640 



Birds of Celebes: Columbidae. 



Measurements (continued]. 



Wing 



15 

 15 



195 

 190 



I 



I. (TringMus.) [cf] ad., Tagulandang, Aug. 1S94 (Nat. Coll.) 

 jM.(TringMus.) [cf] ad., Tagulandang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) 

 71. (Tring Mus.) [cT] ad., Tagulandang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) 

 0. (C 13463) [cf] ad., Ruang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) . . . 

 p. (C 13465) [cf] ad., Ruang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.j . . . 

 q. (TringMus.) [rf] ad., Ruang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) . . 

 r. (C 12647) [cf] ad., Siao, 1. VH. 93 (Nat. Coll.). . . . 

 s. (C 12648) [cf] ad., Siao, 6. VH. 93 (Nat. Coll.) .... 

 t (C 12663) [o^] ad.. Great Sangi, 27. VH. 93 (Nat. Coll.) 

 u. (W. Bias. /•/F) [(^] ad., Great Sangi, 31. VI. 96 (Platen) 

 V. (W. Bias. /•/F) [cf] ad., Great Sangi, 11. VIH. 86 (Platen) 



w.JNr. 13426) [cf J ad., Great Sangi (Meyer) 



X. (W. Bias. /"/F) [$] ad.. Great Sangi, 7. VH. 86 (Platen) 

 y. (C 12649) [g] ad., Siao, June 1893 (Nat. Coll.) . . 

 z. (C 13466) [$] Biarro, 3. Sept. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) . . 

 a'. (C 12116) [g] ad., Banka, May 1893 (Nat. Coll.) . 

 b'. (C 14741) [cf] ad., Banggai, V.— Vm. 95 (Nat. Coll.) 

 c. (C 14615) [cf] ad., PeUng, V.— Vni. 95 (Nat. Coll.) 



The tarsus measures from about 18.5 mm (small Banka example) to 23 (large 

 Sangi example). Adult males have the wing varying from 154 mm in the Minahassa 

 to 184 mm in Great Sangi, but between these extremes every intermediate condition 

 is found. 



171 

 165 

 161 

 173 

 163 

 166 

 172 

 170 

 184 

 174 

 170 

 ISO 

 180 

 168 

 163 

 154 

 160 

 164 



Tail 



Bill from 

 feathers 

 of forehd. 



195 



210 

 194 

 194 

 215 

 216 

 190 

 185 

 185 

 180 

 190 



16 



16 



16 



13.5 



15.5 



15 



17 



16 



15.5 

 14 

 13.5 

 14 



Skeleton 



(Meyer a XIV). 

 Length of cranium . . . 41.5 

 Greatest breadth of cranivmi 16.3 



nmi j Length of tarso-metatarsus 21.5 



» ! Length of digitus HE . . 26.5 



» I Length of stemimi . . . 44.5 



» • Greatest breadth of sternum 28.0 



» Height of crista sterni . . 18.0 



' Length of coracoideum . . 27.6 



Length of scajiula . . . 33.5 



Length of clavicula . . . 26.5 



Length of pelvis . . . . 43.5 



Greatest breadth of pelvis 27.0 



mm 



Eggs. 



STest. 



"Near Ruridian in the Minahassa Dr. Platen collected several eggs of this bird, 

 which instead of being pui-e white, hke the wliite eggs of Pigeons, are cream-yellow, 

 and measure 30 X 22.5 mm" (Nehrkorn MS.). An egg in the Sarasin Collection 

 answers to this description. 



A true Pigeon's nest, but somewhat thick; a tliin substructure of roots overlaid with 

 the black fibres of a Palm: diameter c. 150 mm (Tomohon, Mnahassa, 22. IV. 94: 

 P.&F. Sarasin). 

 Breeding season. The Drs. Sarasin obtained two unfledged young (cf. antea) from the above 

 nest, in April, and an egg as late as 27''' September. 



This "Cuckoo-dove", as Indian ornithologists call the species of the genus 

 Macropygia, conforms to the rule in being larger in Sangi than on the mainland of 



