598 Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. 



bill and a little longer wing, the head paler grey, the throat lighter and a little more 

 washed with grey, the entire breast and abdomen of a paler green, the anal region 

 more white, and the under tail-coverts slightly paler. The brownish orange spot (?) 

 in front of the shoulders is very much paler and occupies a larger area" (Hartert). 



Measurements. Wing 157 — 161 mm; tail 95 — 98; tarsus 20 — 22; bill from liind end of nostril 

 to tip 16 — 17; height from angle of mandible 9 (Hartert). 



Distribution. Djampea and Kalao (Everett). 



The typical specimens of this species were obtained by Mr. Wallace in 

 the Southern Peninsula of Celebes near Macassar. Specimens from the Northern 

 Peninsula appear to us to differ very slightly, having the grey of the head car- 

 ried a little further back on to the nape, and the back a shade darker mealy 

 maroon- purple in the male, or a shade darker green in the female. Count 

 Salvadori remarks that females from the Sula Islands have the edges of the 

 median and greater wing- coverts and secondaries yellowish white, instead of 

 white, with a slight green tinge along the very edges, but this character varies 

 somewhat in Celebesian birds; as a rule the median covert edges are white, the 

 others more or less entirely pale ochre-yellow. The birds from Djampea and 

 Kalao seem from Mr. Hartert's description and measurements to represent a well 

 marked local race. 



The Celebes Green Dove is extremely closely related to O. sangirensis, which 

 differs chiefly by its larger size and larger bill , and to O. griseicauda of Java 

 (and Kangean according to Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. LII 1893, 202) which 

 Count Salvadori, following Mr. Wallace, distinguishes chiefly by its having 

 the dark band across the tail not blackish, but grey and ill-defined, and the 

 size slightly smaller (wing 140 mm). 



The Green Dove is a common species according to Meyer's observations, 

 in the Minahassa, the Gorontalo district, and in South Celebes. It feeds 

 on fruits, waringin (figs) and others; flies singly and very quickly, not in flocks 

 or pairs. Its cry is "Koowoo, koowoo", sad and howling; hence old folks 

 say to little children who whine that they are just like this bird (b 4). 



^ * 252. OSMOTRERON SANGIRENSIS (Brugg.). 



Sangi Green Dove. 



a. Treron griseicauda (Ij Schl., Ned. Tdschr. Dierk. 1866, HI, 211, pi; (2) Gray, HL. H, 



1870, 222, Nr. 9080, pt.; (3) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Columbae, 1873, 55, pt. 



b. Treron sangirensis (1) Brligg., Abh. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 79. 



c. Treron sanghirensis (Ij Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. IX, 1876, 60; (2) Meyer, Isis, 



Dresden 1884, 6. 



d. Osmotreron sanghirensis (1) W. Bias., Ornis 188S, 611, 642; (2) Salvad., Cat. B. XXI, 



1S93, 43. 

 "Banggu masaria", Great Sangi; "Wakian sinkawang", Siao; "Karawea", Tagulandang, 



Nat. Coll. 

 Descriptions. Schlegel a 1, a 3; Salvadori c 1, d 2. 



