608 Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. 



a. Smaller; wing 102 — 119 mm 



a'. Gular spot pale lemon-yellow 



a". Gular spot narrow, occupying chin and middle of throat 



melanocepkabts (Forsterj. 

 b". Gular spot broader, occupying some of the sides of the thi-oat 



bangueyensis Meyer. 

 b' . Gular spot darker 



c". Gular spot deep lemon-yellow, black occipital patch large, vent orange-yellow 



melanospilus (Sal v ad.). 



c'" . Occipital patch larger . . • North Celebes race. 



d'". Occipital patch smaller South Celebes race. 



d". Gular patch orange, black occipital patch small, vent deep orange 



chrysotThous (Salvad.). 

 e". Intel-mediate between the Celebes and Sula forms . Banggai and Peling race. 



b. Larger; wing 118 — 139 nnn 



c'. Larger race in Sangi = xanthorrhoiis (Salvad.). 

 d'. Smaller race in Talaut. 



Touching the occurrence of P. tnelanocephalus and not melanospilus in Saleyer, 

 Mr. Biittikofer remarks that the two sisecimens, old males, collected by Prof. 

 Weber do not display an orange-yellow, but a citron-yellow g-ular sjiot peculiar 

 to the Leyden specimens from Flores and Sumbawa, and seen in one from 

 West Java. More recently Mr. Hartert (5) has been able to confirm Mr. 

 Biittikofer's determination in specimens from Kalao and Djampea, as well as 

 Saleyer. The specific distinction of the Flores bird — P. melanauchen (Salvad.) — 

 questioned by Mr. Biittikofer, is not upheld by Count Salvadori: Sumba 

 examples (2) have a brighter green mantle than a Javan example. 



+- * 259. PTILOPUS MELANOSPILUS (Salvad.). 

 Celebes Black-capped Fruit-pigeon. 



n. Ptilonopus melanocephalus part. (1) Wall., P. Z. S. 1862, 344; (2) id., Ibis 1865, 381 (Cel). 



b. Ptilopus melanocephalus part. (1) Schl., Ned. Tdschr. Dierk. HI, 1866, 207; (2) id., Mus. 



P.-B., Columbae, 1873, 29; (3) Guillem., P.Z.S. 1885, 269 (Gel.), 556; (4) Hickson, 

 Nat. in N. Celebes 1889, 93. 



c. lotreron melanocephala part, fl) Wald., Tr. Z. S. VHI, 1872, 83; (2) Lenz, J. f. 0. 



1877, 377. 



d. lotreron melanospila (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. "VH, 1875, 670; (2) Meyer, 



Ibis 1879, 135, 146; (3) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 114, 138; (IV) Meyer, Vogelskel. 

 n, 1892, 50, t. CLXXV. 



e. Ptilinopus melanocephalus var. celebensis (1) Briiggem., Abh. Ver. Bremen V, 1876, 80. 

 PtUopus melanospilus (IJ Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 552; [2] W. Bias., Ztschi-. ges. Om. 



1885, 303; (3) id., ib. 1886, 131; (4) Meyer, J. f. 0. 1891, 70, 71; ('oj Salvad., 

 Cat. B. XXI, 1893, 144; (6) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber's Reise 1893,111, 281; 

 (7) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 15; (8) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 1, 

 p. 14; (9) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 19. 



f. Ptilinopus melanospilus (1) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1897, 165. 



"Pombo idiu kapala itam" (Green Dove mth black head), Malay, Celebes, Meyer d 2. 



