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Buton and South-east Celebes in 1890. He has not publislied a report on the ornithological 

 collections made here, unless it be in the work brought out by tlie Grand-dukes in Russian. 

 A chapter of this work, from the pen of Dr. Radde, on Buton and South Celebes appeared 

 in German in the journal "Globus" 189(j, vol. 69, p. 151, wherein ai'e some ornithological 

 notes (s. pp. 172, 189), but the determinations are not trustworthy, and have, therefore, not 

 been quoted in this book. Dr. Radde is Director of the Museum of Tiflis, where, or elsewhere 

 in Russia, tliis collection may now be. 



1892. Cursham fCharles W.). Dutchman ^half-caste of Celebes). Merchant at Manado, 

 North Celebes, who had collected birds there before 1892, which may be in some museum. 

 Was engaged by Dr. Meyer and the Hon. W. Rothschild to form another collection and 

 sent out native hunters from 1892 — lS9tJ to some parts of the Minahassa and the small 

 neighbouring islands, and to the Sangi, Talaut and Banggai Groups (see: J. f. 0. 1894, 237, 

 and Abh. Ber. Mas. Dresden 1894,5 Nr. 4, Nr. 9; 1896/7 Nr. 2). In our work specimens 

 from tliis source are marked: "native collectors" or "native hunters" ("nat. coll.", "nat. 

 hunt.") and some of these skins have passed into other museums also. 



1893. Sarasin (Paul and Fritz). Born 1856 and 1859. Swiss. Naturalists. The 

 cousins Sarasin spent the years 1884 — 1886 in Ceylon and pubhshed the results of their 

 investigations in the great work entitled : "Ergebnisse naturwissenschaftlicher Forschungen auf 

 Ceylon" (1887—1893). From 1893—1896 they were in Celebes, m. 1893-1894 in North 

 Celebes, 1895 in central parts, 1895—1896 in the South see: Zeitschr. Ges. Erdkunde Berlin 

 1894, XXIX, 351; 1895, XXX, 226, 311; 1896, XXXI, 21; and Verb. Ges. Erdkunde 

 Berlin 1896, 337; with 5 maps). No naturalists before them have made such a thorough 

 and many-sided exploration of the Island, and contributions of the highest importance are to 

 be expected from their pen, for as yet they have only begun to publish some of their results. 

 They collected in nearly every branch of Natural History and Ethnography, and we had the 

 privilege of recei\ang their ornithological specimens in 9 different consignments during the 

 time we were wi-iting this book ^see: J. f. O. 1894, 153; Abh. Ber. Mus. Dresden 1894/95, 

 Nr. 4 and Nr. 8; 1896/97, Nr. 1), which has reached a much higher standard through their 

 welcome aid, as may be seen on almost every page. "We are, therefore, deeply indebted to 

 Dr. P. & Dr. F. Sarasin. They obtained 207 species on the mainland of Celebes, 10 of 

 which proved to be new to science and 12 others not yet known from Celebes. Their ornitho- 

 logical collections are for the most part in the Museum at Basel, where they Kve; they also 

 presented some valuable specimens to the Dresden Museum. Mjim samsinorum, Zosierops 

 sarasinorum and Cri/pfolop/in sarasinorum were named after them. 



1894. Kiikenthal (Willy). Born 1861. German. Naturalist. When on his exploring 

 expedition into the East Indian Archipelago from 1893—1894 spent a few weeks (in June 

 and July 1894) in North Celebes and collected some birds there, which are now in the 

 Senckenberg Museum at Frankfort. Dr. Kiikenthal is Professor of Zoology at Jena. 



1895. Everett (Alfred Hart . Born 1848. Enghshman. Naturalist. Has collected birds, 

 etc., beginning about 1S70, in the East Indian Archipelago, viz. in Borneo (see his "List of the 

 Birds of the Bornean Group of Islands": J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. 1S89, Nr. XX), the PhiHp- 

 pines (see Ibis 1872, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877—1879), Natuna, Sara, Lombok, Timor, etc. 

 (see No^-it. Zool. 1893 and 1896), and visited South Celebes and the islands to the south in 

 1895 (see Novit. Zool. 1896, pp. 69, 148, 256; 1897, 170). His ornithological collections 

 are chiefly in the British and Tring Museums, but many of his duplicates are to be found 

 elsewhere, for instance, in the Dresden Museum. Anchophilus ererefti from South Celebes, 



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