{)28 Birds of Celebes: Trerouidae. 



f. Myristicivora luctuosa (1) Hickson, Nat. in N. Celebes 1889, 93, pt. (Talaut\ 



"Kum-kum puti", Malaj-, Celebes, Meyer 7, Nat. Coll. 



"Kum-kum puti besar" or "Kum-kum pnlo" (indifferently for tliis species and M. luctuosa), 

 Malay, Minahassa, Nat. Coll. 



"Putttiin", Minahassa, Meyer, or "Putij en laker-laker" or "Putij en togo-togo" (both also for 

 M. luctuosa), Nat. Coll. 



"Kelau", Minahassa, Meyer 7. 



"Punting" or "Puntang", Biarro, to Great Sangi, Nat. Coll. 



"Puantinga", Kabruang, Nat. Coll. 



For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! 22. 



Figures and descriptions. Knip f? 7; Cassiu e 7J; Sonnerata/; Reichenbach 77; Bona- 

 parte 1; Hume e 9; Salvadori V, 22; Gates e 13; Vorderman e 14. 



Adult. Wliite, saturated with intense cream-yellow; quills and winglet black (sometimes 

 powdered with grey), the four or five innermost secondaries yellowish white Hke the 

 back; exposed terminal part of tail black, narrowing to a terminal band of about 

 1 cm on the outermost, the exposed parts of the outer web of which are mostly black ; 

 under tail-coverts yellowish white, but in some specimens (? younger birds) with 

 dusky or black marks at or next the tips of the feathers: "iris dark brown; legs 

 and feet pale smalt blue; bill leaden blue, tip darkish horny or dark plumbeous" — 

 Nicobars, Davison e 9 (near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1893: Nat. Coll. — C 1092:i; 

 and others). 



Sexes. Similar in coloration. 



Remark. The rich buff tint seen in fresh skins soon fades in the latter on exposure to light, 

 leaving the bird almost pure wliite. The sprouting feathers are nearly orange. 



Young. The young ones show more yellowish tints (Meyer 7). "All the feathers of the 

 upper surface are broadly tipped with pale buff, and the under surface is a good deal 

 tinged and mottled mth this same colour" (Hume e 9). 



Measurements. (10, IMinahassa and neighbouring islets) wing 229 — 240 mm, (10, Sangi Islands) 

 wing 224 — 241, (2, Kabruang) wing 233, 237; tail ca. 125; tarsus ca. 30; bill from 

 first feather 20.5 — 22 mm. 



Egg. 1 in number; longish oval, a good deal pointed towards the small end, pure white and 

 tolerably glossy (Nicobars — Hume e 20). 



Nest. Of sticks and twigs; in a low mangrove bush (Nicobars — Wimberly e 20). 



Breeding time. Breeds in the Nicobars in January, Eebmary and March (Davison e 20). 



Distribution. Islands of the Bay of Bengal, — Great Cocos, Barren, Narcondam, Andamans 

 and Nicobars (Hume e 9); Mergui Islands (Blyth e 13); Cochin China (St. Pierre 

 22); Siam (Mouhot S); Penang (Pinwill 8); Malacca (Maingay 22); Islands south 

 of Malacca (Kelham e 12); Nias and Engano (Modigl. 17, 21); Banka (v. d. Bossche 

 e 7j; Billiton (Vorderman e 21); S. Borneo (Schwaner e 7); N.Borneo (Everett 

 and Pryer e 16); Labuan (Mottley e 16); Balabac (Steere 6, Everett e 24); Palawan 

 (Steere 6, Whitehead e 17); Negros, Guimaras, Siquijor, IVIindoro, Masbate, Marin- 

 duque, Nipah, Malanipa, Sakuyok, Mindanao (Steere 19, Koch & Schadenb. 11, 

 Meyer 4, Everett etc. 7*"^ 22, 25); Sooloo Id. (Guillemard 13, 23); Bongao 

 (Everett 23); Tawi Tawi (B. & W. 23); Talaut — Kabruang and Karkellang (Nat. 

 Coll. in Dresden and Tring Mus.); Sangi Islands — Gt. Sangi (Rosenberg e 7, 

 Fischer ell. Platen 18, Nat. Coll.); Siao (Hoedt e 7, Nat. Coll.); Tagulandang, 

 Ruang and Biarro (Nat. Coll.); N. Celebes — Manado tua and Mantehage (iid.); 

 Minahassa (Meyer 7, P. & F. Sarasin, Nat. CoU.); Gorontalo Distr. (Meyer 7, 

 Riedel 16); Djampea (Everett 27); Java (Horsfield 8, Kuhl & v. Hasselt e 7, 



