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1828. Mtiller (Salomon). German (born at Heidelberg). Naturalist. Sojourned in the 

 East Indian Archipelago from 1S26 — 1837 and visited among other places South Celebes 

 and the Island of Buton, see: Reizen en onderzoekingen in den Indischen Arcliipel, 1828—1836, 

 vol. n, 1857, pp. 4 — 19 (on the birds of South Celebes, pp. 7—8, 64, 69—71; of Buton, pp. 

 12, 15, 65, 69). This work is a new and enlarged edition of a part of the " Verhandelingen 

 over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen, door de leden der 

 natuurkundige Commissie en andere schrijvers", uitgegeven door C. J. Temminck, 1839—1844, 

 fol. His ornithological collections — about 8000 specimens — are in the Leyden Museum 

 (see: Schlegel's Catalogues; Veth: Overzicht van hetgeen gedaan is voor de Kennis der 

 Fauna van Ned. Ind. 1879, p. 89, etc.). Tnmignathus mueUprt from Celebes was named after 

 him. We have nowhere been able to find the dates of birth and death of this meritorious 

 natui'alist. 



1828. ftuoy (Jean Rene Constant] and Qaimard (Joseph Paul) 1790—1869 and 

 1796 — 185S. Frenchmen. Naturalists. The latter took part in the expedition of the "llranie"' 

 and "Physicienne" (1817—1820), both in that of the "Astrolabe", 1826 — 1829 (see: Voyage 

 de la corvette TAstrolabe, Paris 1830 — 1834, Histoire du voyage, 1S33, Y, 428 by Dumont 

 d'Urville, and Zoologie, 1830, I, 165, where 10 new species of birds from Celebes are 

 described, by Quoy and Gaimard). They only visited the IMinahassa for about 5 days in 

 the year 1828. Temminck (Coup-d'oeil gen. s. L poss. neerl. dans I'lnde arch. 1849, HI, 

 105 — 106) said about this trip: "La rehiche de la corvette fran^^aise T^s/ro/aie :i la factorerie 

 de IMenado, et Texcursion d'une couple de jours faite par les naturalistes fran^ais au lac 

 de Tondano, n'ont offert, a I'une comme a I'autre expedition scientifique, q'une recolte peu 

 nombreuse de plantes, ainsi que la capture d'un petit nombre d'animaux. Toutefois, le 

 naturaliste a decouvert dans ces acquisitions, si peu-pres autant d'esj^eces nouvelles a faire 

 connaitre, qu'il s'est trouve d'objets rassembles, presque sans choix prealable ; on a ete non 

 moins surpris des resultats qu"elles ont offerts a la science." Both have written many important 

 works on Natural History, etc. 



1841. Forsten (Eltio Alegondus,, 1811—1843. Dutchman. Naturahst. Was elected 

 (1836) a member of the "Natuurkundige Commissie" in the Netherlands' Indies and sojourned 

 in North Celebes from 1841. He could not do much, however, in consequence of bad 

 health, and died on the 2""^ of January 1843 in Amboina. Nevertheless Temminck was 

 justified in saying (Coup-d'oeil gen. s. 1. poss. neerl. dans I'lnde arch. 1849, IH, 106): "Les 

 perquisitions et les travaux auxquels il lui fut possible de se livrer, nous ont valu des additions 

 fort interessantes a la connaissance tres-superficielle qu'on avait pu acquerir jusqu'ici de 

 cette contree." His ornithological collections are in Leyden (see Schlegel's Catalogues, 

 etc.). Meropogon forsteni, Halcyon forsteni, Pitta forsteni and Carpophaga forsteni from 

 Celebes were named after him. 



c. 1844. Leclancher (Charles Rene Auguste) 1804 — 1885. Frenchman. Surgeon on 

 several warsliips from 1828 — 1844. He visited among other i^laces Borneo and Celebes and 

 brought home extensive collections to the Paris Museum. When with the "Favorite" from 

 1841 — 1844 he stayed at Manado in North Celebes and got two species of bii'ds till then 

 unknown, one of which was named after him Dicaeitm leelaiiclieri (see Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 93). 

 During a foi'mer expedition of the same sliip from 1830 — 1832 Eydoux was the doctor 

 on board, and in 1839 he, with Gervais, described the birds then collected in the zoological 

 part of the work on the voyage. The "Favorite" was also out from 1 838 — 1 839 with Leclancher 

 on board, but neither tliis expedition, nor the one of 1S41 — 1844, have been described, so 

 far as we are aware. 



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