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and Anous stolidus, but with a strong glass I could discern 

 Tropic-birds (Pha'e'thon lejiturus) flying high up against the 

 forest-covered peaks. A Swift (Co/localia) was flying about 

 the town, and imported Minahs (Gracula) were abundant. 

 On applying lor leave to shoot, I was much disappointed to 

 be told that a law had just been passed to forbid the killing 

 of birds, and that the Governor was " unable " to make an 

 exception in my favour. I may say that I saw very few birds 

 of any sort about the seaboard, and it was stated that of late 

 years the rats had killed nearly all of them. 



I therefore spent my time in collecting butterflies. I found 

 them very scarce, and only obtained examples of two species. 

 I caught, however, a number of microlepidoptera. The 

 French Governor of the islands kindly gave us a large Pigeon 

 in a cage, which had been brought from the island of 

 Makattea, one of the Paumotu group. Unfortunately its 

 wings had been cut, while it had heen placed in a cage without 

 any perches and had consequently worn its tail down very 

 short. We kept it alive till just before we reached home. 

 I skinned it and preserved the sternum and gizzard. 



This imperfect specimen appears to belong to a new genus 

 and species, perhaps allied to Cakenas, but requires careful 

 examination and comparison before it can be described. 



On April 17th, 1903, we left Tahiti, for Tutuila, in the 

 Samoau group, where we arrived in the afternoon of 

 April 22nd. As we neared the island I saw numbers of 

 flying-fishes. During the voyage I watched these fishes 

 carefully, both with and without glasses, and distinctly saw 

 them moving their wings in flight. The harbour of Pago- 

 pago at Tutuila is about two miles in length, and is almost 

 in the middle of the island. The formation is volcanic, 

 and the harbour appears to occupy the place of an ancient 

 crater. We landed as soon as we anchored, and walked 

 through the native village up part of the hill behind. 

 Birds were fairly numerous, especially Ptilotis carunculata. 

 I saw r also a Parroquet and several examples of Myzomela 

 nigriventris. A large Fruit-bat was very abundant at dusk, 

 when it comes down from the hills. 



The next day I walked up the hill again to a height of 



