78 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIEDS OF CELEBES. 



Stuenia, Lesson. 

 111. Stuenia 1 pyeehogenys (Schlegel), Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 86, " Japan, Borneo " (1842). 

 Lamprotornis pyrrhopogon, Schlegel, op. cit. pi. 46. 



Eab. Japan, Borneo (Schlegel) ; Philippines (Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 302. no. 217) ; 

 Celebes (Salvin). 



Three examples, agreeing in every respect with Japanese individuals, are contained in 

 Mr. O. Salvin's collection ; and that gentleman tells me that they were all procured in 

 Celebes. Although I have adopted Professor Schlegel's name, I have little doubt that 

 eventually, after comparison has been made with Philippine examples, it will have to 

 give way to dominicanus, Bodd., =T. dominicanus, Gm. These similar titles were 

 founded on Le Merle dominiquain des Philippines of Montbeillard (Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 iii. p. 396), who described it from a Philippine individual obtained by Sonnerat which 

 was figured by Daubenton (PI. Enl. 627. f. 2). Gmelin's title has hitherto most 

 unaccountably been applied to the iSturnus dauricus, Pall. Pastor ruficollis, Wagler, 

 Syst. Nat. Av. p. 92, ex Manilla, is also clearly a synonym of T. dominicanus, Bodd. & 

 Gm., and not a distinct species as enumerated by Prince Bonaparte. 



One of Mr. Salvin's specimens has the chin, tips and outer edges of the quills, the 

 under and upper tail-coverts, and the rectrices deeply tinged with bright rusty red. 

 Traces of this hue appear in other parts of the plumage. This peculiarity in members 

 of this group has been remarked upon by Mr. Swinhoe (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 302), and is 

 said by him to prevail during the breeding-season. Is the species, therefore, a per- 

 manent resident in Celebes \ 



In S. pyrrhogenys, Schlegel, and S. dauricus, Pall., the first quill is longest, and the 

 second nearly as long, the third and following quills being much shorter. This indi- 

 cates an affinity of these two species to true Sturnus ; and the structure of the tail and 

 the metallic hues of the plumage strengthen the evidences of the relationship. The 

 form of the bill is peculiar, being short and stout, albeit Sturnine. On the other 

 hand, Oriolus sinensis, Gm., the type of Sturnia, Lesson, is a true Temenuchus, Cab. ; 

 consequently all the species falling under the latter generic title must be referred to 

 Sturnia, and Temenuchus will have to be suppressed. A distinct subgenus will probably 

 have to be made for S. pyrrhogenys and S. dauricus, and another for the reception of 

 the isolated Cingalese form Pastor senex, Temm., = Sturnia albofrontata, Layard. 



Enodes, Temminck. 



112. Enodes eeytheophbys (Temm.), Nouv. Eec. xlv e livr. ; PI. Col. 267, " Celebes, 

 environs de Menado, et dans l'ile Taguatto (1st of May 1824);" Wallace, Ibis, 

 1860, p. 141. 



Rah. N.-E. Celebes, confined to the interior mountain districts, never abundant 

 ( Wallace). 



