ART. 10 BIRDS OF PINCHOT EXPEDITION FISHER AND WETMOEE 47 



this name -antedating facifica of Lesson of 1825. The name Candida 

 is here used in accordance with Hartert's suggestion. 



These graceful little terns were common and were seen flying in 

 pairs among the trees high up on the island, along the beaches, or 

 over the sea. Mr. Cleaves took a number of photographs of them 

 at the nesting place on Nuez Islet. They were common also at Wafer 

 Bay. 



GYGIS MICRORHYNCHA Saunders 



Slender-billed fairy tern 



(Mar- 



Gygis miGrorhyncha Saunders, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 668. 

 quesas Islands.) 



The five skins of this fine bird obtained in the Marquesas were 

 collected as follows: Male and female, Hivaoa, September 11 and 

 13; female, Nukuhiva, September 25; and male and femate, Eiao, 

 September 27, 1929. Until recently it has been supposed that this 

 distinct species, known only from the Marquesas, was found on 

 Nukuhiva Island alone, but this proves not to be the case. There" is 

 considerable variation in size, as the following measurements indi- 

 cate, but otherwise the birds appear similar : 



This little tern was common in the various islands of the jNIar- 

 quesas, especially in the higher timbered reaches. At Uahuka they 

 also frequented the coconut groves, flying both above and under the 

 treetops. 



COLUMBA LIVIA Gmelin 



Rock pigeon 



Columba domestica /3 Uiia Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789. p. 7G9. 

 (South Europe.^) 



A male was taken at Uahuka in the Marquesas September 21, 1929. 

 The pigeon is also recorded by Murphy ^^^ as naturalized on this 

 same island, which he calls Huahuna. 



Flocks of this pigeon often were seen among the rocky cliffs in 

 the interior of Uahuka, and at the little village of Omoa many fed 

 along the beach or rested on the cliffs at each side of a narrow bay. 



^* Type locality designated by Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun., vol. 2, Aug., 1920. p. 146.5. 

 ''Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 115. May 29, 1924, p. 8. 



