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varies in individuals, regardless of locality, and may be seasonal in its 

 growth, or may differ in the sexes. No differences in measurements 

 are apparent, but only a few of the specimens examined have the sex 

 given, and in part of those there is some doubt as to the correctness 

 of the determination. There is apparently only one fully adult in the 

 series of nine available, and this bird is sexed as a male. Peale 

 remarks (Opuscit., p. 204) that a specimen of G. wilkcsri was obtained 

 by Captain Wilkes on Aurora (Makatea) Island, and this specimen 

 is still in the U. S. N. M. 



39. Globicera pacifica (Gmelin). 



Columba pacifica Gmelin, Syst. nat., 1789, 1, pt. 2, p. 777. (Friendly Islands). 



A male and a female were secured on Funafuti in the Ellice Islands, 

 25 December, 1899. A species of pigeon was reported from this 

 atoll for many years, and the fact that it belonged to this form was 

 finallv established by Mr. A. J. North (Rec. iVustr. mus., 1898, 3, 

 p. 85). 



40. Globicera oceanic a oceanica (Desmarest). 



Columba oceanica Desmarest, Diet. sci. nat., 1826, 40, p. 316. (Ualan - 

 Kusaie). 



An immature male was taken 8 February, and a female, 9 Febru- 

 ary, at Kusaie, the type-locality. The male is apparently fully grown 

 but shows differences in color from the female that seem to be due to 

 immaturity. The throat, malar region, and space behind the eye 

 are more extensively white, and the feathers of the breast have faintly 

 indicated paler tips. The lower breast is paler than the upper breast 

 and the rufous of the lower breast is restricted by this paler color. 



Measurements of these two specimens are as follows: — 



41. Globicera oceanica townsendi, subsp. nov. 



Characters. — Similar to Globicera oceanica oceanica (Desmarest) 

 from Kusaie, Caroline Islands, but darker on upper breast, foreneck. 



