CONTENTS. 



Yolume I. 



Pag« 



Preface v 



Systematic Index x 



List of plates xvii 



List of maps xix 



Alphabetical list of abbreviations of authors' names, titles of books, journals, etc. xx 



Notanda et corrigenda xxxi 



Introduction i 



Travel and Literature 2 



Labillardifere, 2 — Reinwardt, 2 — Salomon Miiller, 3 — Quoy and Gaimard, 3 — Forsten, 3 



— Liiclancher, 5 — Wallace, 4 — Riedel, 4 — van Duivenbode, 4 — v. Rosenberg, 5 — 

 Bernstein, 5 — Hoedt, 5 — Bickmore, 5 — Meyer, 5 — Conrad, 6 — Fischer, 6 — 

 Beccari, 6 — Bruijn, 6 — van Musschenbroek, 6 — Murray, 7 — v. Biiltzingslowen, 7 



— v. Faber, 7 — Teijsmann, 7 — Platen, 7 — Laglaize, 8 — Ribbe and Kiihn, 8 — 

 Guillemard, 8 — Hickson, 8 — Weber, 8 — Radde, S — Giirsham, 9 — P. & F. Sarasin, 5 



— Kukenthal, 9 — Everett, 9 — G. & E. Hose, 10 — Doherty, 10 — Waterstradt, 10 — 

 Special List of Literature on the Birds of the Celebes, 11 — 16. 



Seasons and Winds in the East Indian Archipelago 17 



Explanation of maps, 17 — Influence of climate on the distribution of birds, 17 — The 

 Monsoons of the East Indian Archipelago, 18 — The rainy season north of the equator, 19 — 

 south of the equator, 20 — Change of climate at different altitudes, 21 — The seasons in 

 Celebes, 24 — Sangi, 27 — Philippine Islands, 29 — Borneo, 29 — Sumatra, 32 — 

 Natuna, Billiton, etc., 32 — Java, 33 — The Lesser Sunda Islands, 33 — The Halmahera 

 Group, 34 — Buru and Ceram, Contrast of the north and south coasts, 34 — Amboina and 

 Saparua, 34 — Banda, Kei and Aru, 35 — New Guinea, 35 — Solomon Islands, 36 — 

 Northern Australia, 36 — Meteorological Literature, 37. 



Migration in the East Indian Archipelago 38 



Migration in its simplest form, 38 — Local movements, 38 ■ — Islet nomads of the East 

 Indies, 39 — Migration proper in the Archipelago, 40 — Table of migrants to Celebes 41, 

 42 — Birds at sea, 43 — Routes of different species to the East Indies, 44, 45 — Migration 

 south of the equator, 46 — Birds which stay behind in their winter quarters, 49 — Causes 

 of migration, 50. 



