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



ChALCOPHAPS INDICA (Ij). 



This handsome Ground-Pigeon is not a common bird, and 

 is difficult to get, on account of its shyness and its habits. 



Menado, May ; Limbotto, July ; Togian Islands, August. 



Feeds on fruits. 



Iris blackish brown; feet cherry-red; claws light grey; 

 bill fiery red. 



GeOPELIA STRIATA (L.). 



Only procured in South Celebes, Segcri, Maros, Makassar; 

 in flocks on the fields, September to November ; very common. 



Cal(enas nicobarica (L.). 



This Ground-pigeon is not common in Celebes. I did not 

 procure it; and natives of the Minahassa declared they did not 

 know it. But Hr. van Musschenbroek informs me that he 

 shot two specimens near Bante, between Tanawangko and 

 Amurang ; it will be the same on Celebes as on Batchian, 

 where Mr. Wallace records it as rare and shy. I heard that 

 it occurs on the island of Banka, in the north of the Mina- 

 hassa ; but neither could I get it there. On the Sangi Islands 

 it is a common bird. 



Gallus BANKivA, Tcmm. 



Native Malay name, " Ajam-utan," i. e. " forest-fowl.^' 



Near Menado, March ; Limbotto, July ; Togian Islands, 

 August ; Posso, August. 



Its cry can be immediately distinguished from that of the 

 domestic fowl. The natives like to keep the Jungle-fowl ; 

 they catch it with trained domestic fowl. Such a trained- 

 up fowl has the name " Wawansal " in the language of the 

 Alfuros ; and to catch Jungle-fowl is called " mawansal.^^ 

 The flesh of the wild fowl is delicate. 



In March I found, a few miles from Menado, two eggs on 

 the earth in a small brush, in uninhabited country ; they 

 were longer than the eggs of domestic fowl of this region, 



Megapodius gilberti. Gray. 



Native Malay name, '' Moleo-kitjil '' {kitjil=: little). 



In the Minahassa this is at all events a rare bird ; I only 



