48 Dr. A. B. Meyer's Field-notes 



Dr. Sclatcr (P. Z. S. 1871, p,494.) remarks, under T. albi- 

 rostris, Wallace, "\ must say that, so tar as I can tell from 

 an examination of the living birds, I am inclined to agree 

 with Mr. Wallace in considering this bird specifically distinct 

 from T. muelleri, of which we have had several living examples. 

 It is at once recognizable by its white bill.''' And Mr. Wal- 

 lace subsequently continued to maintain [apud Walden, p. 31) 

 that " T. ulbirostris is certainly distinct.'' Lord Tweeddale 

 did not venture to decide the question ; but I do not hesitate 

 to do so, in consequence of the information which I got in 

 Celebes itself, and which my cabinet specimens offer. I 

 believe it will be better to use the name muelleri for this bird 

 than the geographical sumatranus, this latter being misleading. 



I shot T. muelleri in the Minahassa from January to July, 

 in the district of Gorontalo from July to September, on the 

 Togian Islands, near Posso and Todjo, in August, and in 

 South Celebes, from Maros to Tanette, from September to 

 November. 



In January a living specimen was in my possession at Me- 

 nado. It fed on rice and bananas, and was generally unintel- 

 ligent, idle, quiet, or grumbling. The species has not yet 

 been figured. 



Lord Tweeddale gives as a habitat " Sama Island [Cuming) ." 

 I suppose that the island " Saraar," one of the Philippines, 

 is meant ; but on the Philippines lives T. luzoniensis, which 

 species I procured on Luzon, Guimaras, and Negros, and 

 which certainly occurs also on Samar. 



Tanygnathus megalorhynchus (Bodd.). 



Native name on Ternate, " Kaleha." 



This Parrot is allied to T. muelleri, but easily to be distin- 

 guished by its larger size and more brilliant colours. This 

 species is not yet recorded from Celebes itself ; but I got it 

 on a small island just in the neighbourhood of Meiiado, to 

 the north-west, called Montahage (or Mantrau), about six 

 miles from the mainland, and I am therefore of opinion 

 that it cannot be excluded from the Celebean avifauna. 

 Making an excursion to that coral island, which has some 



