642 Birds of Celebes: Peristeridae. 



with an obscure dark oblique band on the inner web (Djampea, Dec. 1895: Everett 

 — 14859). 



Sexes. Similar: "the wing of the female is about 5 to 10 mm shorter" (Hartert). 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the feathers of the head broadly tipped with cinna- 

 mon-rufous, the bases black; the wing-coverts, scapulars and remiges terminally 

 margined mth rufous ($, Djampea, Dec. 1894: Everett — C 14860). 



Measurements. Wing 180— 192 mm; tail 188—207; tarsus 23; bill 19 (Biittikofer). 



The above-described two specimens from Djampea have the wing 200 and 194 mm, 

 and seem, therefore, to belong to a large insular race. 



Distribution. South Celebes: Macassar Distr. (Wallace al, 3, Teijsmann 4); Saleyer Id. 

 (Weber 4, Everett 5); Djampea (Everett 5). 



There is no evidence to show that this species has ever occurred in North 

 Celebes, where young and female specimens of M. albicapilla have been mistaken 

 for it. In South Celebes both species occur together, but the present bird is, 

 as Mr. Biittikofer shows, much larger than the typical M. albicapilla, and it is 

 fiu'ther distinguishable by the mouse-brown colour of its upper surface. Also 

 the sexes seem to be similar in coloration. From the two latter characters 

 Major Wardlaw Ramsay places it with M. magna Wall, of Timor and 

 M. timorlaoensis Meyer in a separate division of the genus Macropygia. The 

 two latter species may, as shown by Count Salvadori's key, be distinguished 

 from the Celebesian bird by their having the head of a different colour from 

 the upper surface. It is said to be mouse-brown uniform with the upper parts 

 in M. macassariensis, but this is not absolutely correct, judging from the Djampea 

 birds, which have the head and neck much greyer brown than the other upper 

 parts. 



M. macassariensis follows the rule that, when Timorese types occur in 

 Celebes, it is in the South of the island, and sometimes, but not always, in the 

 North as well. 



Reinwardtoenas reinwardti (Temm.). The type of this species, which 

 ranges from the Moluccas to New Guinea, was said to have come from Celebes. 

 No proof of this has since been obtained, and Temminck's indication should, 

 therefore, be regarded as erroneous. 



FAMILY PERISTERIDAE. 



The Turtle-doves and Ground-doves are separated by Count Salvadori as 

 a family consisting of 7 subfamilies. The tarsus is naked (except quite at the 

 joint in Turtur, Geophaps, and others), and is equal to or longer than the middle 

 toe without the claw; tail-feathers 12 — 20. Of Salvadori's 7 subfamilies, 

 2 belong to the New World; the other 5 have representatives in Celebes. 



