Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. 



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"Burong wakian" (= Pigeon), TaKssi, Hicks on b 4. 



"Wakian pongo", Malay, Minahassa, Nat. Coll. 



"Ngul-ngul", near Manado, iid. 



"Sebut ise ise", Tonkean and Balante, East Celebes, iid. 



"Bukuru Roman", Tjamba Distr., Platen 2. 



For further synonymy and references cf. Salvadori 5. 



Figure and descriptions. Meyer d IV (skeleton); Schlegel b 2; Salvadori d 1, 5; 



Briiggemann e 1. 

 Adult male. Lilce P. melamcephalus of Java, Init the gular stripe deep lemon-yellow; tail 



below darker, the grey terminal band better defined. "Iiis yellow; bill greenish 



yellow; feet cherry-red; claws grey" — Meyer d2 (near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1892: 



Nat. Coll. — C 10903). 

 Female. Parrot-green; front of head and throat greyer; most of longer under tail-coverts 



lake-red (near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1892; Nat. Coll. — 10902). 

 Young male. Eesembles the female; it next acquires first the orange crissum and red under 



tail-coverts, yellow thi-oat and grey head, and lastly the black occipital patch (near 



Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1892: Nat. Coll. — C 10904 and 10900). 



Measurements (adult males). 



Wing 



feathers 

 of forehd. 



a. (C 13232) Kalibangkere, S. Cel. 3. IV. 78 (Platen) . 



b. (C 10905) near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1892 (Nat. Coll. 



c. (0 10897) near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1892 (Nat. Coll. 



d. (C 10899) near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1892 (Nat. Coll.; 



e. (C 10903) near Manado, Aug.- Sept. 1892 (Nat. Coll.; 

 /: (C 12295) Manado tua Id., April 1893 (Nat. Coll.) . 

 g. (C 12294) Manado tua Id., April 1893 (Nat. Coll.) . 

 h. (C 12291) Mantehage Id., April 1893 (Nat. Coll.). . 

 i. (C 12293) Banka Id., May 1893 (Nat. Coll.) . . . 

 j. (C 12293) Banka Id., May 1893 (Nat. Coll.) . . . 

 k—7i. 4 ad. cf .j', East Celebes, V.— VIH. 95 (Nat. Coll. 



Skeleton (Meyer d IV]. 



Length of cranium . . 45.0 mm 



Greatest breadth of cranimu 1 8.3 

 Length of humerus . . . 32.0 



Length of ulna 37.5 



Length of radius .... 34.0 

 Length of manus . . . . 38.7 > 

 Length of metacarpus . . 19.6 > 

 Length of digitus principalis 18.0 

 Length of femiu' .... 33.0 » 

 Length of tibia .... 43.0 - 



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 116 

 115 

 118 

 117 

 119 

 119 

 110 

 118 

 114 

 [115-119 



13 

 14.8 

 13 

 13.5 



12.5 



14 



Length of tarso-metatarsus 

 Length of digitus HI . 



21.0 mm 



28.0 » 



Length of sternum . . . 39.5 » 



Greatest breadth of sternum 28.7 » 



Height of crista sterni . 15.5 » 



Length of coracoideimi . 27.5 » 



Length of scapula . . . 32.8 » 



Length of clavicula . . 27.7 » 



Length of pelvis .... 50.0 » 



Greatest breadth of pelvis . 30.0 » 



Distribution. Celebes: — Minahassa (Forsten b 2, Wallace 5, etc.); Tahssi (Guillem. b 3, 

 Hickson b 4); Banka, Lembeh, Mantehage, and Manado tua (Nat. Coll.); Gorontalo 

 Distr. (Rosenb. b 2); Togian (Meyer d 2, 5); East Celebes (Nat. Coll. in Dresd. 

 and Tring Mus.j; Kandari, S. E. Celebes (Beccari d 1); West Celebes (Doherty fl); 

 S. Celebes, Tjamba Distr. (Platen 2), Tempe (Weber 6). 



While a very common species in North Celebes, this Pigeon appears to 

 be rare in the South, where two specimens were obtained by Dr. Platen and 



Meyer k W i fl e« worth, Birds of Celebes (Nov, 20th, IS'JTl. 



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