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In a wild state it is also unknown in the neighbourhood of 

 Gorontalo ; but a cage-specimen sometimes occurs there. 

 But when I crossed the island from Gorontalo to Kwandang 

 aud Sumalatte^ on the north coast, I was informed that it 

 makes its appearance there from time to time, and in Kwan- 

 dang I saw the first specimen in captivity, a rare occurrence 

 even there : I had to pay a whole piece of shirting for this 

 bird. From the small islands in the neighbourhood of Kwan- 

 dang I got wild specimens. Trustworthy natives told me that 

 the species is more plentiful to the east of Kwandang near 

 the sea-shore. Then it occurs again on the shores of the 

 Gulf of Tomini (the south shore of the northern peninsula), 

 viz. near Paguatt and Tilamutan, whence I procured a series 

 of specimens. I suppose that it goes round the whole coast 

 of the gulf as far as Posso in the south — where the centre of 

 Celebes may be said to begin (in contradistinction to the four 

 circumferential arms), and where I again shot the bird. On 

 the Togian Islands I did not meet it, nor at Todjo, more to 

 the east, on the southern shore of the gulf; and the natives ap- 

 peared not to know the bird. At all events, this interrupted 

 geographical distribution is noteworthy. It might be sup- 

 posed that the season has an influence on its distribution ; but 

 this is at least not always the case, as it does not occur in the 

 Minahassa and near Gorontalo. On the west coast of Celebes 

 more to the south, it again makes its appearance at Mandar, 

 according to the information which I received. I myself again 

 shot some specimens on the west coast still more to the south 

 near Mandalli, where the mountain-chain touches the sea- 

 shore ; but at Maros and Makassar the bird is unknown. The 

 natives assert that it does not occur in the interior of Celebes • 

 but of course this is not trustworthy, 



Cacatua sulphurea must be declared a rare bird, in this 

 sense, that its distribution is a very interrupted one in Celebes. 

 On the island of Buton it appears to be plentiful in a wild state ; 

 and in captivity many specimens arc brought from Binonko, 

 on the island, to Amboyna. I once got at Makassar four 

 specimens together from a direct Baton prauw. Dr. Beccari 

 brought the species from Kandari. 



