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Birds of Celebes: Oriolidae. 
551 pt.; (3) Tristr., Oat. Ooll. B. 1889, 181; (4) Hickson, Hat. in H. Celebes 
1889,92; (^5; Hartert, Kat. Senckenb. Mas. 1891, 79, Meyer, Yogelskel. H, 
1892, M), plate CLXVI; (6) Vorderman, H. T. Ned. Ind. 1893, LH, 200; (7) M. 
& Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Hr. 8, p. 14; (8) Hart., Hov. Zool. 1897, 162. 
“Burong guning” (Yellow-bird) or “Barong kuning”, Malay, H. Celebes, Meyer c 6, Guillem. 
e 2, Hickson e 4, Hat. Coll. 
“Kikeliawoi”, Minahassa, Meyer c 6. 
“Kilukilu”, nefir Manado, Hat. Coll. 
‘•Tongulalahe”, Gorontalo, Joest ci 3. 
“Gulalahe” [Gorontalo], Bosenb. a 2. 
“Kalijolo”, E. Celebes, Hat. Coll. 
Diagnosis. The black coronal circlet not united at the nape in about half the specimens 
[? tlie males] ; the outermost tail-feather varying from pure yellow to yellow with a 
considerable black patch in the basal third; middle pair of tail-feathers greemsh 
yellow to greenish yellow with a small amount of black before the yellow tips , 
secondaries greenish yellow externally, the innermost with a narrow space only of 
black along the inner web (19 examples, H. Celebes). 
Distribution. Horth Celebes; Talissi (Hickson e 4), Lembeh, Banka (Rosenberg a 7, Hat. 
Coll.), Minahassa (Riedel a 1, Wallace c 7, e 7, etc.), Gorontalo Distr. (Rosenb. a 7, 
Meyer c 6, etc.), Togian (Meyer c 6); West Celebes (Doherty e S); S. E. Celebes: 
Kandari (Beccari c 4 — perhaps the Southern form). 
2, Oriolus celebensis meridionalis Hart. 
f. Oriolus indicus (1) Schl. (nec Jerd.), Mus. P.-B., Coraces, 1867, 103, pt. 
a Broderipus coronatus (1) AVald., Tr. Z. S. ViH, 1872, 60 pt. 
h. Broderipus celebensis (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. VH, 1875, 669, pt. ? (Kandari); 
(2) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Orn. 1885, 271, pt. 
i. Oriolus celebensis (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. HI, 1877, 203, pt.; (2) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 
551, pt. (Mai-os); (3) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber’s Reise Ost-Ind. 1893, HI, 276; 
(4) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Hr. 1, p. 14. 
j. Oriolus celebensis meridionalis (1) Hart., Hov. Zool. 1896, 155; (2) id., ib. 1897, 158, 159. 
“Kuriri”, Tjamba Distr., Platen h 2. 
Diagnosis. AVith more black on the wings and usually on tail; the black coronal circlet al- 
ways meeting at the nape; the outermost tail-feather yellow, with the outer web and 
more or less of the inner web black for the basal third; the centre tail-feathers 
greenish yellow with a greater or less amount of black before the yellow terminal 
border; innermost secondaries black on most or all of the inner web (C 13424, Mus. 
Dresden, and other examples, S. Celebes). 
Distribution. South Celebes: Macassar (Wallace p 7, Bernstein f 7, etc.), Bonthain Distr. 
(Weber i 3, P. & P- Sarasin, etc. j 7, j 2), Alaros (Platen h 2, Guill. i 2, Weber 
. i 5), Kalibangkere (Platen h 2], Luwu and Palopo (AYeber i 3). 
Oriolus celebensis — meridionalis. 
k Oriolus celebensis fIJ M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Hr. 2, p. 19. 
Diagnosis. Intermediate between the birds of the South and the Horth. 
Distribution. East Celebes — Tonkean and Balante (Hat. Coll, in Dresd. and TringMus ). 
Observation. It is hard to distinguish these birds. The innermost secondaries have generally 
more black on the inner web than in the Horthern examples. The black coronal 
