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We saw a few doves at Hivaoa in the high reaches, but as hunting 

 them had made them wary, none was secured. 



PTILINOPUS CORALENSIS Peale 



Tuamotuan dove 



Ptilinopus coralensis Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp., vol. 8, 1848, p. 100. (Carlslioff 

 or Aratika Island, Tuamotu group.) 



Five males, four adult and one immature, were taken on Toau 

 Atoli October 3, 6, and 7, 1929. The young bird is fully grown but 

 is still in ju venal dress. 



At Toau this dove, the native name of which is " o-oh," was com- 

 ]3aratively rare, and it took a good deal of hunting to secure the 

 four specimens above mentioned. It was never seen flying, but 

 usually sat in a thick-foliaged, large-leafed tree, where the hunters 

 slowly stalked it, aided by its occasional o-oh notes. The little 

 native boys with sharp eyes and keen ears materially assisted in 

 locating the birds. 



COCCYZUS FERRUGINEUS Gould 



Cocos Island cuckoo 



Coccyzus ferrugineus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1843, p. 105. (Cocos 

 Island.) 



An adult male of this cuckoo was collected at Wafer Bay, Cocos 

 Island, June 10, 1929, by A. K. Fisher. It is generally similar to 

 two others of the same sex in the National Museum but has the 

 under side of the rectrices paler, less decidedly black with less 

 sharply defined boundaries between the light and dark areas. It 

 measures as follows: Wing, 128.4; tail, 162.0; cuimen from base, 

 26.2 ; tarsus, 28.8 mm. 



During our entire stay at Cocos Island the note of the cuckoo 

 was not heard, indicating that the bird was not common. Mr. Cleaves 

 and Chief Engineer Christensen each saw one, and the specimen taken 

 at Wafer Bay makes three in all that came under observation. The 

 cuckoo at Wafer Bay was sitting silently, and had it not moved 

 slightly, it would not have been detected. 



COCCYZUS MELACORYPHUS Vieillot 



Azara's cuckoo 



Coccyzus mela<:onji)hu8 Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 8, 1817, p. 271. 

 (Paraguay.) 



Two were secured at Postoffice Bay on Charles Island in the 

 Galapagos July 9, 1929. 



Cuckoos seem to be rare in the Galapagos Islands, but this may 

 be only apparent, as they sit rather closely in clumps of thick 



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