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South Celebes. This only proves that^ even after much col- 

 lecting in the Minahassa, new species still remain to be dis- 

 covered in that interesting part of the globe. 



This last remark also applies to Ptilopus fischeri, Briigg. 

 The typical specimen described and figured by Dr. Briigge- 

 mann (/. c. p. 82^ pi. iv.) was collected by Dr. Fischer in the 

 Minahassa. Subsequently the Leiden Museum got a series of 

 specimens from South Celebes, which Prof. Schlegel imme- 

 diately recognized as of a new species^ as he told me^ not yet 

 knowing of Briiggemann's paper. To this series belongs the 

 Dresden specimen, which Mr. Gould has figured in the same 

 part of his ' Birds of New Guinea.^ Ptilopus fischeri, Briigg., 

 therefore is known from North and South Celebes, and Mr. 

 Gould's supposition, that it is possibly confined to Southern 

 Celebes alone, does not hold good; neither do I share Dr. 

 Briiggemann's view {I. c. p. 84) that it only went astray to 



Menado. 



I am, yours, &c., 



A. B. Meyer. 



Royal Zooloo'ical Museum, Dresden, 

 October 25th, 1880. 



Sirs, — When in Sydney, at the commencement of last 

 year, I inspected, in the cabinets of Mr. Macleay, at his 

 Museum, in Elizabeth Bay, a Pachijcephala, marked by Mr. 

 Bamsay, in his own handwriting, Pachycephala kandavensis ; 

 and I pointed out to the Curator that this was the true P. viti- 

 ensis of Gray. Mr. Masters informed me that the bird had 

 been purchased from my old servant Pierce, who had col- 

 lected it in Kandavu (Fiji), and that it had been inspected 

 and labelled by Mr. Bamsay. 



I saw Pierce's collection on his return from Kandavu, and, 

 at his request, labelled all the specimens with a slip of paper 

 under the wing. I particularly remember this species, as 

 previously I had mistaken the narrow-collared pale yellow- 

 tliroated species for P. vitiensis, and was proportionately 

 pleased to find the true species, and the only wAi^e-throated 

 species in Fiji. Mr. Masters Avas at once convinced of the 

 justness of my identification, and altered the label. 



