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l)irds from Ruk and Ponap6 are entirely tlie suuu', but Finsch ami other antliorities 

 inform us that they are the same. 



Open nests on boughs of large trees were found in May and June. They 

 contained two eggs, measuring 33 : ^3, 33-5 : 23-5, 33 : 23, 33-3 : 22, 33 : 232 mm- 

 They are all remarkably pointed on one end, the narrowed point being very 

 short. 



1 1 . Carpophaga oceanica (Less.). 



(Wiglesworth No. 206 p. .52 ; (jlobicera oceanica, Salvailori, (''at. B. 

 Brit. Mas. XXI. p. 170). 



Common on Rnk. Local name: " Muranoniloy." "Colour of bill blackish 

 slate-colour ; iris carmine ; feet light rose-red, claws black." This species differs 

 widely from C. pacijica in its chestnut abdomen and thighs. One specimen 

 (adnlt male) has a wide light chestnut bar to the tip of the tail, and most of 

 the feathers of the uj)perside tipped or edged or overspread with chestnut, some 

 others show the same peculiarity in a lesser degree. A young bird {fcmaU) has 

 the crown and hind-neck much darker than the adult ones, and the abdomen 

 washed and spotted with blackish brown. 



12. Phlegoenas kubaryi Finsch. (Wiglesworth No. 28-1 p. .55.) 



■\Vhile we received a great number of the Ptili7ioptis, only eight of this fine 

 pigeon were sent. The: female is a little smaller than the male. " Colour of bill 

 blackish slate-colour ; iris seal-brown ; legs and toes dark ]>ink ; claws mouse- 

 grey."' The local name is " Sleep." 



I have no Ponapfi specimens to compare, but specimens fiom Rnk and Ponape 

 are said to be alike. 



Phlegoenas hiharyi differs at a glance from P. xanthonura (= pampiisan = 

 tirgo, cf. Nov. Zool. V. p. CO) in having a slate-coloured hind-neck and posterior 

 part of the crown, but, as young P. xanthonura also have a slaty brown hind-neck 

 and posterior part of crown, the young of P. xanthonura is very near to a dull 

 kubaryi, and the two forms might perhaps better be considered to be subspecies 

 only. 



13. Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scop.). (Wiglesworth No. 333 p. 06.) 



One pair shot ou Jlay 5th. {N. phaeopus of Finsch in Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1880 p. 570.) 



14. Limosa lapponica novaezealandiae (Gray). (Wiglesworth No. 332 p. 06). 

 One male, October 18th. 



15. Totanus incanus (Gm.) (Wiglesworth No. 32'J p. 65). 



Obtained in February and October. One adnlt female shot June 15th, 18'J5, 

 with a wing fully 181 mm. in length. 



Hi. Heteropygia acuminata (Horsf) (Wiglesworth No. 327 p. 64.) 

 Not rare in February and early in March. Local name : •' Klyn." 



