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1828. Muller (Salomon). German (born at Heidelberg). Naturalist. Sojourned in the 
East Indian Archipelago from 1826 — 1837 and visited among other places South Celebes 
and the Island of Buton, see: Keizen en onderzoekingen in den Indischen Archipel, 1828—1836, 
voL II, 1857, pp. 4—19 (on the birds of South Celebes, pp. 7—8, 64, 69—71; of Buton, pp. 
12, 15, 65, 69). This work is a new and enlarged edition of a part of the “ Verhandelingen 
over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen, door de leden der 
natuurkundige Commissie en andere schrijvers”, uitgegeven door C, J. Temminck, 1839—1844, 
fob His ornithological collections — about 8000 specimens — are in the Leyden Museum 
(see: Schlegel’s Catalogues; Veth: Overzicht van hetgeen gedaan is voor de Kennis der 
Eauna van Ned. Ind. 1879, p. 89, etc.). Tanygnathus muelleri from Celebes was named after 
him. We have nowhere been able to find the dates of birth and death of this meritorious 
naturalist. 
1828. ftuoy (Jean Bene Constant) and Gaimard (Joseph Paul) 1790 — 1869 and 
j796 — 1858. Erenchmen. Naturalists. The latter took part in the expedition of the “Ilranie” 
and “Physicienne” (1817 — 1820), both in that of the “Astrolabe”, 1826 — 1829 (see: Voyage 
de la corvette lAstrolabe, Paris 1830 — 1834, Histoire du voyage, 1833, Y, 428 by Dumont 
d’Urville, and Zoologie, 1830, I, 165, where 10 new species of birds from Celebes are 
described, by Quoy and Gaimard). They only visited the Minahassa for about 5 days in 
the year 1828. Temminck (Coup-d’oeil gen. s. 1. poss. neerl. dans I’lnde arch. 1849, HI, 
105 — 106) said about this trip: “La relache de la corvette frangaise a la factorerie 
de Menado, et I’excursion d’une couple de jours faite par les naturalistes frangais au lac 
de Tondano, n’ont offert, a I’une comme a I’autre expedition scientifique, q’une recolte peu 
nombreuse de plantes, ainsi que la capture d’un petit nombre d’animaux. Toutefois, le 
naturaliste a decouvert dans ces acquisitions, a peu-pres autant d’especes nouvelles a faire 
connaitre, qu’il s’est trouve d’objets rassembles, presque sans choix prealable; on a ete non 
moins surpris des resultats qu’elles ont offerts a la science.” Both have written many important 
works on Natural History, etc. 
1841. Forsten (Eltio Alegondus) 1811 — 1843. Dutchman. Naturalist. Was elected 
(1836) a member of the “Natuurkundige Commissie” in the Netherlands’ Indies and sojourned 
in North Celebes from 1841. He could not do much, however, in consequence of bad 
health, and died on the 2"'^ of January 1843 in Amboina. Nevertheless Temminck was 
justified in saying (Coup-d’oeil gen. s. 1. poss. neerl. dans I’lnde arch. 1849, HI, 106): “Les 
perquisitions et les travaux auxquels il lui fut possible de se livrer, nous ont valu des additions 
fort interessantes a la connaissance tres-superficielle qu’on avait pu acquerir jusqu’ici de 
cette contree.” His ornithological collections are in Leyden (see Schlegel’s Catalogues, 
etc.). Meropogon forsteni, Halcyon forsteni, Pitta forsteni and Carpophaga forsteni from 
Celebes were named after him. 
c. 1844. Leclancher (Charles Bene Auguste) 1804 — 1885. Erenchman. Surgeon on 
several warships from 1828 — 1844. He visited among other places Borneo and Celebes and 
brought home extensive collections to the Paris Museum. When with the “Favorite” from 
1841 — 1844 he stayed at Manado in North Celebes and got two species of birds till then 
unknown, one of which was named after him Hicaeum leclancheri (see Bev. Zool. 1 845, p. 93). 
During a former expedition of the same ship from 1830 — 1832 Eydoux was the doctor 
on board, and in 1839 he, with Gervais, described the birds then collected in the zoological 
part of the work on the voyage. The “Favorite” was also out from 1838 — 1839 with Leclancher 
on board, but neither this expedition, nor the one of 1841 — 1844, have been described, so 
far as we are aware. 
