Birds of Celebes: Sturnidae. 
559 
Measurements (continued). 
AVing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill from 
nostril 
k. (C 12182) ad., Mantehage Id., 22. IV. 93 (Nat. Coll.) 
109 
76 
24.5 
14.5 
1. (0 12185) ad., Mantehage Id., 22. IV. 93 (iid.) . . . 
111 
80 
23 
14.5 
m.{Q 13512) ad., Biarro Id., 3. IX. 94 (iid.) .... 
116 
81 
24.5 
14.8 
n. (0 13506) ad., Tagulandang Id., 3. VUI. 94 (iid.) . . 
112 
77 
24 
15 
0 . (Tring Mus.) ad., Tagidandang Id., 5. VHI. 94 (iid.) 
113 
79 
23 
16 
p. (Tring Mus.) ad., Tagulandang Id., 9. Vm. 94 (iid.) 
116 
— 
24.5 
15.7 
q. (C 13507) ad., Tagulandang Id., 7. VIII. 94 (iid.) . . 
116 
81 
24.5 
16.5 
r. (C 13509) ad., Huang Id., 28. Vm. 94 (iid.) . . . 
110 
80 
23.5 
15 
s. (Tring Mus.) ad., Ruang Id., 23. VIH. 94 (iid.) . . 
115 
83 
23.5 
15.7 
t. (Tring Mus.) ad., Ruang Id., 30. VHI. 94 (iid.) . . 
121 
81 
25.5 
16.5 
u. (C 13511) ad., Ruang Id., 21. VIH. 94 (iid.). . . . 
117 
80 
24.5 
15.5 
V. (0 2444) ad., Siao (Meyer) 
119 
87 
25.5 
16 
w. (0 2448) ad., Siao (Meyer) 
116 
82 
25 
16 
X. (C 12604) ad., Siao, 23. VI. 93 (Nat. Coll.) . . . 
117 
83 
25 
16.5 
y. (C 12605) ad., Siao, 29. W. 93 (iid.) 
118 
83 
26 
17 
X. (C 12684) ad., Gt. Sangi, 28. VII. 93 (iid.) .... 
121 
83 
25 
16.5 
a'. (C 12685) ad., Gt. Sangi, 21. VH. 93 (iid.) .... 
117 
o 
00 
26 
16 
b'. (C 13126) ad., Kabniang, 11. XI. 93 (iid.) .... 
117 
00 
25 
17 
c'. (C 13128) ad, Kabruang, 14. XI. 93 (iid.) .... 
117 
81 
25.5 
16 
d'. (C 13127) ad., Kabmang, 14. XI. 93 (iid.) .... 
121 
82 
25 
17 
e'. (C 13131) ad., Kabniang, 14. XI. 93 (iid.) .... 
121 
84 
25 
17 
f! (C 13130) ad., Kabruang, 11. XI. 93 (iid.j .... 
119 
85 
26 
17.7 
g'. (C 13129) ad., Kabruang, 11. XL 93 (iid. .... 
117 
78 
24 
15.5 
h’. (C 13132) ad., Salibabu, 29. X. 93 (iid.) 
123 
83 
26 
18 
Skeleton (Meyer e XII). 
Length of cranium 
. . . 46.0 
mm 
Length of tibia .... 
38.0 mm 
Greatest breadth of 
cranium 19.2 
» 
Length of tarso-metatarsus 
23.0 * 
Length of humerus 
, . . 26.5 
Length of sternum . . . 
29.0 » 
Length of ulna 
. . . 30.0 
» 
Greatest breadth of sternum 20.0 » 
Length of radius . 
. . . 26.5 
Height of crista sterni . . 
8.0 » 
Length of manus . 
. . . 30.0 
» 
Length of pelvis .... 
32.0 » 
Length of femur . 
. . . 25.0 
Greatest breadth of pelvis 
21.0 * 
Eggs, Very pale greenish blue, with a number of large and smaller spots and blotches, 
brownish-reddish purple and paler greyer purple, sometimes ahnost black; moderately 
broad ovals, more or less compressed towards the small end; size 25.4 X 18.8 mm 
(Malay Peninsula, and elsewhere? Hume i 7). 
Nest. Built in holes in ti’ees or at the juncture of palm-leaves with the trunk; very high up 
(i 3); a loose struchu-e almost globular, but open at the top, of very coarse dry grass 
(lallung or elephant-grass), lined with green durian leaves cut into small bits (Malay 
Peninsula, Davison i 7). 
Remark. The nesting habits of C. patmyensis enganmisis, the young of wliich are said to be 
black, might be observed with advantage. 
In his Malay Archipelago, 1869, I, 431, Mr. Wallace speaks of Calornu 
as a form absent from Celebes. The present species is now known as one of 
the commonest birds in North Celebes, but it has not yet occurred, to our 
