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AYES. 



By E. BoAVDLEK Shaepe, LL.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 (PLATES III-VI.) 

 WHE^f the "Flying Fi.sli " under Captain Maclear first visited 

 Christmas Ishmd in January, 1887, two new species of l)irds were 

 discovered by the e.xpcditiou, viz., Carpophaga icharfuni and 

 Tardus eri/thro/ihanin. The " E<ieria " shortly afterwards paid 

 a visit to the island, and ]Mr. J. J. Lister, Avho was naturalist 

 to the e.Kpedition, uuule a good collection of birds and discovered 

 several new species. His notes on his collection 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 migratory 

 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 COLUMBIFORMKS. 

 1. Carpophaga whartoni. 



Carpophaya ivlturtoni, Sharpe, I'.Z.S., 18S7, p. olo, pi. xliii ; Lister, P.Z.S., 

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

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



No. 6, $ ad. Flving Fish Cove, August 8, 1897. 

 Ifo. 57, 9 ad. living Fish Cove, October 21, 1897. 



