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



DucuLA ROSACEA (Tcium.). 

 Kakas (about 2000 feet), June. 



Myristicivoka bicolor (Scop.). 



Native Malay name, " Kum-kum-puti '' (puti = white). 

 Alfurous name in the INIinahassa, " Puntiiii " or " Kelau.^' 



A common bird at all times in the Minahassa, at Limbotto 

 in July. 



Fly in large flocks, and often so fill a fruit-tree that it looks 

 quite white. They cross the broad sea-arms which separate 

 the different small islands near Menado. Feed on fruits. 

 Nest of twigs ; two eggs. 



Very shy, and difficult to ])rocure, because they always 

 remain on the highest trees. The young ones show more 

 yellowish tints. 



Cry, wwum, ivuum, groaning deeply, so loud as to be heard 

 a mile off. 



I had a bird of this species in captivity for several months 

 at Menado. It moved freely in the house, and did not fly 

 away, was quite tame, and ate very much, but mostly sat 

 quietly, and behaved like an animal of which the hemispheres 

 of the brain had been removed. 



Myristicivoka luctuosa (Reinw.). 



Miuahassa, Gorontalo ; not rare. 



A specimen of a white Fruit-Pigeon from Siao, Sangi 

 Islands, which I procured there, can neither be placed under 

 M. luctuosa nor under M. bicolor, being intermediate be- 

 tween the two ; it has much grey on the primaries and secon- 

 daries, and the edges of the outer Avebs are darker, just as in 

 M. luctuosa. Perhaps M. bicolor and M. luctuosa cannot 

 be kept specifically separate, both occurring together in 

 Celebes. M. bicolor also occurs in Ceram, together with M. 

 melanuray which fact I record, because the Ceram habitat of 

 bicolor is not mentioned in Count Salvadori's monograph of 

 the genus Myristicivora. 



Zonoenas radiata (Q. & G.). 



I only got this species near Kakas ; perhaps it may be called 

 a rare bird. 



