532 
Birds of Celebes: Motacillidae. 
1885, 516, pL n, ff. 3, 4, 5; {12) Dresser, Ibis 1889, 88; (13) Lilford, t. c. 322; 
(14) Sharpe, t. c. 431 ; (15) Everett, J. Str. Br. B. A. S. 1889, 102; (16) Whitehd., 
Ibis 1890, 52; (17) Steere, List B. & M. Philipp. Is 1890, 21; (18) Seeb. , B. Japan. 
Emp. 1890, 115; (19) Oates, Farm. Br. Ind. B. n, 1890, 295; (20) Styan, Ibis 
1891, 343; (21) De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 408, 419; (22) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1894, 
475; (23) Bourns & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 1894, 37; ("24^ Everett, Ibis 1895, 
23, 33; (25) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 13; (26) iid., ib. 1896, 
Nr. 2, p. 18; (27) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 154, 168, 546. 
a. Budytes flavus (or flava) (I) Gould, B. Gr. Brit. HI, pi. 4 (ca. 1870); (2) David & Oust., 
Ois. Ohine 1877, 302; (3) Oates, B. Br. Burniah 1 883, 162; (4) Badde & Walter, 
Ornis 1889, 42, 214, 245; (5) Salvad., Agg. Orn. Pap. 1890, 128; (6) id., Ann. 
Mus. Civ. Gen. 1891 (2) XTI, 69; (7) Tacz. , Paune Orn. Sib. Orient. 1891, 379; (8) 
Hartert, Kat. V. Senckenb. Mus. 1891, 42, 43; (9) Meyer & Helm, Verz. d. Vog. 
Sachsens 1892, 100. 
b. Budytes viridis (1) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, YHi, 65; (2) Meyer, J. f. O. 1873, 405; (3) 
Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 196; (4) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1875, VH, 666; 
(5) Tweedd., Ibis 1877, 310; (6) id., P. Z. S. 1877, 697; (7) id., P. Z. S. 1878, 710, 
950; (8) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 127; (9) Wardl. Bams., Tweedd. Om. Works 1881, 
658; ( 10 ) Salvad., Orn. Pap. H, 1881, 430; ( 11 ) Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 1883, 
XLH, 221; (12) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 155; (13) M. & Wg., J. f. 0. 1894, 247. 
c. Motacilla borealis (1) Biittik. (nec Sundev.), Zool. Erg. Weber's Beise Ost-Ind. 1893, 
m, 277. 
“Tunonsi sua”, Tonkean, E. Celebes, Nat. Coll. 
“Acobatanga”, Talaut, Nat. Coll. Z) 75. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Sharpe XI. 
Figures and descriptions. Nauniann //; Gould P, a 1\ Keulemans VI, Dresser VIII\ 
Sharpe XI, Oates a 3, 19] David & Oustalet a 2] Salvadori b 'lO] Vorder- 
man 6 11 . 
Adult male (summer). Head and neck slate-grey; a broad superciliary stripe from 
nostril to above ear-coverts white; lores black; ear-coverts blackish slate 
with some of the feathers partially white; upper surface olive-green, yellower green 
on the lower back and rump; wings brown, the coverts and inner quills broadly 
edged with pale yello'U’ish, the outer quills paler brown; the four middle pairs of 
tail-feathers black, edged with the colour of the back, the outermost white, 
broadly fringed with black on most of the inner web, the next white, partly black 
on both the outer and inner webs; chin and malar region white; remaining 
under-parts dark yellow, washed with ocluaceous on the breast; under wing- 
coverts yellowish wliite, the carpal edge barred with brown. Wing 85 mm; tail 
75; tarsus 25; bill from no.stril 9.5 ((f, Tjamba, S. Celebes, 16. W. 78: Platen — 
C 5368). 
Young (in winter). General colour above hair-brown, somewhat yellower on rump, super- 
ciliary stripe whitish; wings and tail much as in adult; under-parts pale buff, 
sometimes dirty white, browner on chest and sides of breast (Kabruang, 6. X. 93: 
Nat. Coll. — C 13135—6). 
Nestling. Above cinnamon-brownish, blackish on sides of occiput; wings blackish with broad 
edgings of oclu'aceous buff; superciliary stripe ochraceous buff; submalar stripe, 
sides of tbroat and a bar across the chest black, forming a horse-shoe shield; 
remaining under-jjarts ochraceous buff; the two outer pairs of tail-feathers 
white, the others black edged with ochraceous buff (Dresden, 10. VI. 94: Schwarze 
— Nr. 14159). 
