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Birds of Celebes: Psittacidae. 
Distribution. Talaut Islands — Kabruang and Karkellang (Nat. Coll.). 
Observation. This species is a large and handsome local race of the Blue-headed Green 
Parrot, T. luconensis^ of the Philippines from which it is easily distinguishahle, accord- 
ing to our experience hy its much larger size and fine hlue head. Philippine specimens 
measured hy us have the wing 174—189 mm, hut Salvadori (Oat. B. XX, 426) re- 
cords the wing as heing 190—201 mm. Specunens from Manila and Sooloo indeed 
evidently attain to the dimensions of average T. tdlautensis^ as the wing of one from 
Sooloo is given hy Salvadori as 211 mm, tail 132 nun, hut we prefer not to make 
T. talautensis a subspecies, with these forms as the necessary connecting links, since 
we do not believe that Phihppine birds ever acquire such a hlue head as those of 
Talaut. Possibly the Sangi birds mentioned in the preceding article will be found 
to affect this question. 
+ 48. TANYGNATHUS MEGALORHYNCHUS (Bodd.). 
Big-billed Green Parrot. 
Under several forms this bird ranges from Talaut to the Moluccas, Sumba, 
Timorlaut, and New Guinea. In the Southern Moluccas and in Timorlaut, 
respectively, the birds have been struck off as species, T. afjinis Wall, and 
T. suboffinis Sclat. The rest have been called T. megalorhynchus by Salva- 
dori, but the Sumba birds were separated as a subspecies by Meyer. Those 
from Djampea seem to be intermediate. There seem to be other local variations, 
as well as much individual variation, hut the question demands greater study 
than we feel disposed to devote to it, and the following method of nomenclature 
will answer our purpose. 
1. The typical Tanygnathus megalorhynchus. 
a. Psittacus megalorhynchos (1) Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, 45. 
b. Perroquet a bee couleur de sang, (I) Levailh, Perr. 1805, pi. 83. 
c. Psittacus macrorhynchus (1) Gm., S. X. 1788, I, 338; (II) Shaw, Gen. Zool. 1811, VIII, 
2, p. 530, pi. 79; (3) Beinw., Peis. n. Ind. Archip. in 1821, 1858, 592. 
d. Tanygnathus megalorhynchus (1) Wall., P. Z. S. 1864, 285, 294; (2) Meyer, J. f. 0. 1873, 
405; (3) Bruggem., Ahh. Yer. Bremen 1876, V, 37; (4) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Gen. 1876, IX, 52; (5) Meyer, Bowl. Orn. Misc. 1878, HI, 127; (6) idy Ibis 1879, 
48; (7) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1880, I, 12D; Agg. I, 1889, 30; (VIII) Bchnw., Yogelb. 
1878 — 83, t. XI, f. 6; (9) Meyer, Verb. z.-h. Ges. Wien 1881, 762; Isis 1884, 6; 
(10) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, IV, 557; (11) Hickson, Nat. in X. Celebes 1889, 158; 
(12) Salvad., Cat. B. XX, 1891, 426. 
e. Eclectus megalorhynchus (1) Schl, X. T. D. 1866, HI, 184; (2) Finsch, Papag. H, 1868, 
351; ^3; Schh, Bev. Psitt. 1874, 23 pt. 
“Kalea”, Sangi Islands, v. Bosenh. e 2. 
“Karea”, Gt. Sangi and Siao, Xat. Coll, in Dresd. Mus. 
For further synonymy and references see Salvadori dl2. 
Figures and descriptions. Levaillant &7; Shaw c II\ Beichenow d VIII', Finsch e 2; 
Salvadori d 7, dl2', W. Blasius dlO. 
Male. Head, neck, and sides of hreast yellow parrot-green; sides and under wing- 
coverts deep yellow, the greater series sulphur-yellow with dusky bases; rest of 
