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resemblance to an atoll^ and hunting in the mangrove 

 jungle^ I constantly heard a bird^s cry unknown to me. My 

 Ternate companion declared this to be the Kaleha^s cry ; and 

 at last I saw some Parrots on a high tree. I succeeded in 

 bringing one down ; but it could not be secured, owing to 

 the swamp into which it had fallen. Several birds flew 

 away; two, perhaps wounded, remained in the neighbour- 

 hood, the one crying constantly at least half an hour, the 

 other only from time to time. This last I finally succeeded 

 in killing ; and it proved to be a female. The specimen is like 

 those from Sangi. 



I searched after the species on Celebes itself, opposite the 

 island Mantrau, near Kima (a small village inhabited by the 

 so-called Orang-Badju — not to be confounded with Kema on 

 the east coast), near Likupang on the north coast, and on the 

 island Bangka, opposite this place, but in vain. On the small 

 islands Nain-kitgil and Nain-bezar they are said to be com- 

 mon. It is obvious that the bird has not yet been shot, as 

 far as I am aware, on the mainland of Celebes. T. niegalo- 

 rhynchns loves solitude and avoids human settlements ; so my 

 Ternate companion informed me. In the morning and even- 

 ing it is not easily found, as it retires into the deep forest ; 

 in the middle of the day it sleeps or sits quietly, concealed 

 among the green foliage of high trees, and cries very loudly if 

 any one approaches. Now I suppose that T. megalorhynchus 

 is just about to extend its geographical range. Coming from 

 the Sangi Islands, which are nearly united to Celebes by 

 a series of small islets, it meets human settlements on the 

 sea-shore almost everywhere, an impediment arresting its 

 progress ; but I do not doubt that it will at last also settle 

 on Celebes itself. (See my remarks in Rowley's ' Ornitho- 

 logical Miscellany/ 1878, iii. p. 127.) 



Prioniturus platurus (Kuhl) . 



Malay name, " Cacatua birotti." " Birotti " is an arrow 

 used in blowpipes, with small feathers behind. Alfurese 

 name in the Minahassa, " Kulli-kulli." 



In life, colour of the eyes dark brown, feet greyish blue, 



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