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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 70 



in Celebes to the end of August, 1916. Mr. Raven was then prepar- 

 ing" to leave Menado. He arrived at Parigi on August 27 and re- 

 mained in the central part of the island until March, 1918. At this 

 time he started to return to America, but conditions of travel were so 

 unfavorable that he did not reach San Francisco until September 

 20. The results of this expedition, from the beginning of field-work 

 in January, 191 6, are of great importance to the Museum. The main 



Fig. 35. — Craiiorrhiniis cassidlx, the large hollow 

 casqued hornbill of Celelies inhaliits the whole island 

 excepting the high mountains and is known to the 

 natives by names such as " lioeroeng tahoen," " alo," 

 and " ngoh,"' the latter resembling somewhat the birds 

 call-note. 



collections include about 1,500 mammals, 2,800 birds, and an exten- 

 sive series of ethnological specimens, all from regions not hitherto 

 represented. The special value of this material from our ])oint of 

 view is its close relationship to the collections previously made by 

 Dr. Abbott in the more western part of the Malay Archipelago and 

 by Dr. M earns and others in the Philippines. 



