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Birds of Celebes: Meroioidae. 
•‘Burong langir” (bird of high flight), Minahassa (Meyer 16], 
“Tguru”, Macassar- and Tjainha (Platen e 1). 
For further synonymy and references see Dresser XXIX; Sharpe 38. 
Figures and descriptions. Daubenton all; Levaillant hi; Gould///; Dresser -ZXLT' 
Meyer XXXIX (skeleton); Legge 17; Oates 26; W. Blasius el; Sharpe 55; 
Blanford 47. 
Adult. Above olive-green, scapulars washed with greyish blue; quills — double-tipped — 
gi-een, broadly tipped with blackish (except the innermost ones) washed with greyish 
blue on terminal part; rum]} and upper tail-coverts glaucous blue; tail duller 
greenish blue, the two middle rectrices much longer than tlie others, the ])rojecting 
part much narrowed, but never bare of web, extreme ends shghtly widened; above 
eyes and on forehead at base of bill a streak of turquoise -blue; a submalar 
streak of the same colour-; between them uicl. lores, subocular region and ear- 
coverts black; chin oclrre-yellow; throat rufous hazel; upper breast yellowish 
green, becoming buffy olive-grey on the sides and abdomen ; under tail-coverts very 
pale -greyish blue; under wing-coverts and quills towards their bases rufous 
(2 Macassar, Platen. ’25. I. 78, — 0 5367). “Iris blood-red; bill and feet black.” 
Sexes. Alike (Sharpe 88, Legge 17). 
Young. The two middle tail-feathers vei-y little longer than the others; all the feathers of 
the gi-een parts of the upper surface narrowly margined -ftdth greyish or bluish; the 
reddish on the throat much less pronounced; the blue supraloral and malar streaks 
wanting (Macassar, Oct. 1871, Meyer, 0 2261). “Iris dull red, or brownish red” 
(Legge). 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail witli- 
1 out spat. 
Bill from 
nostril 
a. (C 5367) Q ad. Macassar 
130 
95 
_ 
b. (G 3511) imm. N. Celebes 
128 
98 
32 
c. (0 2203) imm. Limbotto, H. Cel 
125 
99 
31 
d. (C 3512) imm. N. Celebes . . . 
123 
95 
30 
e. (C 3512) inun. Maiiado 
128 
90 
f. (C 2261) (5^ juv. Macassar 
125 
95 
27 
g. fSchliiter) cf imm. S. Celebes .... 
130 
96 
34 
h. (Schliiter) imm. S. Celebes .... 
126 
91 
Six specimens from the Pliilippines 
121-131 
90-100 
29-35.5 
C 2264 o’ ad. Singapore, Dec. . . . 
132 
94 
33 
G 4853 imm. Calcutta 
124 
90 
32 
C 6152 ad. Kupang, Timor 
133 
91 
36 
Skeleton. 
Length of cranium (fr. sin. nasofr. 
20.5 
mill 
Length of fihula .... 
14.0 mm 
Greatest breadth of do. . . 
17.7 
» 
Length of tarso-metatarsus 
. 10.0 » 
Length of humerus .... 
29.7 
» 
Length of sternum . . . 
. 34.0 » 
Length of ulna 
37.7 
» 
Greatest breadth of do. . 
. 17.6 * 
Length of radius 
35.5 
» 
Height of crista stenii . . 
. 10.0 * 
Length of maims 
30.5 
Length of pelvis .... 
. 26.0 * 
Length of femur 
18.0 
» 
Greatest breadth of do. 
. 1 8.0 » 
Length of tibia 
28.0 
Eggs. Usually 4 or 5 (Hume 36). Spherical, very glossy and white. 23.5 to 24.5 by 
20 mm (Hehrkorn MS.). 20.8—24.6 X 17—21.6 (Hume 36). 
