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Birds of Celebes: Psittacidae. 
Distribution. Talaut Islands — Kabruang and Karkellang (Nat. OolL). 
Observation. Tins species is a large and handsome local race of the Blue-beaded Green 
Parrot, T. lucmiemis, of the Pbibppines from wMch it is easily distinguishable, accord- 
ing to our experience by its much larger size and fine blue liead. Philippine specunens 
measured by us have the wing 174 — 189 mm, but Salvadori (Cat. B. XX, 426) re- 
cords the wdng as being 190 — 201 mm. Siieciinens from Manila and Sooloo indeed 
evidently attain to the dimensions of average T. talautensis, as the wing of one from 
Sooloo is given by Salvadori as 211 mm, tail 132 mm, but we prefer not to make 
T. ialautensis a subspecies, with these forms as the necessary connecting finks, since 
we do not believe that Philippine birds ever acquire such a blue head as those of 
Talaut. Possibly the Sangi birds mentioned in the preceding article will be found 
to affect this question. 
48. TANYGNATHUS MEGALORHYNCHUS (Bodd.). 
Big-billed Green Parrot. 
Under several forms this bird ranges from Talaut to the Moluccas, Sumba, 
Timorlaut, and New Guinea. In the Southern Moluccas and in Timorlaut, 
respectively, the birds have been struck off as species, T. afjinis Wall, and 
T. suhaffims Sclat. The rest have been called T. megalorhj/nchus by Salva- 
dori, but the Sumba birds were separated as a subspecies by Meyer. Those 
from Djampea seem to be intermediate. There seem to be other local variations, 
as well as much individual variation, but the question demands greater study 
than we feel disposed to devote to it, and the following method of nomenclature 
will answer our juirpose. 
1. The typical Tanygnathus megalorhynchus. 
a. Psittacus megalorhynchos (1) Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, 4.5. 
b. Perroquet k bee couleur de sang, (Ij Levailh, Perr. 1805, pi. S3. 
c. Psittacus^ macrorhynchus (1) Gra., S. X. 1788,1,338; (TT) Shaw, Gen. Zool. 1811, VIII, 
2, p. 530, pi. 79; (3) Eeinw., Eels. n. Ind. Archip. in 1821, 1858, 592. 
d. Tanygnathus megalorhynchus (]) Wall., P. Z. S. 1864, 285, 294; (2) Meyer, J. f. 0. 1873, 
405; (3) Briiggem., Abh. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 37; (4) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Gen. 1876, IX, 52; (5) Meyer, Eowl. Orn. Misc. 1878, HI, 127; (6) id.. Ibis 1879, 
48; (7) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1880, I, 129; Agg. I, 1889, 30; (VIII) Echnw., Vogelb. 
1878 — S3, t. XI, f. 6; (9) Meyer, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien 1881, 762; Isis 1884, 6; 
(10) W. Bias., Oniis 1888, IV, 557; (11) Hickson, Nat. in N. Celebes 1889, 158; 
(12) Salvad., Cat. B. XX, 1891, 426. 
c. Ecleetus megalorhynchus (1) Schl., N. T. D. 1866, III, 184; (2) Pinsch, Papag. 11, 1868, 
351; (‘h) Schl., Eev. Psitt. 1874, 23 pt. 
“Kalea”, Sangi Islands, v. Eosenb. e 2. 
“Karea”, Gt. Sangi and Siao, Nat. CoU. in Dresd. Mus. 
For further synonymy and references see Salvadori d 12. 
Figures and descriptions. Lcvaillant h 1\ Shaw c //; Eeichenow d VIII] Pinsch e 2\ 
Salvadori d 7, d 12\ W. Blasius d 10. 
Male. Head, neck, and sides of breast yellow parrot-green; sides and under wing- 
coverts deep yellow, the greater series sulphur-yellow with dusky bases; rest of 
