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with cartridge-buff; center of abdomen whitish; sides, flanks, bend 

 of wing, under wing coverts and under tail coverts, dull pinkish buff; 

 tibia pinkish buff. 



Measurements. — Males (nine specimens), wing 82.5-S9.6 (86.6); tail 

 70-80 (74.3); exposed culmen 19-22 (20.3); tarsus 29.5-31.5 (30.6). 

 Female (1 specimen), wing 88.0; tail 75.5; exposed culmen 19.2; 

 tarsus 27.6. 



Range. — Fakarava, Carlshoff, and Tikei Islands, Paumotu Islands. 



Remarks. — Two males and one female were secured at Tikei, 

 9 October, and six males and one alcoholic specimen were collected 

 at Fakarava, 11 October. Specimens from Tikei are very slightly 

 darker above than those from Fakarava. One bird from Carlshoff 

 Island (secured by Peale) is more buffy below\ The present material 

 does not serve as sufficient grounds for recognizing these differences by 

 name. 



65. CONOPODERAS ATYPHA RAVA, Subsp. nOV. 



Characters. — Similar to ConojJodcras atyplia ati/pha but under 

 surface washed with massicot-yellow, under tail coverts averaging 

 paler, less buffy, and superciliary stripe massicot-yellow, most obscure 

 anteriorly. 



Ty23e.~ U. S. N. M. 212,516. Male. Polynesia : Paumotu Islands ; 

 Whitsunday Island, 31 October, 1899. C. H. Townsend. 



Description. — Crown, hind neck, back, and scapulars between 

 buffy brown and olive-brown; rump and upper tail coverts buft'y 

 brown, the rump washed with deep olive-buff; rectrices, remiges, and 

 wing coverts olive-brown; outer pair of rectrices margined lightly, 

 and three outer pairs tipped slightly, with paler; greater wing coverts 

 and inner tertials with paler tips and margins; primaries and second- 

 aries margined with deep olive-buff"; spot on lower eyelid and super- 

 ciliary stripe above eye massicot-yellow, the superciliary becoming 

 obscure as it passes forward to base of bill; loral feathers fuscous with 

 pale tips; auricular region dark olive-buff'; under surface washed 

 strongly with massicot-yellow, sides and flanks washed with brownish 

 cream-buff; under tail coverts between pale olive-buff and olive-buff; 

 bend of wing and under wing coverts washed with cream color; tibia 

 olive-buff. 



Measurements. — Males (four specimens) wing 84.5-90.0 (87.6); 

 tail 72.0-76.0 (74.8); exposed culmen 18.5-20.5 (19.6); tarsus 29.2- 

 30.7 (29.8). 



