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hindneck, and upper back; no whitish Hne indicated on lower eyelid 

 beneath eye; and under tail coverts paler. 



Type.— \J. S. N. M. 212,240. Adult female. Polynesia: Eastern 

 Caroline Islands; Ponape, 12 February, 1900. H. F. Moore. 



Description. — Forehead, at base of bill white; crown, nape, hind- 

 neck, and upper scapular region between deep and dark neutral gray, 

 changing to neutral gray immediately behind the white on the fore- 

 head; wing coverts, scapulars, back, rump, and upper tail coverts 

 dull blackish green, the feathers iridescent, with darker green or very 

 dark blue more or less distinctly indicated at the tips; primaries dull 

 greenish black no. 2; visible portions of rectrices dull blackish green, 

 the central pair with faintly indicated narrow darker crossbars; 

 malar region, chin, and upper throat, whitish; side of head, throat, 

 and sides of neck between deep and dark olive-gray; breast between 

 mouse-gray and deep olive-grg,y; abdomen, tibiae, and under tail 

 coverts russet; sides, flanks, and axillars dark neutral gray; bend 

 of wing washed with rufous; bill and cere black; tarsus and toes 

 brownish yellow, nails black (from dried skin). 



Measurements. — Females (two specimens, no males seen) wing 

 221-223; tail 142.5-147; culmen (from cere) 17.5-18; tarsus 32-33.5. 



Range. — Island of Ponape. 



Remarks. — Two adult females of this fine pigeon were collected on 

 Ponape, 11, 12 February, 1900. Both agree closely in color but one is 

 slightly larger than the other. These two are distinctly darker than 

 specimens from Kusaie and may be distinguished from them without 

 difficulty. The type has the bend of the wing washed with rufous 

 but this color is lacking in the second specimen. 



LORIIDAE. 



42. Eos RUBiGiNOSA (Bonaparte). 



Chalcopsitta ruhiginosa Bonaparte, Conspec. gen. avium, 1850, 1, p. 3. ("ex 

 insulis Barbay, et Guebe." Later attributed correctly to Ponape. 

 Cf. von Pelzeln, Novara exped. Vogel, 1865, p. 99). 



Two males, two females, and two mummies (dried from alcohol) 

 were collected at Ponape in the Eastern Caroline Islands, 12 Febru- 

 ary. Males and females are alike in coloration and size. This parrot 

 was supposed to be a native of Waigiou for many years until discovered 

 on Ponape ("Puynipet") by the Novara expedition. 



