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Athene punctulata (Q. & G.). 

 Near Gorontalo. 



Ephialtes menadensis (Q. & G.). 

 Near Menado and Gorontalo. 



NiNOX japonicus (Bp.). 

 Near Menado. 



Strix rosenbergi, Schlegel. 

 Near Menado. 



Mulleripicus fulvus (Q. & G.). 



Malay name, " Burong tukan/^ i. e. " Carpenter^s bird." 

 Alfurous name near Menado, '' Rumerkukor." Alfurous 

 name near Tanawangko, " Tatankul." 



At all seasons in the Minahassa, Limbotto, and Togiau 

 Islands, common. 



Iris wliite. 



The bird lays two, seldom three_, eggs in a liole of a dead 

 tree. Feeds on tree-insects, on wliite ants, caterpillars^ &c., as 

 all Woodpeckers. Lives in pairs. If the male and female lose 

 each other^ the male knocks^ and the female follows the sound. 



YUNGIPICUS TEMMINCKI (Malh.). 



Near Menado, March ; not rare. 



Merops philippinus, L. 



Malay native name, " Burong langir/' i. e, " a bird which 

 flies up very high." 



In the Minah assa this bird is only plentiful at certain times, 

 viz. in the dry season during the east monsoon ; in the west 

 monsoon it is rarely to be met with. In Limbotto I got it 

 in July, in Makassar in October, 1871, later in Singapore, 

 in December 1871, on Luzon in February 1872, on Negros 

 (Philippine Islands) in March 1872. 



Merops ornatus, Lath. 



In the Minahassa only numerous in the east monsoon. 

 Near Menado in May, on the Togian Islands in August. 



As to the development of the lengthened tail-feathers, an 

 examination of a series of specimens proves that, as in the 

 analogous case of Prioniftirus (see above, p. 51), the length- 



