130 J)r. A. B. Meyer's Field -nofrs 



VoLvocivoRA MoRio (Muller) . 



I only got a few specimens in the jM inahassa, and am of 

 opinion that the bird is not common during the months 

 which I spent there. 



Crinigeu aureus, Walden. 



I discovered this bird (which was described by Lord 

 Tweeddale in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. vol. ix. 1872, 

 p. 400) on the chief island of the Togian group, on its 

 highest summit, about 6000 feet above the sea, in August 

 1871. A Cr'miger from Celebes itself is not yet known; but 

 I do not doubt that the form exists there. 



Iris reddish yellow ; feet grey ; claws and bill black. 



Feeds on fruits. 



Lalage DOMINICA (MiiUer) . 



This species was procured by me near Makassar in January 

 and October, and at Batubassi in November (in April on Cebu, 

 Philippines) . The specimens show no trace of wdiite on back 

 and uropygium. The white superciliary stripe is nearly absent. 



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



Lalage leucopygialis, Walden. 



Minahassa, January to July; Gorontalo, Limbotto, July. 



A common bird. It appears to represent L. dominica in 

 North Celebes ; but we do not yet know the limits of the range 

 of the two species. At all events it is remarkable that the 

 North-Celebean form differs from the South-Celebean, as 

 well as from the Philippine one, which two arc alike. The 

 white supercilium is broader in the Philippine specimens than 

 in those from North Celebes. 



A very active bird ; in flocks ; its call is a protracted whistle 

 or a loud chirping cry. 



{Lalage aurea was never procured by me in Celebes.) 



Artamides bicolor (Temm.). 



I only got one young specimen in July near Limbotto, and 

 an old one on the Togian Islands in August. Mr. Sharpe has 

 said something about the first in his paper in the Mitth. a. 

 d. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, iii. 1878. 



