Besides This Pigeon, The Only New Bird I Obtained During The Trip
Was A Rare Goat-Sucker (Batrachostomus Crinifrons), The Only
Species Of The Genus Yet Found In The Moluccas.
Among my insects
the best were the rare Pieris arum, of a rich chrome yellow
colour, with a black
Border and remarkable white antenna - perhaps
the very finest butterfly of the genus; and a large black wasp-
like insect, with immense jaws like a stag-beetle, which has been
named Megachile Pluto by Mr. B. Smith. I collected about a
hundred species of beetles quite new to me, but mostly very
minute, and also many rare and handsome ones which I had already
found in Batchian. On the whole I was tolerably satisfied with my
seventeen days' excursion, which was a very agreeable one, and
enabled me to sea a good deal of the island. I had hired a roomy
boat, and brought with me a small table and my rattan chair.
These were great comforts, as, wherever there was a roof, I could
immediately instal myself, and work and eat at ease. When I could
not find accommodation on shore I slept in the boat, which was
always drawn up on the beach if we stayed for a few days at one
spot.
On my return to Batchian I packed up my collections, and prepared
for my return to Ternate. When I first came I had sent back my
boat by the pilot, with two or three other men who had been glad
of the opportunity.
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