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AYES. 



By R. BoAVDLER Shaepe, LL.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



(PLATES III-YI.) 

 "Whem the "Flying Fish" under Captain Maclear first visited 

 Christmas Ishmd in January, 1887, two new species of birds were 

 discovered by the exjiedition, viz., Carpopliaya icliartuni and 

 Tardus enjthroiileanii^. The " Egeria " shortly afterwards ])aid 

 a visit to the island, and Xr. J. J. Lister, who was naturalist 

 to the e.\;pedition, made a good collection of birds and disccnered 

 several new species. His notes on his collecticni were also of great 

 interest. 



Mr. Andrews obtained .series of all the species found on Christmas 

 Island by Mr. Lister, and he was able to add several nugratoiy 

 .species which the other expeditions had not met with, while the 

 number of birds and eggs which he has obtained evince great 

 energy on his part. In the following pages his field notes are 

 accompanied by his initials ' C. W. A.' 



Order COLUMBIFORMES. 

 1. Carpophaga whartoni. 



Carpophaga u-linrtotn, Sharpe, I'.Z.S., 1887, p. olo, pi. xliii ; Lister, P.Z.S., 

 1888, p. 520; Salvad., fat. B. Brit. Mus., xxi, p. 184 (1893); 

 Sharpe, Handl. B., i, p. 64 (1899). 



Xo. 6, S ihI. Flving Fish Cove, August 8, 1897. 

 iS'o. 57, 9 ad. Flying Fish Cove, October 21, 1897. 



