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ANTHEEPTES CELEBENSIS. 



(CELEBES BROWN-THROATED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia lepida, pt., Mull. & Schl. Verh. Natuuii. Gesch. p. 63, no. 13 (1846) ; Finsch, Neu- 



Guinea, p. 163 (1865, pt). 

 Anthreptes malaccensis, pt., Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 461; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 47; id. 



Trans. Zool. Soc. viii, p. 70 (1871) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, v, p. 178 (1874) ; 



Briigg. Abhandl. nat. Vereine zu, Bremen, v, p. 72, no. 76 (1876). 

 Anthreptes lepida, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, pp. 335, 343. 

 Anthothreptes malaccensis, pt., Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, vii, p. 661 (1875) ; id. Atti 



E. Ace. Tor. xii, p. 320 (1877). 



6 similis A. malaccensi, sed subtus olivascenti-flavus, ut in A. rhodolamd coloratus, hypochondriis vix cine- 

 rascente adunibratis, fasciis pectoralibus laete flavis, gutture ut in A. malaccensi colorato, vix saturatiore, 

 diversus. 



2 supra, brunnescenti-cinerascens, vix olivaeeo tincta, tectricibus minimis dorso concoloribus : scapularibus, 

 dorso postico et supracaudalibus magis olivascentibus : remigibus et rectricibus saturate brunaeis, 

 brunnescenti-flavo marginatis : capite laterali cinerascente : macula triangulari anteoculari, supercilio 

 strigaque angusta infraoculari albis : subtus pallide flavicanti-fulva : gula albida : pectore laterali et 

 hypocliondriis vix cinerascente tinctis. 



Hab. in insulis " Celebes " et " Sula " dictis. 



Adult Male. Similar in plumage to A. malaccensis, excepting that the breast is olive-yellow, slightly paler 

 on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, and of a more ashy shade on the flanks ; the bright yellow 

 pectoral tufts contrast very strongly with the olive colouring of the breast ; the chin and throat are 

 sbghtly darker and more rufous. Total length 4-7 inches, culmen - 7, wing 2 - 65, tail 1-8, tarsus 0'65. 



Adult Female. Upper parts, including the least series of wing-coverts, brownish ash, slightly tinted with 

 oUve, the olive shade being a little stronger on the scapulars, lower back, and upper tail-coverts ; 

 remainder of the wings and the tail dark brown, the feathers edged with brownish yellow ; sides of the 

 head ashy ; a triangular patch in front of the eye, an eyebrow, and a narrow streak beneath the eye 

 white; underparts pale yellowish buff; chin and throat white, sides of the chest and the flanks slightly 

 tinted with ash. Total length 4 - 7 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 2"6, tail l - 65, tarsus 0"65. 



Young Female. Differs from the adult in having the upper parts and sides of the head olive ; those portions 

 which in the adult are white are in this specimen pale yellow; breast yellow, slightly shaded on the 

 sides of the chest and on the flanks with olive. Total length 4' 2 inches, culmen Q5o, wing 2 - 6, 

 tail 1*6, tarsus 0*65. 



Hab. Celebes and Sula Islands. 



The present species, although closely allied to A. malaccensis, may be readily recognized by the 

 strong olive shade of the breast, which causes the bright yellow pectoral tufts to stand out in 



