on the Birds of Celebes. 141 



in length {Crocodilus biporcatus) , which was busy digging for 

 eggs in a Moleo-hole; and I saw apes [Cynopithecus niger) 

 and tracks of the Sapi-utan {Anoa depressicornis) . 



" The Moleo sits with the head drawn in, and looks very 

 pretty with its reddish underparts/^ 



EUDROMIAS GEOFFROYI (Wagl.) . 



On the Lake of Tondano in June, and on that of Limhotto 

 in July. 



tEgialitis peroni (Temm.). 

 Limbotto, July. 



Strepsilas interpres (L.), 

 Menado, March. 



HiMANTOPUs leucocephalus, Gould. 

 Tondano, June ; Limbotto, Jiily. 



PoRPHYRIO INDICUS, Horsf. 



Native Malay name, " Rembang/' 



In large flocks on the lakes in North Celebes. Lake of 

 Lino in April and May ; Lake of Tondano, June ; Lake of 

 Limhotto, July. 



These birds swim well, and run rather than fly. The males 

 fight much together, and are very noisy. The females are 

 smaller and not so blue as the males, the young ones are grey. 

 They make their nest, when the rice ripens, from heaps of the 

 rice-plant, which they bring together and trample down. They 

 lay from three to five eggs, which are spotted with black and 

 red. They feed on fishes, but also damage the rice-fields very 

 much ; they eat the tip of the young plant before it has 

 flowered. Their cry is tet, tet, let, very sharp and loud. 



The natives believe that if a " Rembang" cries near a vil- 

 lage some one is sure to die, 



Hydralector gallinaceus (Temm.) . 



I only met with this species on the Lake of Limbotto, in 

 July, in flocks. Swimming between the green water-plants of 

 the lake, it is a splendid bird, especially when the sun shines on 



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