on the Birds of Celebes. 135 



Feeds on fruits^ wariiigin and others. Flics singly, very 

 quickly. 



A common bird everywhere and at all times in the Miua- 

 hassa, in the district of Grorontalo, and in South Celebes. 



Iris yellow ; feet red ; claws grey ; bill greenish black. 



Ptilopus fischeri (Briigg.). 



The Leiden Museum has recently received a series of this 

 fine pigeon from South Celebes^ but without an exact locality. 

 It recalls in its general appearance P. cincius of Timor. 



Lamprotreron FORMOSA (Gray), 



Not so frequent as Osmotreron griseicauda. 



Bill black; iris yellow; feet coral-red. In the stomach 

 I found waringin fruits. 



loTRERON MELANospiLA^ Salvad. {inelanocephaltt, Forster). 



Native Malay name, " Pombo-idiu kapala-itam/' i. e. 

 " Green Dove with black head." 



Cry hdu, hollow, difficult to imitate. Mostly flies in pairs. 

 Not rare, everywhere to be met with. 



Iris yellow ; bill greenish yellow ; feet cherry-red ; claws 

 grey. Feeds on fruits. 



My specimens from the Togian Islands (August) appear to 

 differ a little, the head being rather violet than black. 



Leucotreron gularis (Q. & G.). 



Native Malay name, " Pombo-sangi,^^ i. e. '' Dove from 

 Sangi Islands." (A curious name, as this bird appears not 

 to occur on Sangi ; perhaps the name is adopted in conse- 

 quence of its superficial resemblance to ZonoBuas radiata (Q. 

 & G.), which does occur on Sangi.) 



Rarer. Menado, May ; Gulf of Tomini, August. 



Carpophaga PAULINA, Tcmm. 



Native Malay name, " Kum-kum-idiu " (idiu = green). 



Everywhere on Celebes. 



Iris red. 



Very common, in flocks, generally on waringin trees. 



Is represented on the Togian Islands by C. pulchella, 

 Waldeu, discovered by myself and describe<l Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xiv. 1874, p. 157. 



