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CONTENTS 
Volume I. 
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Preface v 
Systematic Index x 
List of plates xvii 
List of maps xix 
Alphabetical list of abbreviations of authors’ names, titles of books, journals, etc. xx 
Notanda et corrigenda xxxi 
Introduction i 
Travel and Literature 2 
Labillardifere, 2 — Keinwardt, 2 — Salomon Miiller, 3 — Quoy and Gaimard, 3 — Forsten, 3 
— Leclancber, 3 — Wallace, 4 — Riedel, 4 — van Duivenbode, 4 — v. Rosenberg, 5 — 
Bernstein, 5 — Hoedt, 5 — Bickmore, 5 — Meyer, 5 — Conrad, 6 — Fischer, 6 — 
Beccari, 6 — Bruijn, 6 — van Mnsscbenbroek, 6 — Murray, 7 — v. Biiltzingslowen, 7 
— V. Faber, 7 — Teijsmann, 7 — Platen, 7 — Laglaize, 8 — Ribbe and Kuhn, 8 — 
Guillemard, 8 — Hickson, 8 — Weber, 8 — Radde, 8 — ■ Cursham, 9 — P. & F. Sarasin, 9 
— Kukentbal, 9 — Everett, 9 — 0. & E. Hose, 10 — Doherty, 10 — Waterstradt, 10 — 
Special List of Literature on the Birds of the Celebes, 11 — 16 . 
Seasons and Winds in the East Indian Archipelago 17 
Explanation of maps, 17 — Influence of climate on the distribution of birds, 17 — The 
Monsoons of the East Indian Archipelago, 18 — The rainy season north of the equator, 19 — 
south of the equator, 20 — Change of climate at different altitudes, 21 — The seasons in 
Celebes, 24 — Sangi, 27 — Philippine Islands, 29 — Borneo, 29 — Sumatra, 32 — 
Natuna, Billiton, etc., 32 — Java, 33 — The Lesser Sunda Islands, 33 — The Halmahera 
Group, 34 — Buru and Ceram , Contrast of the north and south coasts, 34 — Amboina and 
Saparua, 34 — Banda, Kei and Aru, 35 — New Guinea, 35 — Solomon Islands, 36 — 
Northern Australia, 36 — Meteorological Literature, 37. 
Migration in the East Indian Archipelago 38 
Migration in its simplest form, 38 — Local movements, 38 — Islet nomads of the East 
Indies, 39 — Migration proper in the Archipelago, 40 — Table of migrants to Celebes 41 , 
42 — Birds at sea, 43 — Routes of different species to the East Indies, 44 , 45 — Migration 
south of the e(|uator, 46 — Birds which stay behind in their winter quarters, 49 — Causes 
of migration, 50 . 
