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List of the Birds of the Talaut Islands.') 
Name of siaecies 
1. Tachyspixtas soloem'is (Horsf.) 
2. Butastiir mdicus (Gm.) 
3. Haliastur indus — girrenera 
4. Pandion ludiafhm (L.) . . 
Pundion haJmeim leueoecphalm (J. Gd.) . . 
5. Nitiox soutulota japonica (Temm. Schl.) 
*6. Eun histrio talautmsis (M.&Wg.) .... 
*7. Prioniturus platv/rm ialautetisis Hart. . . 
*8. Tmiygnathvs mudleri — sangirmsis . . • • 
*9. Tunygnathus talmtemis M.&Wg 
10. Tanygnathits 'nwgalorhynelms (Bodd.) (typ.) 
11. Cuculits canoru^ canoroides iS. Miill.) . • 
12. Budynamis mindanemis sangiremis (W. Bl.) 
13. Centrococeyx bengalensis (Gm.) 
14. Scythrops noiiaehoUandiae Lath 
15. Merops ornahts Lath 
IG. Alcedo ispida L 
17. Alcedo nuilucea/na (Less.) 
18. Halcyon coromnnda rufa (Wall.) . . . . 
19. Halcyon smidu Vig. Horsf. 
20. Halcymi cMwis (Bodd.) (typical) . . . . 
21. Burystomm orientalis (L.) 
*22. Pitta, impeculata M. &Wg 
23. Hirumlo javaniea Sparrm.^) 
24. Ahiscicapa griseostiela (Swinh.) 
*25. Zeoaephus talautmsis M.&Wg 
26. Munarcha inomatm (Garn.) 
27. Lanins lueionensis L 
*28. Edoliisonia tnlautense M.&Wg 
*29. Dicaettm talauieme M. &Wg 
*30. Eermotimia talaulmisis M.&Wg 
*31. Zosterops habeh M.&Wg 
32. Pctrophiia cyamas soUtaria (P. L. S. Miill.). 
33. Looustella fasciolata (G. B,. Gray) . . . . 
34. Phylloseopns borealis (Bias.) 
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35. Motacilla flava L 
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*36. Munia molucca t/ypieaj>^) 
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37. Oalornis pa/nayensis sangiremis (Salvad.) . 
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*38. Oriolus mclamstieus M.&Wg 
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39. Ptilopus xanthorrhous (Salvad.) 
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40. Carpophaga caminna W all 
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*41. Carpophaga intermedia M.&Wg 
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42. Carpophaga pickcringi Cass 
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43. Myristicivora bicolor (Scop.) 
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44. Olialcophaps indica (L.) 
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45. Macropygia aJbieapilla sangiremis (Salvad.) 
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46. Mcgapodius sangiremis Schl 
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47. Amaurornis cimrea (Vie ill.) 
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Vi. Ammrornis phoenieura (Porst.) . . . . 
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49. Porphyria pulveruhntiis Temm 
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50. Charadrim fuhus Gm 
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51. Aegialitis -vereda (J.Gd.) 
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52. Aegialitis geofroyi (Wagl.) 
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53. Totanus glarcola (L.) 
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54. Hleraetitis hrevipes (Vieill.) 
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55. Aetilis hypoleue-os (L.) 
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57. Numenius variegatus (Scop.) 
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58. Demicgretta sacra (Gm.) 
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59. IJerodias garxeita (L.). 
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60. Herodias alba (L.) 
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61. Bulmlcus coromawliis (Bodd.) 
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>) A small collection of forty species Jtained ^ MrWVater^tradGs 
has recently been recorded hy Mr. Hartert (Novit. Zool. 1898, pp. > ooni-rlpd from the nroun 
and 3, Pamlion haliaetus, Alcedo moluceana, and Mimia moluooa, had not ye* * ' p ^ - 
thongL the last is present in the Dresden Museum from Karhellang, as ^ tclXd In 
Triehoglossus ornaius (L.), lyngipiaus tommnekt were obtained in Celebes. 
Mr. Hartert ’s list, but omitted in the above, as we have httle aouDt mao 
Por the same reason Hartert omits Oriohis celebensis and leiiious «c P Ju a third collection 
^) HMo javaniea, ArdeUa eurhythma, and Dendrooyena areuaia were mcluded m a tMrd 
from Talaut, received in 1897. t ,•= more accurate than the Mimia moliuxa>propinqua used 
3) The formula Munia molueaa typiea> is more acouraie xna 
in the text, p. 551, the Talaut birds being, as one might say, more typical than the type. 
Meyer & Wiglesworth, Birds of Celebes (May CtU , 189S). 
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