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Birds of Celebes; Columbidae. 
Measurements (continued). 
Wing 
Tail 
Bill from 
feathers 
of forehd. 
1. (Tring Mus.) [(J*] ad., Tagulandang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll). 
171 
— 
15 
m. (Tring Mus.) [(^f] ad., Tagulandang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll). 
165 
— 
15 
n. (Tring Mus.) [cf] ad., Tagulandang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) . 
161 
— 
— 
0 . (C 13463) [cf] ad., Ruang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) .... 
173 
195 
16 
p. (C 13465) [cf] ad., Euang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) .... 
163 
190 
16 
q. (Tring Mus.) [cf] ad., Ruang, Aug. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) . . . 
166 
— 
16 
■r. (C 12647) [(^] ad., Siao, 1. VH. 93 (Nat. Coll.) 
172 
13.5 
s. (C 12648) [cf] ad., Siao, 6. VH. 93 (Nat. Coll.) 
170 
195 
15.5 
t. (C 12663) Icfi ad.. Great Sangi, 27. VH. 93 (Nat. Coll.) . 
184 
210 
— 
u. (W. Bias. /■/F) [cf] ad.. Great Sangi, 31. VI. 96 (Platen) . 
174 
194 
15 
V. (W. Bias. /'IF) [cf] ad.. Great Sangi, 11. VHi. 86 (Platen) 
170 
194 
17 
w. (Nr. 13426) [cf] ad.. Great Sangi (Meyer) 
180 
215 
— 
X. (W. Bias. /’IF) [$] ad.. Great Sangi, 7. VH. 86 (Platen) . 
180 
216 
16 
y. (C 12649) [Q] ad., Siao, June 1893 (Nat. Coll.) .... 
168 
190 
— 
X. (C 13466) [$] Biarro, 3. Sept. 1894 (Nat. Coll.) .... 
163 
185 
15.5 
a'. (C 12116) [Q] ad., Banka, May 1893 (Nat. Coll.) . . . 
154 
185 
14 
b'. (C 14741) [c^] ad., Banggai, V.— VIH. 95 (Nat. Coll.) . . 
160 
180 
13.5 
c. (C 14615) [cf] ad., Peling, V.— VHI. 95 (Nat. Coll.) . . 
164 
190 
14 
The tarsus measures from about 18.5 mm (small Banka example) to 23 (large 
Sangi example). Adult males have the wing varying from 154 mm in tie Minahassa 
to 184 mm in Great Sangi, but between these extremes every intermediate condition 
is found. 
Skeleton (Meyer a X.IV]. 
Length of cranium . . . 41.5 mm 
Greatest breadth of cranium 16.3 > 
Length of humerus . . . 34.8 » 
Length of ulna .... 41.3 » 
Length of radius .... 38.7 » 
Length of manus . . . 46.3 » 
Length of metacarpus . . 23.0 
Length of digitus principalis 22.4 > 
Length of femur .... 31.0 » 
Length of tibia .... 40.4 » 
Length of fibula .... 27.0 » 
Eggs. “Near Burukan in the Minahassa Dr. Platen collected several eggs of this bird, 
whicli instead of being pure white, like the white eggs of Pigeons, are cream-yellow, 
and measure 30 X 22.5 mm” (Nehrkorn MS.). An egg in the Sarasin Collection 
answers to this description. 
Nest. A true Pigeon’s nest, but somewhat thick; a thin substructure of roots overlaid with 
the black fibres of a Palm: diameter c. 150 mm (Tomohon, Minahassa, 22. IV. 04: 
P.& P. Sarasin). 
Breeding season. The Drs. Sarasin obtained two unfledged young (cf. antea] from the above 
nest, in April, and an egg as late as 27*1^ September. 
This “Cuckoo-dove”, as Indian ornithologists call the species of the genus 
Macropygia, conforms to the rule in being larger in Sangi than on the mainland of 
Length of tarso-metatarsus 21.5 mm 
Length of digitus m . . 26.5 » 
Length of sternum ... 44.5 » 
Greatest breadth of sternum 28.0 » 
Height of crista stemi . . 18.0 » 
Length of coracoideum . . 27.6 » 
Length of scapula . . . 33.5 » 
Length of clavicula ... 26.5 » 
Length of pelvis .... 43.5 » 
Greatest breadth of pelvis 27.0 » 
