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SMITHSOXIAX MISCELLAXEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 70 



in Celebes to the end of August. 1916. ^Ir. 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 h'rancisco until Se])tember 

 20. The results of this ex])edition, from the beginning of tield-work 

 in January. 1916. are of great imjjortance to the Museum. The main 



Fig. 35. — C ,.,'/,'■,-. ,'/,.M,j cassidi.v. the large hollow 

 casqued hornl)ill of Celehes inhaljits the whole island 

 excepting the high mountains and is known to the 

 natives by names such as " boeroeng 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 s])ecimens, all from regions not hitherto 

 represented. The special ^'alue of this material from our jjoint of 

 view is its close relationship to the collections ])reviousl\" made bv 

 Dr. Aljbott in the more western part of the .Malay Archi])elago and 

 by Dr. ]\Iearns and others in the Philippines. 



