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Birds of Celebes; Treronidae. 
f. Myristicivora luctuosa (1) Hickson, Xat. in N. Celebes 1889, 93, pt. (Talaut'. 
“Kum-kum puti”, Malay, Celebes, Meyer 7, Nat. Coll. 
“Kum-kum pnti besar” or “Kum-kum pulo” (indifferently for tins species and M. luctuosa), 
Malay, Minahassa, Nat. Coll. 
“Puntiin”, Minahassa, Meyer, or “Putijen laker-laker” or “Putijen togo-togo” (both also for 
M. luctuosa), Nat. Coll. 
“Kelau”, Minahassa, Meyer 7. 
“Punting” or “Puntang”, Biarro, to Great Sangi, Nat. Coll. 
“Puantinga”, Kabruang, Nat. Coll. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvadori 22. 
Figures and descriptions. Knip d 7; Cassine/J; Sonnerata J; Eeichenbach 77; Bona- 
parte 7; Hume e ,9; Salvadori V, 22] Oates e 13] Vorderman e 14. 
Adult. White, saturated with intense cream-yellow; quills and winglet black (sometimes 
powdered with grey), the four or five innermost secondaries yellowish white like the 
back; exposed terminal part of tail black, narrowing to a tenninal band of about 
1 cm on the outermost, the exjioscd parts of the outer web of wbieh are mostly black; 
under tail-coverts yellowi.sh white, but in some specimens (? younger birds) with 
dusky or black marks at or next the tips of the feathers: “iris dark brown; legs 
and feet pale smalt blue; bill leaden blue, tip darlcish horny or dark plumbeous” — 
Nicobars, Davison e 9 (near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1893: Nat. Coll. — C 10925; 
and others). 
Sexes. Similar in coloration. 
Kemark. The rich buff tint seen in fresh skins soon fades in the latter on exposure to light, 
leaving the bird almost pure white. The sprouting feathers are nearly orange. 
Young. The young ones show more yellowish tints (Meyer 7). “All the feathers of the 
upper surface are broadly tipped nuth pale buff, and the under surface is a good deal 
tinged and mottled with this same colour-” (Hume e 9). 
Measurements. (10, Minahassa and neighbouring islets) wing 229— 240 mm, (10, Sangi Islands) 
wing 224—241, (2, Kabruang) wing 233, 237; tail ca. 125; tarsus ca. 30; bill from 
first feather 20.5 — 22 mm. 
Egg. 1 in number; longish oval, a good deal pointed towards the small end, pure white and 
tolerably glossy (Nicobars — Hume e 20). 
Nest. Of sticks and twigs; in a low mangrove bush (Nicobars — Wimberly e 20). 
Breeding time. Breeds in the Nicobars in January, February and March (Davison e 20). 
Distribution. Islands of the Bay of Bengal, — Great Cocos, Barren, Narcondam, Andamans 
and Nicobai-s (Hume e 9); Mergui Islands (Blyth e IS)] Cochin Cliina (St. Pierre 
22j, Siam (Mouhot 8); Penang (Pinwill 8); Malacca (Maingay 22)] Islands south 
of Malacca (Kelham e J2); Nias and Engano (Modigl. 17, 21)] Banka (v. d. Bossche 
e7); Billiton (Vorderman e 21); S. Borneo (Schwaner e 7); N. Borneo (Everett 
and Pryer e 16)] Labuan (Mottley e 16)] Balabac (Steere 6, Everett e 24)] Palawan 
(Steere 6, Whitehead e 17), Negros, Guunaras, Siquijor, Mindoro, Masbate, Marin- 
. duque, Nipah, Malanipa, Sakuyok, IVIindanao (Steere 19, Koch & Schadenb. 11, 
Meyer 4, Everett etc. 7'''®, 22, 25)] Sooloo Id. (Guillemard 13, 23)] Bongao 
(Everett 2,3); Tawi Tawi (B. & W. 25)] Talaut — Kabruang and Karkellang (Nat. 
Coll, in Dresden and Tring Mus.); Sangi Islands — Gt. Sangi (Rosenberg e 7, 
Fischer ell. Platen 18, Nat. Coll.); Siao (Hoedt e 7, Nat. Coll.); Tagulandang, 
Ruang and Biarro (Nat. Coll.); N. Celebes — Manado tua and Mantehage (iid.); 
Minahassa (Meyer 7, P. & F. Sarasin, Nat. Coll.); Gorontalo Distr. (Meyer 7, 
Riedel 16)] Djampea (Everett 27); Java (Horsfield 8, Kuhl & v. Hasselt e 7, 
