Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. 
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“Burong wakian” (= Pigeon), Talissi, Hickson b 4. 
“Wakian pongo", Malay, Minahassa, Nat. Ooll. 
“Ugul-ngul”, near Manaclo, iid. 
“Sebut ise ise”, Tonkean and Balante, East Celebes, iid. 
“Bukuru B,oman”, Tjamba Distr., Platen 2. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! 5. 
Figure and descriptions. Meyer d IV (skeleton); Schlegel b 2\ Salvador! d 1, 5; 
Briiggeinaiin el. 
Adult male. Like P. melanoceplmlus of Java, but the gular stripe deep lemon-yellow; tail 
below darker, the grey tenninal band better defined. “Iris yellow; bill greenish 
yellow; feet cherry-red; claws grey” — Meyer d 2 (near Manado, Aug. — Sept. 1892: 
Nat. Ooll. — 0 10903). 
Female. Parrot-green; front of head and throat greyer; most of longer under tail-coverts 
lake-red (near Manado, Aug. — Sept. 1892; Nat. Ooll. — 0 10902). 
Young male. Resembles the female; it next acquires first the orange crissum and red under 
tail-coverts, yellow throat and grey head, and lastly the black occipital patch (near 
Manado, Aug. — Sept. 1892: Nat. Coll. — 0 10904 and 10900). 
Measurements (adult males). 
Wing 
BiU from 
feathers 
of forehd. 
a. (C 13232) Kalibangkere, S. Cel. 3. IV. 78 (Platen) .... 
116 
13 
6. (C 10905) near Manado, Aug. — Sept. 1892 (Nat. Coll) . . . 
116 
14.8 
c. (C 10897) near Manado, Aug. — Sept. 1892 (Nat. Coll.) . . . 
115 
13 
d. (C 10899) near Manado, Aug. — Sept. 1892 (Nat. Coll.) . . . 
118 
13.5 
e. (C 10903) near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1892 (Nat. Coll.), . . 
117 
— 
f. (C 12295) Manado tua Id., April 1893 (Nat. Coll.) .... 
119 
12.5 
g. (C 12294) Manado tua Id., April 1893 (Nat. Coll.) .... 
119 
— 
h. (C 12291) Mantehage Id., April 1893 (Nat. Coll.). .... 
110 
14 
i. (C 12293) Banka Id., May 1893 (Nat. Coll.) 
118 
— 
j. (C 12293) Banka Id., May 1893 (Nat. Coll.) 
114 
— 
k — n. 4 ad. cfrf, East Celebes, V. — VHI. 95 (Nat. Coll) . . 
115-119 
— 
Skeleton (Meyer d IV). 
Length of cranium . . . 
45.0 
mm 
Greatest breadth of cranium 
18.3 
Length of humenis . . . 
32.0 
» 
Length of idna 
37.5 
Length of radius .... 
34.0 
■» 
Length of manus .... 
38.7 
■» 
Length of metacarpus . . 
19.6 
» 
Length of digitus principalis 
18.0 
Length of femiu’ .... 
33.0 
» 
Length of tibia .... 
43.0 
Length of tarso-metatarsus 21.0 mm 
Length of digitus HI . . 28.0 » 
Length of sternum . . . 39.5 » 
Greatest breadth of sternum 28.7 » 
Height of crista stem! . • 15.5 » 
Length of coracoideum . . 27.5 » 
Length of scapula . • • 32.8 » 
Length of clavicula . • • 27.7 » 
Length of pelvis .... 50.0 » 
Greatest breadth of pelvis . 30.0 * 
Distribution. Celebes: — Minahassa (Eorsten b 2, Wallace 5, etc.); Talissi (Guillem, b 3, 
Hickson 6 4); Banka, Lembeli, Mantehage, and Manado tua (Nat. Coll.), Gorontalo 
Distr. (Rosenb. 6 2); Togian (Meyer d 2, 5); East Celebes (Nat. Coll, in Dresd. 
and Tring Mus.); Kandari, S. E. Celebes (Beccari d 1); West Celebes (Doherty fJ); 
S. Celebes, Tjamba Distr. (Platen 2), Tempe (Weber 6). 
While a very common species in North Celebes, this Pigeon appears to 
be rare in the South, where two specimens were obtained by Dr. Platen and 
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