Birds of Celebes: Balconidae. 
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“Bakatoa”, Tjamba, S. Celebes (Platen in Drescl. Mus.). 
“Koheba burik”, Banka Id., N. Cel. (Nat. Coll.). 
“Kiokkiok'^b, Manado (Nat. Coll, in Mus. Dresd.). , ,rr ^ 
Pigur.. and deacrlptian., Snhlegel i. 11, 6 d; Walden i 1; Sharpe 5; 'y; 
Adult male. Head and neck hlaoHsli brotm, the bases of the “ 
and sub-basal part of the feathert of the nook and skIos of * “ (y™ f ” 
rvith cinnamon, giring a streaked appearance to these parts, ‘“t ‘ ® y 
glossed uitb purple, ih.rkest on the « Wl 
Lil-corerts naiawl, tipped nith whitish; tail wbtah 
washed with darker shades and crossed twth four bands of bl.ack.sh blown a brt^ 
sp,aoe (abont 15 mm) separating the two endmort ones; 
stripe (lown the middle^) of it and at the sides '“f ' f 
pale brownish rnfons marked with broad drop-shaped spots of black . , t^ I 
the irregularly ^ 
::Serr;i,eieg“s; tder “(cs, i:::::^ste 
:;;;^:T“irfe^ *:Vet“" L:„jy«m.n; expanse 1100." (cf, Tianrba. 
S. Celebes: Platen - Nr 6670). m-„,.„elias- mng 376; tail 274; tarsus 82.5 
Adult female measured by Dr. R. B. ona i 
(?92.5); culmen 42. . , , i u Arnnado (Nat Coll.) is darker 
i second specimen, from the “J^fXiIe.r Head bhack; the 
on tbe under surface than tbe above, especi y in 10846) 
black mcstaclnal and throat stripes broad and well-developed (0 10846). 
Female. Much larger than the male. ^,.nwr-n mid more broadly on tbe 
Young. Head and neck -wbite, narrowly streakec on i i ‘ .^^itb a purplish gloss 
nock with dark brown; all other upper par s dark 
as in tbe adult, the unexposed inner we s o ’.^vith white and 
coverts tipped with wliite, the basal part of tbe ^ ^^der 
barred witb'Lwn; tail mneb as in tbe adult, 
surface white, abnost uniform on cbin and roa , so n.n ni defined marldngs 
drop - sbapld spots of dark brown on the breash “ an'd 
of washy rufous on abdomen, indistinct bars 0 ir 
under tail-coverls, and close bars of dark brown — ’ ‘ ‘ „ j somewhat 
adult - on the ilanks and thighs; under -‘■‘S-'-”'** J,“ ,n. Celebes 
sparsely with dark brown; quills and tail below much as m the i 
— Riedel in St. Petersburg Mus.) g^pi more 
Another specimen, wliite • head and neck more 
white about it; sides of wing more mo ec marked with a few streaks of 
narrowly streaked with broivn; under ®ur ac ^ i very 
brown o^n tbe breast, thighs bars ,ust discernible on 
imUstmet on the inner side ot tiie tmgus. 
C A name given for Spi!o,-nis that the black stripe down the middle of the throat 
2j Prof. W. Blasius (6) has expressed the i gpeoieg. We fold it to he always present m the 
, ( 2 ) does not really exist^i j/; has described it in three m the 
adult and nearly adult, as shown by foiw h® verv' differently plumaged young bird (see plate). 
Leyden Museum. It is, however, absent in i ^ g 
Meyer & Wiglesworti, Birds of Celoles (Oct. IBOi . 
' 1 - f iv^nllv exist in this spcciss. 
mentioned by Bonajiarte (2) does not } ^ o„t.i.unc 
