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Artamus monaciius^ Tcmm. 



Native Malay name, ^' Maspas-iitan " (utan = forest). 



Only in the mountains of the Minalmssa. 



Feeds on insects, butterflies on the wing, grasshoppers, &c. 

 Sits quiet on a tree till it has seen a prey, then rushes on the 

 flying animal and returns. Nest hanging from a twig. Flies 

 in flocks. 



Cries tschirr-woouit twice ; and at the same time a trem- 

 bling movement goes over the wings and the body, chiefly over 

 the wings. 



Artamus leucoriiynchus (L.). 



Native Malay name, "Maspas.^^ 



Very common at all times and everywhere in Celebes , 

 Minahassa, January to July ; Limbotto, J uly ; Makassar, 

 October and January. 



Iris brownish ; bill bluish ; feet bluish grey ; claws blackish. 



Sits in flocks of ten and more together. Satiated they 

 play, fly from tree to tree, soar in the air, &c. At Makassar 

 once a specimen allowed me to approach quite near. Other 

 habits and cry like those of A. monachus. 



Lanius magnirostris. Less. 



I got a young specimen of this bird in March near Menado, 

 but did not see it again in Celebes. The genus Lanius was 

 then unknown in Celebes, so far as I am aware ; and this fact 

 proves that we are not yet able to point out sufficiently what 

 genera are absent and what are not, as still more genera, un- 

 known at present in that island, will probably be discovered. 



Graucalus leucopygius, Bp. 



Native Malay name, " Burong-minia.'^ 



Menado, March and April ; Togian Islands, August. 



Iris brownish black; bill, feet, and claws black. 



Feeds on" ants, larvie^, &c. 



Graucalus temmincki, Miiller. 



I only procured four specimens near Kakas^ in the moim- 

 tains of the Minahassa (about 2000 feet high), and never met 

 Avith the bird again. 



