108 Dr. O. Finscli's Ornithological 



find in Kushai representatives of the families Psittacidse^ 

 Alcedinidse, Muscicapidae, and Campepliagidse, as the geolo- 

 gical and botanical characters of the two islands are quite 

 the same. I suspect Calamoherpe syrinx may still be found 

 in Kushai, although it is not mentioned by Kittlitz and 

 escaped my notice. Kittlitz, who in December 1827 and 

 January 1828 visited Kushai (erroneously termed " Ualan "), 

 enumerated fifteen species of liirds as observed there by 

 him ; but a great number of these remained doubtful until I 

 had the privilege of determining them. During a stay of 

 only eight days, confined to the outskirts of the island, I may 

 call it satisfactory to have collected examples of fourteen 

 species, and to have observed four others, making a total of 

 eighteen species, nearly the whole of the species known to 

 exist on the island. Of these I add a list, in which those 

 marked with an asterisk were collected by me. 



1. EuDYNAMis TAiTENsis (Spamn.). 

 Cuculus, sp. inc., Kittl. 



*2. CoLLocALiA VANicoRENSJS (Quoy & Gaim.) . 

 Cypselus {^=Hirundo esculenta, ex Java), Kittl. 

 Cypselus inquietus, Kittl. 



■^3. Myzomela rubratra (Less.). 

 Cinnyris rubrater, Kittl. 



^4. ZOSTEROPS CINEREA (Kittl.). 



Drepanis cinereus, Kittl. 



■^5. Calornis PACiFicus (Gm.). 

 Lamprotornis columbinus, Kittl. 



6. Sturnoides corvinus (Kittl.). 

 Lamprotornis corvina, Kittl. 



7. ErYTHRURA TRICHROA (Kittl.). 

 Fringilla trichroa, Kittl. 



*8. Ptilopus hernsheimi, Einsch. 



*9. Carpophaga oceanica. Less. 

 Columba oceanica, Kittl. 



