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mens is only in consequence of its shrivelling up after 

 death. 



The Malay name, " Burong-taun " ("year-bird"), origi- 

 ginated in the belief that the bird gets every year a new band 

 on the base of its bill ; they say that even individuals with 

 seven bands are to be found, taking together those of the 

 upper and under mandible. There may be some truth in the 

 statement that every year a band is added, though it requires 

 proof. The young ones have no bands at all, they get them 

 with age ; and I really believe that their number is a charac- 

 teristic of age, though a better characteristic is the serrated 

 cutting-edges of the mandibles. At all events, the Malay 

 name is not ill chosen, looking to the fact that old birds 

 have more bands on the bill than young ones. 



SCYTHUOPS NOV^-HOLLANDI^ (Lath.). 



Malay native name, " Kapureh.^^ Alfurous name in the 

 Miuahassa, '' Krok " (its cry) . 



Very common in the Miuahassa at all times ; I obtained 

 the bird from January till July ; but I do not remember to 

 have seen it elsewhere in Celebes. Lord Tweeddale men- 

 tions a specimen from Makassar ; but he does not name the 

 collector. 



Scythrops novce-hollandice feeds on fruits, such as waringui. 

 It flies in troops. 



If the dead bird is pressed on the belly, the same cry, krok, 

 krok, can be made, as from the living, I found this the 

 case even in specimens preserved in spirits of wine. 



During the east monsoon, when it is very dry (May till 

 November), the bird is said to cry much, and people declare 

 " it will soon rain, the bird is thirsty." 



A native told me he had once taken a young Scythrops, 

 together with a young Crow, out of a Crow's nest. The bird 

 is often to be seen along with Crows. At all events, it is 

 interesting to note that oriental Cuckoos also lay their eggs 

 in other birds' nests. 



Ph(enicophaes calorhynchus (Temm.). 

 Native Malay name, " AVakeke," or '^ Bakeke." Alfurous 



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