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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 hmbs hght 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 specimens with a typical 
amboinese one I was inclined to separate them specifically, asPETEBS 
did. Afterwards however I had the opportunity of seeing in the series 
of L. amboinensis in the British Museum some specimens from the Phi- 
hppines. 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 Boulenger 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. 
Bleekbr^) 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 Blbekbr. As I have two young speci- 
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 specimens in South-Celebes at the Minralang river 
near Tempe and at Pampanua on the river Tjinrana. The animalhves 
only on the banks of rivers; small specimens principally in steep 
places of the banks and on trees lying in the water. Large individu- 
1) Natnurk. Tijdschrift v. Nederl. Ind. XXII. 1860. pag. 80. 
