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was very unpropitious, and birds very scaree. The most inter- 

 esting species was the beautiful Enodes erytkrophrys, Temm., 

 which, as far as I could ascertain, is confined to the interior moun- 

 tain districts, and never abundant. The anomalous Scissirostrum 

 pagii, Lafr., however, so scarce at Macassar, was here plentiful, 

 occurring in flocks about the hill-plantations, often setthng on 

 dead trees, in the holes of which it builds, and keeping up a loud 

 and almost continual chirping. It, in fact, takes the place of 

 Lomp7-otornis,Sind is called by the same native name. The beau- 

 tiful large Wood Swallow, Ai-tamus monachus, Temm., was seen 

 here ; but I left the place without obtaining a specimen, and 

 never met with it again, A. leucorhynchus being the common 

 species of the country. A pretty Zosterops and two or three Ralli 

 were almost the only other birds I obtained at this elevation. 



I then removed to a forest district beyond the lake of Tondano, 

 at an elevation of about 1500 feet, and, had the circumstances 

 been favourable, I think I should have obtained a fine collection. 

 But the weather was worse than before, the sun being often 

 invisible for eight or ten days together, and both my hunters 

 were sick and left me, so that it was almost impossible for me 

 to do anything. Of the few species I obtained, however, several 

 were new to me ; viz. Ptilonopus gularis, Q. and G,, the noble 

 Carpophaga forsteni, Temm., a most lovely Cinnyris with scarlet 

 breast and yellow-striped throat (I hope a new species), and a 

 rather pretty little Parus (?). A second species of Racket-tailed 

 Parrot also occurred here, I suppose the Prioniturus discurus, 

 Vieill., very distinct in both sexes from the P. platurus, which 

 was found at Macassar as well as here, though more sparingly 

 than the former. It is a most interesting bird, but in a dozen 

 or twenty specimens I found only one or two with the tail- 

 feathers finely developed. These birds attack the Bananas near 

 the villages, and fly with much screaming after dark, even as 

 late as nine or ten o'clock. 



Returning to Menado, I collected in that neighbourhood and 

 on to the eastern extremity of the peninsula. The fine Goat- 

 sucker, Lyncornis macropterus, Temm., is abundant about the 

 town of Menado, appearing soon after sunset, chasing insects 

 with rapid evolutions. I now obtained some Kingfishers which 



