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parrot with a red bill and head, which color shaded on the 

 crown into azure blue, and thence into verditer blue and the 

 green of the back. Two large and handsome fruit-pigeons, 

 with metallic-green, ashy, and rufous plumage, were not uncom- 

 mon ; and I was rewarded by finding a splendid deep blue roller 

 (Eurystomus azureus), a lovely golden-capped sunbird (Necta- 

 rinea auriceps), and a fine racquet-taUed kingfisher (Tanysip- 

 tera isis), all of which were entirely new to ornithologists. 

 Of insects I obtained a considerable number of interesting 

 beetles, inchiding many fine longicorns, among which was the 

 largest and handsomest species of the genus Glenea yet dis- 

 covered. Among butterflies, the beautiful little Danis sebse 

 was abundant, making the forest gay with its delicate wings 

 of white and the richest metallic blue ; while showy Papilios, 

 and pretty PieridjB, and dark, rich Euplaeas, many of them 

 new, furnished a constant source of interest and pleasing oc- 

 cupation. 



The island of Batchian possesses no really indigenous in- 

 habitants, the interior being altogether uninhabited, and there 

 are only a few small villages on various parts of the coast ; 

 yet I found here four distinct races, which would wof ully mis- 

 lead an ethnological traveller unable to obtain information as 

 to their origin. First there are the Batchian Malays, probably 

 the earliest colonists, differing very little from those of Ter- 

 nate. Their language, however, seems to have more of the 

 Papuan element, with a mixture of pure Malay, showing that 

 the settlement is one of stragglers of various races, although 

 now sufficiently homogeneous. Then there are the " Orang 

 Sirani," as at Ternate and Amboyna. Many of these have 

 the Portuguese physiognomy strikingly preserved, but com- 

 bined with a skin generally darker than the Malays. Some 

 national customs are retained, and the Malay, which is their 

 only language, contains a large number of Portuguese words 

 and idioms. The third race consists of the Galela men from 

 the north of Gilolo, a singular people, whom I have already de- 

 scribed ; and the fourth is a colony from Tomore, in the east- 

 ern peninsula of Celebes. These people were brought here at 

 their own request a few years ago, to avoid extermination by 

 another tribe. They have a very light complexion, open Tar- 

 tar physiognomy, low stature, and a language of the Bugis 



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