Handl. Dierk. 1857, 322; (2) Gray, HL. 11, 1870, 11, Nr. 6180; 

 (3) Eosenb., Malay. Ai'cliip. 1878, 273. 



Streptocitta torquata (1) Wald., Tr. Z. S. Vm, 1872, 76; (2) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 Vn, 1875, 667; (3) Briigg., Abli. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 77; (4) Lenz, J. f. 0. 

 1877, 376; (5) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 133, 146; (6) id.. Ibis 1880, 249; (VII) id.. 

 Abb. Vogelskel. I, 1882, 20, pi. XXV; (7^") W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 138; (8) 

 Guillem., P. Z.'S. 1885, 555; (IX) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Om. 1885, 296, pi. XTH, 

 fig. 2; (10) id., ib. 1886, 118; (11) Platen, Gefied. Welt 1887, 205; (12) Sbarpe, 

 Cat. B. Xm, 1890, 152; (13) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresden 1895, Nr. 8, p. 14; 

 (14) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 14; (15) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 19; (16) Hart., Nov. 

 Zool. 1897, 162. 



c. Garrulus caledonicus (1) Joest (nee V.), Das Holontalo 1883, 105. 



d. Streptocitta albicollis (1) Heine & Beichenow, Nomenclator Mus. Hein. 1890, 108 (fide 



W. Blasius 10). 

 "Burong pandita" (Parson-bii-d — in reference to its black body and wbite collar), Malay, 



Minaliassa, Meyer 5, Guillemard S. 

 "Walanglehe", Minahassa, Nat. Coll. 

 "Hendingo" [Gorontalo], Eosenb. b 3. 

 "Hentino", Joest c i. 

 "Tiong", Tonkean, E. Celebes, Nat. Coll. 

 Figures and descriptions. Temminck a 7; Meyer VII; W. Blasius IX\ Briiggemann 5; 



Sbarpe 12. 

 Adult. Like S. albicollis, but tbe bill entirely black, wing and tail rather shorter, bill a little 



longer ($, Kema, 2. VHI. 93: Sarasin CoU.; and 22 others). 

 Young. Similar to the adult, but the feathers on the head less long and stiff, their bases 



white; chin and upper throat black, mottled with the white bases of the feathers 



(Minahassa: Faber — C 3608). 



In some specimens, apparently adult, the white, encroaches almost up to the 



cliin (Minahassa: Eaber — C 3609 and 3606). 



Meyer .t Wi rI osw .■ rt h, Birds of Celebes (Nov. IMh, 1K!)7|. 



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