132 Dr. A. B. Meyer's Field-notes 



Nectarophila grayi (Wall.). 



Native Malay name, " Buroug-tjui-kapala-mas," i. e. 

 " Golden-lieaded." 



Rarer than the preceding species. Menado, March : To- 

 gian Islands, August. 



Iris red; feet, claws, and bill black. Feeds on insects. 



^THOPYGA FLAVOSTRIATA (Wall.), 



t only got this bird near Kakas (about 2000 feet) in June. 



DlCiEUM CELEBICUM, Mull. 



A common bird near Menado, from January till July ; 

 Makassar, Tello, January. 



Iris brown ; bill, feet, and claws black. The young bird 

 has a reddish-yellow bill. 



Prionochilus aureo-limbatus, Wall. 

 Kakas, June; Limbotto, September. 



Myzomela chlgeoptera, Walden. 



Not a rare bird from March till July near Menado. 



ZosTEROPS intermedia. Wall. 

 Makassar, Tello, January. 



In flocks on brushes and trees. Chirps likes a Sparrow. 

 Iris yellow ; bill grey, bluish below ; feet and claws greyish 

 blue. 



Padda oryzivora (L.) . 



Native Malay name, " Burong-gotollo '' (" Burong-galate '^ 

 in Java). All Ploceidse are called thus. 



Rare at Menado (March), perhaps introduced there; plenti- 

 ful in South Celebes ; Makassar, October; Segeri, September. 



MUNIA MOLUCCA (L.). 



In large flocks in March, near Menado. 



MuNIA JAGORI (Cab.) . 



In flocks in March, near Menado ; Makassar, January. 

 According to age and sex, varying very much in the inten- 

 sity of its brown and black colours. 



Iris brown; bill bluish ; feet and claws light greyish blue. 



