Birds of Celebes: Asionidae. 
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c. Spiloglaux punctulata Bp., E-ev. Zool. 1854, 544. 
d. Ninox punctulata (1) Sharpe, Ibis 1875, 259; (2) id.. Oat. B. 1875, II, 182; (3) Sclater, 
• P. Z. S. 1877, 108; (4) SalvacI, Orn. Pap. 1880, I, 87; (5) Meyer, Ibis 1882, 
234; (6) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 546; (7) Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, 184; Lister, 
t. c. 527; (8) Salvad., Orn. Pap., Agg. 1889, I, 24; (9) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. 
Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 4; (10) Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1896, 161; (11) id., ib. 1897. 
For further references see Sharpe d 2. 
“Totosik’*, Manado (Nat. Coll.). 
Figures and descriptions. Quoy & Gaimard a 1\ Schlegel a 2; Sharpe d 2. 
Adult. Above Prout’s brown, with a reddish tinge in it, sprinkled all over with minute light 
spots, which take the form of short bars on either web of the tail-feathers and on 
the outer webs of the quills; above the eyes from forehead to ear-coverts a stripe 
of white; a broad hand of white extending from below the ear-coverts on the 
sides of neck, on throat and chin; chest brown like the hack and spotted or barred 
with whitish; remaining under surface more rufous marked with broken bars and 
spots of whitish; thighs, under tail-coverts, under wing-coverts and some 
barring at the base of the quills light huffy (Gorontalo — Nrs. 2203, 2204). “Iris 
brown” (Guillem, d 6). 
Other specimens from the Minahassa are apparently older adults and differ 
from the two above described from Gorontalo in having the upper surface darker 
and without the reddish tinge, the spots fewer and much less conspicuous; the ab- 
domen and the middle part of the body below white, like that described by Dr. Sharpe. 
“Iris brown; hill j)ale yellow-grey; feet yellowish” (P. & F. Sarasin). 
Young. Differs from the adult in being dark brown below; obscurely spotted with whitish: 
thighs brown, indistinctly barred, hinder side and crissum huff; throat dark brown, 
suhmalar region and chin whitish; upper surface dark chocolate-brown, unspotted on 
mantle and hack, spotted as in the adult on the wing-coverts, remiges, rectrices, and 
occiput; rest of head almost unspotted: “iris dark sepia” [(^ juv. Tomohon, N. Cel. 
26. IV. 94: P. & F. Sarasin). 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Culmen 
from cere 
a. (2204) ad. Gorontalo 1871 (Meyer) 
160 
75 
32 
18 
b. (2203) ad. Gorontalo 1871 (Meyer) 
155 
68 
33 
— 
c. (C 10793) vix ad. Tondano, Vin— IX. 92 (Nat. Coll). 
170 
76 
— 
20 
d. (C 10792) ad. Tondano, Yin— IX. 92 (Nat. Coll.) . 
173 
77 
— 
18 
e. (C 10851) ad. Manado, VID— IX. 92 (Nat. Coll.) . . 
170 
77 
33 
— 
f. (Sarasin Coll.) (f ad. Tomohon, 26. in. 94 (P. & F. S.) 
157 
76 
— 
18.5 
g. (Sarasin Coll.) $ ad. Kema, 13. IX. 93 (P. & F. S.) 
165 
77 
— 
19 
h. (Sarasin Coll.) Q ad. Tomohon (P. & F. S.) ... 
157 
72 
— 

i. (Sarasin Coll.) Q ad. Tomohon, 16. IV. 94 (P. & F. S.) 
166 
75 
— — 
18 
j. (Sarasin Coll.) $ ad. Tomohon, 28. in. 94 (P. & F. S.) 
167 
— 
— 
17.5 
k. (Sarasin Coll.) (V Tomohon, 26. IV . 94 (P.&F.S.) 
165 
71 
— 
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Distribution. Celebes: South Peninsula, Macassar (Wallace hi, Everett Id), Indrulaman 
(Everett did); foot of Mt.Bonthain (Doherty dll)\ N.Peninsula, Minahassa (For s ten 
a 2, V. Duivenhode a 3, etc.)] Gorontalo (Meyer). 
