Their Malay name signifies "forest ox," and they differ from very small highbred oxen principally by the low-hanging dewlap, and straight, pointed horns which slope back over the neck.

I did not find the forest here so rich in insects as I had expected, and my hunters got me very few birds, but what they did obtain were very interesting.

Among these were the rare forest Kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis), a small new species of Megapodius, and one specimen of the large and interesting Maleo (Megacephalon rubripes), to obtain which was one of my chief reasons for visiting this district.

Getting no more, however, after ten days' search, I removed to Licoupang, at the extremity of the peninsula, a place celebrated for these birds, as well as for the Babirusa and Sapi-utan.

I found here Mr.Goldmann, the eldest son of the Governor of the Moluccas, who was superintending the establishment of some Government salt-works.