586 Birds of Celebes: Oriolidae. 



551 pt.; (3) Tristr., Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 181; (4) Hickson, Nat. in N.Celebes 

 1889, 92; (5} Hartert, Kat. Senckenb. Mus. 1891, 79, (V^'') Meyer, Vogelskel. IT, 

 1892, 39, plate CLXVI; (6) Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 1893, Ln, 200; (7) M. 

 &Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1S95, Nr. 8, p. 14; (8) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1897, 162. 



"Burong guning" (Yellow-bird) or "Burong kuning", Malay, N. Celebes, Meyer c 6, Guillem. 

 e 2, Hickson e 4, Nat. Coll. 



"Kikeliawoi", Minahassa, Meyer c 6. 



"Kilukilu", near Manado, Nat. Coll. 



'•Tongulalahe", Gorontalo, Joest a 3. 



"Gulalahe" [Gorontalo], Eosenb. a 2. 



"Kalijolo", E. Celebes, Nat. Coll. 



Diagnosis. The black coronal circlet not united at the nape in about half the specimens 

 [? the males] ; the outermost tail-featber varying from pure yellow to yellow with a 

 considerable black patch in the basal third; middle pair of tail-feathers greenish 

 yellow to greenish yellow with a small amount of black before the yellow tips; 

 secondaries greenish yellow externally, the innermost with a narrow space only of 

 black along the imier web (19 examples, N. Celebes). 



Distribution. North Celebes: Talissi (Hickson e 4), Lembeh, Banka (Eosenberg a 1, Nat. 

 Coll.), Minahassa (Eiedel a 1, Wallace c 1, e 1, etc.), Gorontalo Distr. (Eosenb. a 1, 

 Meyer c 6, etc.), Togian (Meyer c 6}; West Celebes (Doherty e .9); S. E. Celebes: 

 Kandari (Beccari c 4 — perhaps the Southern form). 



2. Oriolus celebensis meridionalis Hart. 



/. Oriolus indicus (1) Schl. (nee Jerd.), Mus. P.-B., Coraces, 1867, 103, pt. 



(/. Broderipus coronatus (1) Wald., Tr. Z. S. Vm, 1872, 60 pt. 



//. Broderipus celebensis [IJ Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. "VTT, 1875, 669, pt. ? (Kandari); 

 (2) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Om. 1885, 271, pt. 



i. Oriolus celebensis (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. HI, 1877, 203, pt.; (2) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 

 551, pt. (Maros); (3) Blittik., Zool. Erg. Weber's Eeise Ost-Ind. 1893, HI, 276; 

 (4) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 14. 



/ Oriolus celebensis meridionalis (1) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 155; (2) id., ib. 1897, 158, 159. 



"Kuriri", Tjamba Distr., Platen h 2. 



Diagnosis. With more black on the wings and usually on tail ; the black coronal circlet al- 

 ways meeting at the nape; the outermost tail-feather yellow, with the outer web and 

 more or less of the inner web black for the basal tliird; the centre tail-feathers 

 greenish yellow with a greater or less amount of black before the yellow terminal 

 border; innermost secondaries black on most or all of the inner web (C 13424, Mus. 

 Dresden, and other examples, S. Celebes). 



Distribution. South Celebes: Macassar (Wallace g 1, Bernstein /■:?, etc.), Bonthain Distr. 

 (Weber / 5, P. & F. Sarasin, etc. j 1, j 2), Maros (Platen h 2, Guill. i 2, Weber 

 ■/ 3), Kalibangkere (Platen J/ 2), Luwu and Palopo (Weber i 3). 



Oriolus celebensis — meridionalis. 



k. Oriolus celebensis (1) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 19. 

 Diagnosis. Intermediate between the birds of the South and the North. 

 Distribution. East Celebes — Tonkean and Balante (Nat. Coll. in Dresd. and TringMus.). 

 Observation. It is hard to distinguish these birds. The innermost secondaries have generally 

 more black on the inner web than in the Northern examples. The black coronal 



