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about 1000 ft., at which altitude Gygis Candida, Anous 

 stolidus, and Phaethon lepturus were fairly plentiful, flying 

 about among the cocoanut-trees. 1 saw also numbers of 

 Kingfishers and shot several of them, but. owing to the very 

 long and thick undergrowth, I lost all but one. Tutuila is a 

 very beautiful island, mountainous and thickly wooded. It 

 rained hard all the time that avc were there, so we did not 

 see the tops of the peaks so clearly as we might have done. 

 I obtained examples of the following three species of land- 

 birds : — 



1. Ptilotis carunculata (Gm.). 



Ptilotis carunculata Gadow, Cat. B. ix. p. 225. 



S . Iris pale yellow ; bill dark brown ; gape aud wattles 

 yellow. 



This was the most abundant bird at Tutuila, usually 

 keeping to the tops of the cocoanut-palms. It has a loud 

 and pleasant thrush-like song and a variety of call-notes, the 

 commonest being a loud laugh like that of a woodpecker. 



2. Aplonis atkifusca Peale). 



Aplonis atrifusca Sharpe, Cat. 13. xiii. p. 131. 



3 . Iris black : bill black ; tarsi and toes dark brown. 

 This Starling was fairly abundant in the coeoanut-tivi s 



and was very noisy. 



3. Halcyon pealii Finsch et Hartl. 



Halcyon pealii Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 266. 



£ . Iris black. 



We had only one day at Tutuila, and although I saw 

 several Kingfishers, I managed to secure only this specimen. 

 Its gizzard contained green caterpillars. I shot it at an 

 altitude of about 300 ft., sitting in a cocoanut-palm. 



This species is peculiar to the island ; there are two 

 specimens of it in the British Museum. 



We left Tutuila for the neighbouring island of Upolu at 

 6 a.m. on April 24th. Upolu was just visible from Tutuila. 

 Between the two islands I saw examples of Phaethon lepturus, 



