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Menado, March ; Menado-tua, April, 



Cry beeeeee. 



Assemble at sunset in flocks of hundreds, and are very 

 noisy before they go to rest. They also cry at night on the 

 sea-shore. Have fixed sleeping-grounds on islands, to which 

 they fly in flocks. Run quickly and are very shy. Only 

 to bo found on the sea-shore. Feed on Crustacea. 



Nest on small trees, very simple, of twigs and leaves ; 

 two eggs. Very good to eat, 



ACTITIS GLARKOLA (Gm.) . 



Menado, March ; Limbotto, July. 



ACTITIS HYPOLEUCA (L.) . 



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



TOTANUS GLOTTIS (L.). 



Kakas, June; Limbotto, July. 



ToTANUS PULVERULENTUS, Miill. 



Menado, March. 



Tringa minuta, Leisler. 



Limbotto, July. 



Tringa acuminata (Horsf.). 



Limbotto, July. 



Gallinago megala, Swinhoe. 

 Menado, March. 



Ardea purpurea, L. 



Very common in North Celebes and in the bay of Tomini. 



Herodias nigripes (Temm.). 



Menado, May; Kakas, June; Limbotto, July; Togian 

 Islands, August. 



Demiegretta sacra (Gm.). 

 Menado, March. 



Nycticorax caledonicus (Gm.). 

 Menado, March ; Limbotto, July. 



Butorides JAVANicus (Hoi'sf.) . 



Native Malay name, " Sweko-itam,^^ i. e. " Black Heron." 

 Alfurous name in the Minahassa, '' Rarappera.'^ 



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