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DiCRURUS LEUCOPS, Wall. 



Native Malay name, '' Burong-guutiug/' i. e. " Scissor- 

 bird/^ on account of the shape of its tail. 



Minahassa, January to July; Limbotto, July; Togian 

 Islands, August; Tanette, September; JNIakassar, October. 



Iris white; feet, claws, and bill black. 



Feeds on insects (grasshoppers &c.). Whistles much in 

 very different ways. One bird often makes such a noise in 

 the morning that the whole forest appears to be full of vari- 

 ous birds. It often deceived me in this way. 



DicRURus, sp. 



It was reported to me that in the mountainous districts of 

 South Celebes there exists a Dicrurus with the outer tail- 

 feathers lengthened and broadly webbed (like species of the 

 genus Dissemurus). 



Anthreptes cELEBENsis, Shelley [maluccensis , Scop.). 



All Nectariniidse are called by the natives '^Burong-tjui.'^ 



A common bird in the Minahassa. Togian Islands, August ; 

 Limbotto, July. South Celebes : Batubassi, November; Ma- 

 kassar, Tello, January. 



Iris red ; feet greyish green ; claws grey ; sole of the foot 

 yellow; bill black. Feeds on insects. 



I obtained two specimens from Limbotto which show cer- 

 tain differences in coloration and bill, but probably are nothing 

 more than young females. Mr. Shelley has described them 

 in his monograph of the Cinnyridee. 



Chalcostetha porphyrol^ma (Wall.). 

 Makassar, January. 



Iris brown ; bill, feet, and claws black. 

 Chirps on flowering trees, and is very active. 



Arachnechthra frenata (Miill.). 



A common bird. Minahassa, January to July ; Togian 

 Islands, August (here very frequent in the mangrove-bushes 

 near the sea-shore) ; Batubassi, November. 



Chirps very much. 



Iris red. Feeds on insects. 



