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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF T H E YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 543 b. 8 • Menado. c. 2 • Menado. Bill scarlet; tarsus olive-green. Length of wing 21*5 centims. I did not observe very many either of this or the following species in N. Celebes ; but I was led to the conclusion that they were distinct from the larger size of the present species in the flesh. In 6 the nterscapulars are lightly tipped with blue. 2. TANYGNATHUS ALBIROSTRIS, Wallace. Tanygnathus albirostris, Wall. P.Z.S. 1862, p. 336. a. 3 • Menado. 6. 2 • Menado. Bill creamy white ; feet brownish olive. Wing 20*3-20*7 centims. Head markedly green in both, with no golden shade. General surface characterized in like manner by absence of the yellow shade. Blue on the wing-coverts almost non-existent. 3. PRIONITURUS PLATURUS (Kuhl). Prioniturus platurus, Wald. op. cit. p. 32. a. 3 • Menado. b-e. 2 • Kema. /. 8 . Wallace Bay, N. Celebes. Native name Kakatua birotti. In one female the wing-coverts are as in the adult male ; in two others they are becoming grey, while in the fourth, although the tail is provided with a racket, the wing-coverts are of a uniform green. In one of the examples in which the wing-coverts are already changing there is no sign of a racket. Iris brown ; bill lead-coloured ; feet greyish. Wing about 18*0 centims., length 32*8. 4. PRIONITURUS FLAVICANS, Cassin. Prioniturus flavicans, Wald. op. cit. p. 32. a. 8 . Wallace Bay, N. Celebes. b. 2 • Likoupang. Bill whitish slate ; tarsus slate. In a the median pair of rectrices are prolonged about half an inch beyond the rest, and the racket is being formed apparently by the gradual erosion of the webs along the shaft of the feather. 5. LORICULUS STIGMATUS (Miiller & Schl.). Loriculus stigmatus, Wald. op. cit. p. 32. a, b. 8 • Menado. c. 2 • Menado. d, e. 2- Kema. Native name Tientis. Iris brown ; bill black ; legs pinkish. Length about 15*5 centims., wing length 9*4-9*7. Met with also near Tondano. |