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h. Cirrepidesmus mongolieus (1) Hume, Str. H. 1873, I, 230; (2) id., ib. 1874, II, 289, 482; 
(3) Butler, ib. 1877, V, 232, 236; (4) Heine & Kcliw., Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 
1890, 336. 
Aegialitis mastersi (1) Hams., Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. 1876, 1, 135; f2j id., Tab. List 1888, 19. 
j. Aegialitis pyrrhotborax (1) AV. Bias., 7j. ges. Orn. 1886, 148; (2) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Hat. 
Mus. 1887, X, 126. 
k. Oehthodromus mongolus (1) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1896, XXIV, 223, 740. 
l. ? Ochthodromus pyrrhothorax (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1896, XXPV, 226. 
“Lorie mulut pende”, Minahassa, Hat. Coll. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvad. g 12, g 28-, Sharpe k 1, ? 1 1. 
Figures and descriptions. Midd. b II] Heuglin h IV] Gould cl, /"J (winter); Seebohm 
h 9 (head, woodcut); Stejneger 9 (beads, woodcut), S; Harting g 2; David & Oust., 
g 7; Legge g 10', Salvador! g 12', Oates g 14', Baird, Brewer & Bidgway g 16, 
Bamsay zJ; Taczanowski 13', Sharpe k 1, 
Adult in winter plumage. Similar to A. geoffroyi (see supra) in winter plumage, the brown 
on the breast apparently more extended, meeting (or almost meeting) so as to form a 
pectoral collar. Size sbghtly smaller; bill and tarsus much shorter (18 and 33 mm 
respectively, as against 23 and 38 mm). “Iris dark brown; bill dusky black; legs and 
feet greyish plumbeous” (Armstrong 5). 
Summer plumage. In summer also the two species correspond. “In summer the upper parts 
deepen in coloiu-. A light rusty chestnut colour marks the upper forehead, runs 
round the crown, and forms a broad nuchal collar extending across the breast and 
colouring the greater part thereof. The white of the forehead is diminished in size 
and flivided in its centre by a narrow black line; a black bne rmis across above the 
white over the eye to the ear-coverts, and another below the white above the bill to 
the eye, and under it over the ear-coverts. A little white occm’s under the eye, and 
a little above it in the eyebrow, which is for the most part rufous” (Swinhoe 1). 
Sometimes, as Stejneger shows, the entire forehead of tlie male in summer is 
black; more usually a space of white of very variable width, (bvided by a black line 
is found on the anterior forehead. 
Female in breeding plumage. “Differs from the male in having the rufous parts much 
paler. The black markings on the forehead are almost absent, and under the eyes 
and on the ear-coverts replaced by blacldsh” (Stejneger S). 
Young in first plumage. “Besembles somewhat the adults. The brownish grey of the back 
is paler, and each feather narrowly edged with isabella color, with which also the 
lower parts are suffused; on the pectoral region a huffish tinge replaces the rufous 
collar, and the black markings are absent from the head, the cheeks and ear-coverts 
being slightly dusky; forehead between the bill and eyes whitish suffused with Isabella 
color” (Stejneger 8). 
measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill from 
forebead 
a. (C 13532) ? imm.. Main, Minahassa, 8. H. 94 (Hat. Ooll.) 
138 
54 
32 
19 
b. (0 13252) ad. Main, Minahassa, 4. H. 94 (Hat. Coll.) 
135 
52 
34 
18 
c. (0 13254) ad., Main, Minahassa, 8. H. 94 (Hat. Coll.) 
137 
54 
32.5 
18 
Remark. The reraiges of these Celebesian specimens killed in February are in good con- 
dition, as if the moult had taken place not very long ago. They are somewhat 
larger tlian the examples measured by Dr. Stejneger and Prof. W. Blasius. 
8 adults examined by the former had the wing 127 133 mm, but Taczanowski 
(13) records one of 140 mm. 
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