The ornithological works of Arthur, ninth Marquis of Tweeddale . 24, pi. 4 bis, ? ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Uuceros, p. 9; Wallace, Malay Archip. i. p. ]Iab. Tondano {Reviwardf); Menado {mus. nostr.); district of Maros, Macassar {Wallace). ^ The types of the two plates above cited came from Tondano. In tlie old males the colour- ing of the neck is pale tawny, with scarcely any of the bright ferruginous tint exhibited by the 1872.] ON THE BIEDS OF CELEBES. 151 younger birds. Thus the dark chestnut-brown feathers on the crown, occiput, and nape appearmore isolated, the much pa
The ornithological works of Arthur, ninth Marquis of Tweeddale . 24, pi. 4 bis, ? ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Uuceros, p. 9; Wallace, Malay Archip. i. p. ]Iab. Tondano {Reviwardf); Menado {mus. nostr.); district of Maros, Macassar {Wallace). ^ The types of the two plates above cited came from Tondano. In tlie old males the colour- ing of the neck is pale tawny, with scarcely any of the bright ferruginous tint exhibited by the 1872.] ON THE BIEDS OF CELEBES. 151 younger birds. Thus the dark chestnut-brown feathers on the crown, occiput, and nape appearmore isolated, the much paler hue of the neck-plumage forming a greater contrast. In otherrespects there are no characters whereby the younger may be distinguished from the older birds,save the somewhat smaller general dimensions, and the form, proportion, and adjuncts of the the full plumage has been acquired, the bill still passes through three very distinct stages ofstructure. In the younger (fig. 1) the casque looks more like an inflation of the culmen than a Fis. 1. //^. Cranorrliimis cassidix, J juv. Fiff. 2.
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