508 
R, Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin. 
Just published: [85 
A. B. Meyer and L. W. Wiglesworth 
The Bilds of Celebes 
and the Neighbouring Islands. 
2 volumes, comprising 42 Plates carefully coloured hj band 
(Figures of 77 species), 3 piain Plates (Tails of 4 species) and 
7 coloured Maps [3 Maps: Geographical Distribution of Lori- 
culus, Cacatua, Bucerotidae in the Indian Archipelago — 
1 Map of Celebes — 1 Map of Celebes and neighbouring islands 
— 2 Meteorological Maps (Winds and Eeins of the Indian 
Archipelago)] with letterpress of XXXII, 130 and 962 pages. 
In Royal Quarto. 
Price 240 Mark [= 12 ^ frcs. 300.] 
Contents: 
Preface. — Systematic Index | of speciesj. — List of Plates. — List of 
Maps. — Alphabetical list of Abbreviations. — Notanda et Corrigenda. — In- 
troduclion: Travel and Literature. Seasons and Winds in the East Indian Ar- 
chipelago. Migration in the East Indian Archipelago. Variation. Geographical 
Distribution. — Systematic Part. — Alphabetical Index [of speciesj. 
Systematic Index: 
Order Accipitres 29 species. — Striges 7 sp. — Psittaci 18 sp. ■— Pici 3 sp. — 
Coccyges 17 sp. — Bucerotes 2 sp. - Coraciae 22 sp. — Macrochires 10 sp. — Passeres 
142 sp. — Coliimbae 34 sp. — Gallinae 7 sp. - Turnices 2 sp. — Ralli 18 sp. — Li- 
micolae 31 sp. — Ciconiiformes 24 sp. — Anseres 8 sp. — Steganopodes 5 sp. -- Lari 
9 sp. — Tubinares 3 sp. — Pysropodes 2sp. — Number of species descri- 
bed:393. 
Letterpress : 
The treatment of each species consists of the synonomy. the list of works containing 
figures and descriptions of the bird, a particular description of the adult male, the adult 
female and of the young, measurements, the skeleton, the variations, the egg, the nest, 
the breading season, the distribution, general notices. 
The Ornithological Fauna of the islands round Celebes tili the Talaut Islands in the 
North, the Sula Islands in the East, and the Djampea Group in the South is incorporated 
in this work. - 
The I. chapter of the Introduction (15 pg. with 2 maps) which bears the 
title 'Travel and Literature*, gives short biographies of 37 Naturalists and CoUectors who 
have done work among the birds of this area, beginning with Labillardiere, who visited the 
island in 1793, up to Waterstradt in 1897. A special list of the literature on the orni- 
thological Fauna of Celebes is annexed. 
