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It was observed at many points during the voyage. The cuckoo 

 shrike (Lalage) and the tree starling (Aplonis) are both common at 

 Niue. 



This island probably has other land birds, as my brief search for 

 birds was necessarily confined to the vicinity of Alofi village. 



The Tonga or Friendly ^Archipelago consists of about 150 islands 

 and islets, most of which are volcanic, others being of elevated coral- 

 liferous limestone. The group is over 400 miles in length. There 

 are small volcanic islands extending along the western side for about 

 200 miles, some of which are occasionally active and for that reason 

 are uninhabited. The three most active volcanoes, Tofua, Kao, and 

 Late, rise to heights of 1,700 to 3,000 feet. 



In the Tongas we found land birds more numerous than in any of 

 the island groups previously visited. 



EuA, (Middleburg), the most southerly of this group, was visited 

 28 November. During the afternoon in the vicinity of Ohonua village, 

 I secured six species, fruit pigeon (Ptilopus porphiraccus), cuckoo 

 shrike {Lalage pacifica), tree starling (Aplonis tahuensis), honey eater 

 (Meliphaga carunculata), swift (Collocalia francica townsendi), previ- 

 ously found at Niue, and kingfisher {Sauropatis sacra rabulata), new. 

 A few other species were observed, but there was no time to search 

 farther inland. Eua Island is ten miles long, 1,000 feet high, and is 

 well wooded. 



Fruit pigeons (Ptilopus porphyraceus) are abundant in the Tongas. 

 Numbers could be shot early in the morning, on the wing, as they 

 approached the high "berry trees" on the fruit of which they feed 

 habitually. In Niue and the Tongas pigeons in general are known by 

 the name Kulu-kulu. 



ToNGATABU, (New Amsterdam of the older charts), visited 29 

 November to 1 December, is the largest of the Tongas, with a length 

 of eighteen miles and an elevation at one part of 200 feet. It is a 

 rather level island in general and is partly wooded. It lies about ten 

 miles from Eua. Some of the birds taken here were of the same 

 species as those from Eua : — Lalage pacifica, Ptilopus porphyraceus, 

 and Meliphaga carunculata. Another pigeon, Ptilopus perousii, was 

 added to our list. The kingfisher Sauropatis sacra sacra was different 

 from that of Eua. 



Nomuka, (Annamooka). lying sixty miles north of Tongatabu, is 

 only two miles in length and has on one side an elevation of 160 feet. 

 It is wooded and has a small lagoon. Our stop for a short time on 

 the afternoon of 2 December resulted in the following additions to the 



