Birds of Celebes: Sturnidae. 
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Immature. Browner slate-grey than the adult, superciliary stripe yellower and less broad 
(Minahassa: Faber — 0 3504; Briigg. 10). 
meats. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill from 
nostril 
a. (Sarasin Coll.) o’ ad., Tomohon 
116 
120 
27 
13.5 
a'"''*. (Sarasin CoU.) ad., Tomohon, 5. IV. 95 . . . 
114 
— 
28 
13 
h. (Sarasin Coll.) Q ad., Tomohon 
111 
106 
25 
12.5 
c. (Sarasin Coll.) Q. ad., Tomohon 
111 
111 
25.5 
12.5 
d. (C 2193) ad., Kakas, Jtme 71 (Meyer) .... 
110 
109 
26.5 
13.5 
e. (C 2192) ad., Kakas, June 71 (Meyer) 
109 
— 
26.5 
13.5 
f. (C 5218) ad., Manado (Musschenbr.) 
113 
108 
26 
13.5 
g. (C 3503) ad., Minahassa (Faber) 
109 
no 
26.5 
12.5 
h. iC 10825) ad., near Tondano, Aug. — Sept.92 (Nat. Coll.) 
111 
114 
25.5 
13 
i. (C 2195) vix ad., Kakas, June 71 (Meyer) .... 
108 
no 
26 
13 
j. (C 3504) imm., Minahassa (Faber) 
106 
no 
26.5 
12 
Nest, eggs, etc. Unknomi. The nest and nestlings in the Sarasin Collection, labelled as 
belonging to Enodes erythrophrys, and recorded by us as such (17), seem to belong to 
Dicrmiis Uucaps. 
Distribution. Celebes, Northern Peninsula: Minahassa (Reinwardt a I, Wallace 5, 14, 
Meyer 11, etc.); “Be Taguatto” = ? Paguat, Gulf of Tomini (EeiiiAvardt a 1). 
The Red-browed Starling of Celebes is the only representative of the genus 
Enodes, one of the peculiar types of the island. Except for Reinwardt’s 
specimen from Paguat, it has up to the present been recorded only from the 
Minahassa. Here it seems to be purely a hill species, most of the specimens 
on record having been killed in the neighbourhood of Lake Tondano; Rosenberg 
mentions the fact that he never met with it in the Gorontalo Province. 
The genus seems to stand midway between Calornis and Acridotheres. By 
its bill, wing -formula, and strongly graduated tail, it answers very well to 
the Calornis JMetoZ&a - group ; its non-metallic plumage agrees better with the 
tints of Aa'idotheres tristis (L.) of the Indian countries, it also resembles birds 
of this genus by its legs and feet. The striking orange-red colour of the super- 
ciliary stripe no doubt has some connection with the peculiar bristly character 
of the feathers here; the red of the wax tips on the inner quills of the Wax- 
wing (Ampelis garrula), and the red tips of the rump -feathers of Scissirostrum 
may prove to be of somewhat similar structure. Another point of interest is 
the pale yellowish of the projecting 2 cm of the two middle tail-feathers, they 
look as if they have become more bleached through greater exposure. Many 
birds have the tip of the tail paler or more colourless than the rest of it. 
GENUS ACRIDOTHERES Vieill. 
The frontal plumes erect or slightly turned backwards, and growing above 
the nostril as far forward as the anterior margin thereof; bill as long as the 
head and somewhat tapering, yellow, the gape deep and turned downwards at 
