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its brilliant red crest. The Lake of Limbotto is full of 

 water-birds. 



Lord Tweeddale says, " Menado {mus. nostr.) ;" but I 

 doubt whether it occurs at Menado ; and as no collector's 

 name is mentioned, little value can be attached to the state- 

 ment. Besides, " Menado " has been often wrongly used 

 for the whole Minahassa. 



Gallinula frontata, Wall. 



Native Malay name, " E embang-kitjil,'^ i.e. '^ small Rem- 

 bang," Porphyrio indicus being the great Rembang. 



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

 Limbotto, July. 



Concerning the habitat " Menado,'' the same remarks apply 

 to this as to the preceding species. 



Erythra PHOENicuRA (Forstcn) . 



Native Malay name, " Weres.'^ Alfurous name of the Mi- 

 nahassa, " Terwowok " (its cry) . (On Java it is called " Ajam- 

 ajaman.^') 



Menado, April. I had in captivity a living female with 

 two brownish black young ones ; these look much like young 

 Megapodes. Kakas, June. 



Generally a male and female go together. They have many 

 of the habits of the fowl, dig in the ground with their feet and 

 search for animals : always live among the reeds on the water, 

 where they also sleep. The mother calls the young ones in 

 tjie evening ; and they sleep together, even if the latter are 

 already able to search for their food alone. The nest is placed 

 between bushes in pools of water. Cry wowok, terwowok. 

 Very good to eat. 



Ortygometra cinerea (Vieillot) . 

 Kakas, June; Limbotto, July. 

 HyP0Tj15NIDIA philippensis (L.). 

 Menado, March ; Limbotto, July. 

 Rallina iSABELLiNA (Tcmm.). 

 Menado. 



NuMENrus pHjt:opus (L.). 

 Native Malay name, '' Lore." 



