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jeli, and, packing up my collections, left Bouru by the steamer. 

 During our two days' stay at Ternate I took on board what 

 baggage I had left there and bade adieu to all my friends. 

 We then crossed over to Menado, on our way to Macassar 

 and Java, and I finally quitted the Moluccas, among whose 

 luxuriant and beautiful islands I had wandered for more than 

 three years. 



My collections in Bouru, though not extensive, were of 

 considerable interest ; for out of sixty-six species of birds 

 which I collected there, no less than seventeen were new, or 

 had not been previously found in any island of the Moluccas. 

 Among these were two kingfishers (Tanysiptera aeis and 

 Ceyx Cajeli) ; a beautiful sunbird (Nectarinea proserpina) ; a 

 handsome little black and white fly-catcher (Monarcha lori- 

 cata), whose swelling throat was beautifully scaled with me- 

 tallic blue ; and several of less interest, I also obtained a 

 skull of the Babirtisa, one specimen of Avhich was killed by 

 native hunters during my residence at Cajeli, 



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