Introduction; Ti'avel and Literature. 
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the birds of North Celebes (Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 1877, XXXVI, p. amongs 
his other works we may mention here his large map of the Minahassa (1878, looooo) ^ 
that of the Gulf of Tomini and the lands adjoining (1879). As to his sojourn in the Mina- 
hassa, see also Rowley’s Orn. Misc. 1878, IH, p. 115. As a gentleman of high scientihc 
attainments he offered great help to all naturalists visiting the East ncian ® 
Snrnicuhis mmschenhroeki from Batjan, now also known from Celebes, was named after im. 
1875. Murray (John). Bom 1811. Scotsman (Canada). Naturalist on the “Challenger 
under whose superintendence the ornithological collections were fomicd, and of whose note-boo , 
and of further notes, Mr. Sclater made use in his Report (see; “The Voyage of H. M. b. 
Challenger” 1873-1876, Zoology vol. H, part VHI, 1880). There is, however only one 
species recorded belonging to our area, viz. a Loiy from Molangis’), one 
Islands (1. c. p. 115) to the north of Celebes. Specimens are in the British Museuim ihis 
bird was afterwards named Eos challengeri. Dr. Murray lives in Edinbm’gh as Director 
of the Scottish Marine Station for Scientific Research and is a member of the Fishery Board 
for Scotland. 
1875. Biiltzingslowen (AVulf von). Bom 1847. German. Sportsman He travelled 
in the Minahassa in the year 1875 and brought together there a small collection of hires, 
which he presented to the Liibeck Museum (see; J. f. 0. 1877, 359). Lives near Bei in. 
1876. Faber (F. von). Dutchman. In the Civil Service oHhe Dutch Indies. He collected 
bird-skins in the Minahassa where he stayed at Amuraiig in the year 187(>, anc presen e 
collections among others to the Dresden and Berlin Aluseums (as to tie a er, see . . 
1877, 217, and 1883, 121). Subsequently (1881) he collected omitliologically in Sumatra also. 
Died after 1886. 
1876. Teijsmann (Johannes Elias). 1808—1882. Dutchman (of German origin). 
Naturalist. Lived at Buitenzorg in Java, from 1830 till his death, as Botanist and as onorary 
Inspector of the Plantations. He made an official voyage in 1876 to the Moluccas anc 
visited Sula Besi (see Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 1877, XXXVLI, p. 88); in 1877 another ( e 
sides various journeys in the Archipelago not mentioned here) to Soutli Celebes am a eyer 
(1. c. 1879, XXXVIII, p. 54), and on these occasions he collected bii-ds among other objects^ 
In Celebes he procured (t. c. p. 121) “893 specimens of skins of mammals, birds, etc. in 254 
species”. iEs I’eports also contain some ornithological notes. He visited Macassar, Pankac jene, 
Tjamba, Maros, Bonthain and Loka in South Celebes and Saleyer Island, but a full descnifiion 
of his valuable ornithological collection sent to the Leyden Museum was iievei 5 ,iven. 
Rhipidura teijsmanni, Pachycephala teijsmamii and Gyrtostomus teijsmanm were named after 
him (s. Notes Leyden Museum 1893, XV, pp. 167, 170, 179). In the year 1860 he had also 
visited the Minahassa on a short trip together with Prof, de Vries e, who died soon atter- 
wards. (See 1. c. 1861, XXHT, pp. 343 — 369.) 
1878. Platen (Carl Constantin). Bom 1843. German. Naturalist. AVas a phpician 
at Amoy, then collected, chiefly omithologically, with a short interval in Europe in the 
year 1879, in 1878 in South Celebes, 1884 in Alalacca, Borneo, the Moluccas and AVaigiou, 
,g §4 igSQ in the Alinahassa, North Celebes, 1886 — 1887 on Gi’eat Sangi, 1887 1892 in 
the Phihppines, 1892—94 on Batjan. The greater part of his collections were sold to the 
Brunswick MuLum and to Air. Nehrkorn’s Aluseum at Riddagshausen near Brunswick; 
1) We write Melangis, instead of Meangis, as the former name is on the best Dutch maps. 
