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Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. 
a. Smaller; wing 102 — 119 imn 
a'. Gular spot pale lemon-yeUow 
a". Gular spot narrow, occupying chin and middle of throat 
nielanoeephalus (Forster). 
b". Gular spot broader, occupying some of the sides of the throat 
bangueyensk Meyer. 
b' . Gular spot darker 
c". Gular spot deep lemon-yeUow, black occipital patch large, vent orange-yeUow 
melanospilus (Salvad.). 
c"'. Occipital patch larger North Celebes race. 
d'". Occipital patch smaller South Celebes race. 
d". Gular patch orange, black occipital patch small, vent deep orange 
chi'ysotrhous (Salvad.). 
e". Intermediate between the Celebes and Sula forms . Banggai and Pding race. 
b. Larger; wing 118 — 139 mm 
c'. Larger race in Sangi = xrnithxyrrhmm (Salvad.). 
<f'. Smaller race in Talaut. 
Touching the occurrence of P. melanocephalus and not melanospilus in Saleyer, 
Mr. Btittikofer remarks that the two specimens, old males, collected by Prof. 
Weber do not display an orange-yellow, but a citron-yellow gular spot peculiar 
to the Leyden specimens from Flores and Sumbawa, and seen in one from 
West Java. More recently Mr. Hartert (5) has been able to confirm Mr. 
Buttikofer’s determination in specimens from Kalao and Djampea, as well as 
Saleyer. The specific distinction of the Flores bird — P. melanauchen (Salvad.) — 
questioned by Mr. Buttikofer, is not upheld by Count Salvador!; Sumba 
examples (2) have a brighter green mantle than a Javan example. 
* 259. PTILOPUS MELANOSPILUS (Salvad.). 
Celebes Black-capped Fruit-pigeon. 
a. Ptilonopus melanocephalus part. (1) Wall., P. Z. S. 1862, 344; (2) id.. Ibis 1865, 381 (Cel.). 
b. Ptilopus melanocephalus part. (1) Schl., Ned. Tdschr. Dierk. Ill, 1866, 207; (2) id., Mus. 
P.-B., Columhae, 1873, 29; (3) Guillem., P.Z.S. 1885, 269 (Cel.), 556; (4) Hickson, 
Nat. in N. Celebes 1889, 93. 
c. lotreron melanocephala part. (1) Wald., Tr. Z. S. Vm, 1872, 83; (2) Lenz, J. f. O. 
1877, 377. 
d. lotreron melanospila (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. VII, 1875, 670; (2) Meyer, 
Ibis 1879, 135, 146; (3) W. Bias., J. f. O. 1883, 114, 138; (IV) Meyer, Vogelskel. 
n, 1892, 50, t. CLXXV. 
e. Ptilinopus melanocephalus var. celebensis (1) Bruggem., Abh. Ver. Bremen V, 1876, 80. 
Ptilopus melanospilus (1) Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 552; (2) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Orn. 
1885, 303; (3) id., ib. 1886, 131; (4) Meyer, J. f. 0. 1891, 70, 71; Salvad., 
Cat. B. XXI, 1893, 144; (8) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber’s Eeise 1893,in, 281; 
(7) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 15; (8) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 1 
p. 14; (9) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 19. 
f. Ptilinopus melanospilus (1) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1897, 165. 
“Pombo idiu kapala itam” (Green Dove with black head), Malay, Celebes, Meyer d 2. 
