Birds of Celebes: Neotariniidae. 
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cliin, throat and juguliim nisset-hrown or drah; remaining luider-parts impure 
yellow, greyer towards the under tail-coverts, and more or less deeply tinged with 
olive according to locality (Java Nr. 6364, Celebes Nr. 8575, Great Sangi Nr. 8562). 
Female. With no metallic parts in the plumage: above greenish olive, head greyer; below 
pale grey, more or less strongly washed with ochre-yellow on breast, sides, abdomen 
and under tail-coverts (Macassar Nr. 8569, and others). 
Young. Like the female, hut washed above and below more strongly with yellow, not grey 
(Limbotto Nr. 8573, Java Nr. 6366). 
1. Anthreptes malaccensis eelebensis (Shelley). 
a. Nectarinia lepida pt. (1) Mull. & Schl., Verb. Natuurk. Comm. Aves 1846, 63; (2) 
S Miill, Reize lud. Archip. 1858. pt. TT, 13. 
b. Anthreptes lepida iD Wall., P. Z. S. 1862, 343 (Cel., Sula). 
e. Anthreptes malaccensis (1) Wald., Ibis 1870, 47; (2) id., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VH!, 70; (3) 
Briiggem., Abh. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 72; (4) Lenz, J. f. O. 1877, 375. 
d. Antothreptus malaccensis pt. (]) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1875, VII, 661 (nee Siao). 
e. Anthothreptus malaccensis (1) Salvad., Atti Ac. Sc. Tor. 1877, XII, 320 (Celebes). 
f. Anthreptes eelebensis (I) Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p^XLIV, 321, pi. 103, fig. 2 (J-), 3 ($) 
(18781- (2) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 131, 146; (3J W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 114, 137; (4) 
Salvad., ttis 1884, 325; (5) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Orn. 1885, 284; (6) id., Ornis 
1888, 587; (7) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Webers Reise in Ost-Ind. 1893, m, 278. 
p. Anthothreptes malaccensis pt. (1) Gadow, Cat. B. IX, 1884, 123, (2) Tristr., Cat. Coll. 
B 1889 215 
h. Anthothreptes’ eelebensis (1) Guillem., P.Z.S. 188 d, 554; (2) Hickson, Nat. in N. Celebes, 
1889, 92. 
Anthreptes malaccensis eelebensis (I) Meyer, Abb. w Vogelskel. 1894, II, t. CCVIH; 
M.&Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 11; (2) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 11; 
(3) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 17; (4) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 153; (6) id., ib. 1897, 161. 
“Burong tjui” (chuwi), Malay (for all Meyer f 2, Guillem, b i, Hickson b 2. 
“Burong tjui kalapa”, Malay, IVIinahassa, Nat^OolI. 
“Tomonsi niu”, East Celebes; “Tomonsi cosoni , Peling, iicl. 
“Tomonsi babal”, Banggai, iid. 
For further references see Shelley f L m i ^ c , 
Figure and descriptions. Shelley f Meyer b “7 (skeleton) ; Salvador! 7i; W. Blasius 
Diagnosil'’lfale adult. Breast strongly washed with oHve; lower sides, flanks and under 
tail-coverts washed with olive-grey; size noUarge (Macassar, ad., Jan. 1873: Meyer 
— Nr. 8571, type of subspecies). i -n 1 1 i 
Iris red- feet greyish green, soles yellow, claws grey; bill black. 
Female. Below pale olive-grey, hardly washed with yellow; elfin and throat wlfifeh; head 
above and neck strongly tinged with grey (Kema, $, 8570; Macassar, Q, 8569; 
Togian, Q, 8574). 
Young Like the adult female, but the bill shorter and not black the head above and neck 
(like the mantle) yellowish olive not washed with grey; dun and throat olivaceous 
whitish, the under-parts strongly washed with ochre-yellow (Limbotto, $ O juv., July, 
Nr. 8572 and 8573). 
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