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Xype.— \]. S. N. M. 212,511. Male. Polynesia: Paumotu Is- 

 lands; Rangiroa, 21 September, 1899. C. H. Townsend. 



Description. — Crown, back, and scapulars between buffy brown 

 and olive-brown; hind neck buffy brown; rump dresden-brown ; 

 upper tail coverts Saccardo's umber; rectrices and remiges olive- 

 brown (somewhat faded); lesser wing coverts buft'y brown; middle 

 and greater wing coverts olive-brown, margined with buffy brown, 

 remiges edged with buffy brown; rectrices tipped obscurely with 

 tilleul-buff; lores, spot on lower eyelid and superciliary stripe cream- 

 buff; malar region ivory-yellow; auricular region drab, with a wash 

 anteriorly of olive-yellow; under surface pale olive-buff'; sides of 

 breast washed with buffy brown ; sides and flanks washed with Isabella 

 color; under tail coverts pinkish buff; bend of wing and under wing 

 coverts pinkish buff. 



Measurements. — Males (four specimens) wing 84.2-89.5 (87.8) ; 

 tail 72.0-78.5 (75.0); exposed culmen 18.3-18.5 (18.4); tarsus 29.0- 

 31.2 (30.1). 



Female (one specimen) wing 83.0, tail 70.5, exposed culmen 19.0, 

 tarsus 29.5. 



Range. — Island of Rangiroa, Paumotu Islands. 



Remarks. — Four males, one female, and a specimen preserved in 

 alcohol were collected on Rangiroa on 21, 22, and 23 September. 

 This form is more buffy below than any of the other subspecies of 

 Conopoderas atypha examined, save the one from Makatea (a descrip- 

 tion of which follows), and the short bill serves to distinguish it at 

 once from all others. The single female examined is grayer above and 

 less buffy below than the males. One male shows a tendency toward 

 albinism, as it has a light bar across the ends of the inner greater 

 coverts. 



69. Conopoderas atypha erema, subsp. nov. 



Characters. — Similar to Conopoderas atypha atypha but larger; bill 

 longer and hea\aer; coloration above brighter brown, rump more 

 rufous, more buffy below especially on breast, sides, and flanks ; tail more 

 distinctly tipped with white. 



Type.— JJ. S. N. M. 212,505. Male. Polynesia: Paumotu Is- 

 lands; Makatea, 6 October, 1899. C. H. Townsend. 



Description. — Crown and hind neck slightly darker than buffy 

 brown ; back and scapulars olive-brown, the feathers margined rather 



