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Sharjie also thinks that the West Indian specimens might be separated 

 subspecifically from G. galeata. I do not know them. 



The accomiiaiiying tigares show onr G. chloropm (an old male from Guam) 

 and G. galeata and G. sandwichensis. They are taken from average-sized adult 

 nmles. 



GalliniiXa galeata 

 (Brazil). 



G. sandxcichensis 



(MoLOKAlt. 



G. chloroi>us 

 (Guam I. 



23. Fulica atra L. (not in Onstalet). 



An nnsexed specimen, evidently a bird of the year, has been shot by the Japanese 

 collectors on Gnam in aiitnmn. Wing 165 mm. Bill, Ridgway V. 8; legs and toes 

 V. 8; claws II. 3. Total length 11 inches. 



New to the omis of the Marianne Islands, where it is probably only an accidental 

 visitor. 



24. Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieill.) (not itt Onstalet). 



Gnam, July, Febmary, and about two dozen from August. Jjocal name: 

 "Galangajio" or " Garangajio." Maxilla dark V. 8; mandible V. T; iris VII. 3; 

 legs and toes V. 12; claws III. 23. The collector says: " The birds were obtained 

 in a swamp, where yon sink waist-deep, and overgrown with rushes. The note of 

 this bird is pleasant (isic). It is no exaggeration to say tliat the swamp is so 

 spacious that you forget your way back." 



The bird is evidently very numerous in the swamps of Guam, although former 

 collectors did not find it there. 



The Gnam specimens do not differ from those from other countries. 



2.5. Demiegretta sacra (Gm.) (Onst. II. p. 36). 



Common Gnam and Saipan. Local name : " Chichnko." 



Nests, composed of dry twigs and branches, were fonnd among the grass on 

 Saipau July 28th, 1895. 



The eggs are verj' pale greenish bine, like other herons' eggs ; sea-green inside 

 if held against the light. They measure 44 : 34, 47 : 35, and 45 : 34-8 mm. 



