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Birds of Celebes; Caculidae. 
Adult. Upper surface (except head and neck) dark drab, the feathers of back, upper tail- 
and wing-coverts broadly tciminated TOth blacldsh brown, terminal portion of quills 
blackish brown; tail crossed by a broad subterminal band (70 mm wide) of black, the 
lateral feathers marked on the inner webs with narrow bars of black, longest on the 
outennost pair, but generally not reaching to the shaft, the inters23aces cliiefly filled 
with pale cinnamon, tip of tail white, broadest (ca. 30 mm) on the lateral feathers; 
entire bead and neck uniform cinereous, a little imler on chin and throat, be- 
coming light grey with a pink wash on the breast, on which are very faint traces 
of bars; rest of under surface with a wash of buff, the bars becoming more 
distinct, esjoecially on the flanks and under tail- coverts, where they are light drab- 
biwvn (nr. Manado, Aug. — Sejit. 1892, 0 10868). “Iris chen’y-red; skin round eyes 
cherry-red; hill whity grey, dai’ker at root; feet lead-grey” (Platen 19). 
In another specimen, probably older, mai’ked Celebes — Riedel, Nr. 14009, the 
bars on the under surface are discernible only on the flanks, thighs and under tad-coverts. 
Sexes. They are similar in idumage (Shelley 26). Prof. W. Blasius (19) believes that the 
male has “a very considerably longer hill, with the point more strongly curved; a 
larger size in general, the colour of the ujjper surface somewhat darker, the barring 
of the iinder surface scarcely jjercejitible”. Mr. Hartert draws attention to a female 
which is larger than a male specimen (81). 
Young. The cinereous of head, neck and breast of adult is chiefly occupied with feathers 
of pale cinnamon; hack, wing-coverts and tail-coverts broadly terminated with 
pale cinnamon, usually preceded by a subterminal bar of blackish; ends of wings 
pale cinnamon and white; the broad white tip of tail washed with the same colour, 
the lateral tail-feathers mottled with bars of pale emuamon and black on the outer 
as Avell as the inner webs; under surface deeper buff colour, the bars of drab- 
brown very distinct (N. Celebes — Riedel, Nr. 14010). “Iris light brown; skin round 
eyes cherry-red; bill whity grey, not darker at the base” (Platen 19). 
A somewhat older immature bmd differs from the above in that the cin- 
namon tii>s of the feathers are fewer, narrower, and paler, being almost 2 mre wRite 
on the quills and tail (Celebes, C 3580). 
Egg. Dull wlnte, with faint washed-out 23inkish s23ots and minute dots, also some of a 
yellowish brown tinge. Size 38x27 mm (North 25). 
Breeding season in Australia. November (North 25). 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill from 
nostril 
(straig-ht' 
a. (C 10868) ad. Manado, Aug. — Sep. 92 
362 
280 
45 
75 
h. (14009) ad. Celebes 
378 
293 
41 
73 
c. (C 11207) 9 ad. S. Celebes, 31. March 93 .... 
350 
281 
44 
66 
cl. (C 3580) juv. Celebes 
348 
275 
41 
52.5 
e. (14010) juv. Celebes 
315 
257 
— 
45 
e'. (Sarasin Coll.) Q, Kema, Se 2 )t. 9 . . .■ . . . . 
355 
277 
41 
66 
f. (13082) inun. Salibabu Id. 29. X. 93 
356 
288 
— 
62 
g. (C 7400) ad. Ceram 
354 
270 
— 
71 
h. (C 7401) ad. Ceram . . . , 
342 
265 
— 
69 
i. (C 7403) ad. Ceram 
320 
253 
— 
58 
j. (C 7402) ad. Ceram 
320 
255 
— 
68 
k. (C 7399) 9 2kru 
366 
276 
— 
68 
1. (C 10562) 9 ^tl. Makisa 
345 
266 
- - 
55.5 
ni. (Mus. Nehrk. Nr. 3821) juv. Austraha 
313 
270 
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