. Ornithological miscellany . red the last prauw. Twenty of the forty-eight men were killed, and all the others made prisoners. The trial of the survivors proved that the whole band belonged toBool, in the south of the Minahassa, nearer to Gorontalo, and that theyintended to kill the Resident—not Mr. van Musschenbroek, who then hadnot yet been a long time in Menado, but his predecessor, Mr. van der said that a larger force was en route; and the Government of Menadotherefore did every thing to protect itself and the country. But nothinghappened; and later Mr. van Musschenbroek visited
. Ornithological miscellany . red the last prauw. Twenty of the forty-eight men were killed, and all the others made prisoners. The trial of the survivors proved that the whole band belonged toBool, in the south of the Minahassa, nearer to Gorontalo, and that theyintended to kill the Resident—not Mr. van Musschenbroek, who then hadnot yet been a long time in Menado, but his predecessor, Mr. van der said that a larger force was en route; and the Government of Menadotherefore did every thing to protect itself and the country. But nothinghappened; and later Mr. van Musschenbroek visited Bool, to punish thenatives there, and then to make friends with them. The above little account, from a Java paper, shows that even a place likeMenado has its dangers ; and what with earthquakes, storms, snakes, fevers,and sickness of all kinds, the life of a naturalist is not without great risk inthose regions. The Plate is taken from a fine male in my own collection, and is of thesize of life. ORTStlTHOLOGICAL MISCELLAITY. HanliaTt -mip. MACILEEIRHYHCHUS MGRIPECTUS, {Sahlefel~) -&. MACH^RIRHYNCHUS NIGRIPECTUS (Schlegel). (Black-breasted Flycatcher.)By Mr. G. D. ROWLEY. [Continued from vol. ii. p. 59.] CPlate XCVII.) When I published the Plate of this interesting species in the second volume,I was unable to determine the sex—a thing always with me much male has now fallen into my hands ; and I am able to state that theone already figured, first by me and then by Mr. Gould (in his Birds ofNew Guinea, part iv.), is a female, as is also the second example in plate, which he obtained from Dr. Meyer. By comparison of the fresh illustration which accompanies this, thedifference of the sexes may be remarked. With reference to the translations which I have caused to be made, andwhich follow below, I may observe that I doubt if Prof. Salvadori is right insaying that the adult female has a large black area on the breast like themale. The females h
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