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consisting of six to eight scales, is placed in the nuchal streak. Three 

 groups are placed between fore and hind limbs , a fifth one, with smaller 

 scales above the hind limbs. A sixth or last, at the beginning of the 

 tail , is the smallest group with smaller scales. 



The large scales are roundish , pointed, keeled, as large as the tympanic. 

 In a large specimen the largest scales have a diameter of 1,1 cm. 



Uppersides of the animal black ; point of scales at the sides of the 

 body yellow. Under surfaces of body and limbs light yellow. From the 

 nuchal streak runs a yellow patch, increasing in broadness to the 

 throat. Ventral scales mostly longer than broad, two- or three-pointed. 



My largest specimen measures as follows: 



head 6,8 cm. tail 71. 



width of head 5. total length 108,8. 



body 31. 



In the beginning, when comparing my speeimens with a typical 

 amboinese one I was inclined to separate them specifically , as Petebs 

 did. Afterwards however I had the opportunity of seeing in the series 

 of L. amboinensis in tbe British Museum some speeimens from the Phi- 

 lippines. These have already some very large scales intermixed between 

 the others with a slight indication of grouping. So they form a bridge 

 between the typical L. amboinensis and L. celebensis, that stand at 

 the two extremeties of the series. I am therefore strongly disposed to 

 believe that Boulengee is right in uniting L. celebensis with L. amboi- 

 nensis. Perhaps L. celebensis may have the value of a variety or race 

 peculiar to Celebes. 



Bleeker l ) has described a new species of Lophura, as „Istiurus 

 microlophus", from Makassar. I believe that this is a young spe- 

 cimen of L. celebensis as one may already suppose from the length 

 of the animal as indicated by Bleeker. As I have two young speei- 

 mens of L. celebensis, the total length of one of which is 24 cm., of 

 the other 47 cm., that agree very well with the description of Bleeker, 

 I can confirm this Suggestion. 



I obtained my speeimens in South-Celebes at the Minralang river 

 near Tempe and at Pampanua on the river Tjinrana. The animal lives 

 only on the banks of rivers; small speeimens principally in steep 

 places of the banks and on trees lying in the water. Large individu- 



1) Natnurk. Tijdschrift v. Nederl. Ind. XXII. 18G0. pag. 80. 



