126 r>r. A. B. Meyer's Field-notes 



I had sent this species, and others for the first time, together 

 with Meropogonforsteni, for which species he gives me credit 

 in the '' List/' The same remark applies to Ceycoj)sis fallax 

 and others. 



Trichostoma celebense, Strickl. 



Conceals itselfin the interior of low bushes, and is therefore 



difficult to get. 



MeLANOPITTA rORSTENI (Bp.). 



Native Malay name, " Mopo-idiu,'' i. e. " Green Grand- 

 father " (explanation see below) . 



The bird is difficult to obtain, in consequence of its shyness, 

 or perhaps from its being a rare bird. Several of the black- 

 headed Pittas are not easy to procure, according to my expe- 

 rience, such as P. sordida, of the Philippine Islands, and also P. 

 nova -ff nine a, of New Guinea ; whereas Pitta maxima, of Hal- 

 mahera, and P. roseiibergi, of Mysore,' must be called common 

 birds. Have the latter lost, or never acquired, shyness in 

 consequence of freedom from enemies ? 



M.forsteni I found near Menado in December 1870, but 

 later only once again in these regions, notwithstanding that 

 I always had my eyes open for it. The following species is 

 more frequent. 



Erythropitta celebensis (Forsten). 



Malay and Alfurous name in the Minahassa, " Mopo," i.e. 

 " Grandfather.^' 



Near Menado from January till July ; Togian Islands, 

 August ; near Segeri, South Celebes, in September. 



Although the red-breasted Pitta of Celebes is not so difficult 

 to procure as the black-headed, it is nevertheless a bird which 

 it is not easy to get a shot at, being very quiet in the daytime, 

 and seldom calling except in the morning and evening its tiiiiilii 

 tchui. In the evening the cry oppo (origin of the native 

 name) is heard, with which male and female call one another, 

 the notes sounding melancholy and protracted. " Oppo " 

 means, in the language of the country, '' grandfather ; " and 

 the natives tell the tale, that ouce a child, which had gone 



