578 
Birds of Celebes: Sturnidae. 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill from 
nostril 
a. (Sarasin Coll.) $ ad., Kema, 9. YIII. 93 ... . 
146 
255 
— 
18 
b. (Sarasin Coll.) ^ ad., Tomohon, 2. IV. 94 ... . 
139 
— 
36 
19 
c. (C 5214) ad., Manado (v. Musschenbroek) . . 
150 
240 
— 
20.5 
d. (C 5212) ad., Manado (v. Musschenbroek) .... 
152 
265 
— 
20 
e. (C 5210) 2 Lembeh (v. Musschenbroek) . . . 
148 
257 
— 
18 
f. (C 5215) ad., Manado, VH. 74 (v. Musschenbroek) 
147 
260 
— 
18.5 
g. (C 5213) ad., Manado (v. Musschenbroek) .... 
149 
270 
— 
18.5 
h. (C5211) ad., Manado (v. Musschenbroek) .... 
151 
258 
— 
18 
(C 15640) ad., Gorontalo, 1876 (Riedel) 
150 
278 
— 
20 
j. (C 15639) ad., Gorontalo? (Riedel) 
151 
— 
— 
— 
k. (C 15642) ad., Gorontalo, 1876 (Riedel) 
156 
— 
19.5 
1. (C 15641) ad., Gorontalo, 1876 (Riedel) 
156 
284 
— 
19 
m. (C 1793) ad., Manado, HI. 71 (Meyer) 
147 
215 
— 
19 
71. (C 1791) ad., Manado, III. 71 (Meyer) 
150 
258 
— 
19.5 
0 . (C 1792) ad., Manado, III. 71 (Meyer) 
153 
268 
— 
19 
p. (C 1794) Q ad., Lunbotto, VII. 71 (Meyer) .... 
156 
277 
— 
19 
q. (C 3611) ad., Minahassa, 1877 (Faber) 
150 
272 
— 
19.5 
r. (C 3614) ad., Minahassa, 1877 (Fabei’j 
143 
— 
35 
— 
s. (C 3613) ad., Minahassa, 1877 (Faber) 
141 
— 
— 
19.5 
t. (C 3607) ad,, Minahassa, 1877 (Faber) 
145 
— 
— 
18.5 
u. (C 3609) ad., Minahassa, 1877 (Faber-) 
146 
250 
— 
17.5 
V. (C 3606) ad., Minahassa, 1877 (Faber) 
150 
260 
— 
19.5 
7v. (C 3610) ad., Minahassa, 1877 (Faber) 
140 
250 
— 
20 
X. (C 3608) hum., Minahassa, 1877 (Faber) 
i 141 
255 
— 
18.5 
The above measurements show that this species is 
very 
variable when adult 
even after making allowance for seasonal changes. Average size: wing 148.8 mm, 
tail 259.8, bill from nostril 19. 
The average size of the southern form is {from only 4 adults) wing 153.5 mm, 
tail 279, hill from nostril 18.6; it is evidently rather larger, apparently with a 
similar hill. 
Remark. The bird seems to moult in April; specimen b is getting a fresh tail. 
Skeleton (Meyer VII). 
Length of cranium . . . 
58.3 mm 
Length of tibia 
59.0 mm 
Greatest breadth of cranium 
25.8 » 
Length of tarso-metatarsus . 
35.4 » 
Length of humerus . . . 
36.6 » 
Length of sternum . . . 
38.5 » 
Length of ulna 
45.2 » 
Greatest breadth of sternum 
27.5 » 
Length of radius .... 
40.4 » 
Height of crista sterni . . 
12.8 » 
Length of manus .... 
41.0 » 
Length of pelvis .... 
43.4 » 
Length of femur .... 
35.0 » 
Greatest breadth of pelvis . 
25.5 * 
Distribution. North Celebes: Minahassa (Wallace 12, Meyer 5, Fischer 3, etc.), Lembeh 
Id. (Nat. OolL), Gorontalo Distr. (Meyer 5, Eiedel in Dresd. Mus., etc.); Togian 
(Meyer 5); Dongala, West Celebes (Doherty 16); Mapane, North Central Celebes 
(P.&F. Sarasin 14); Tonkean, E. Celebes (Nat. Coll 15). 
The Northern Streptocitta is a very common bird in the Minahassa, where, 
as Rosenberg says, it attracts attention by its harsh cry, in making which it 
