Rukia, gen. nov. (Plate VII. fig. 5). 

 rZosteropidae). 



Description. — Bill very strong, blackish ; tarsus and toes also 

 strong, orange colour not black or brown ; silky eye-ring on lower 

 edge of eyelid only 



Type.— Tephras ruki Hartert, i^igj =■ Rikia riiki from Ruk, 

 Caroline Islands. 



Globicera oceanica teraokai, subsp. nov. (PL. V. fig. 2 & 3) 

 (Columbidae). 



Carpopha^a oceanica Wiglesworth, Aves Polyn., iSgi, p. 52 (part.) ; Takatsukasa & 

 Kuroda, " Tori," Vol. i. No. 2, 1915, pp. 52, 62 (part.). 



"^ ad. — Similar to G. o. oceanica (Lesson) from Kusaie island, 

 but head, neck and breast somewhat paler (pale bluish-grey), except 

 the crown, occiput and hind-neck which are of a deeper hue than the" 

 breast ; the chestnut colour, on lower parts of body somewhat deep- 

 er than that of the typical form ; the ontermost tail-feather without 

 rufous on tip ; length of bill much shorter than in the typical form. 



^ ad. — Head, neck and breast somewhat darker than in adult 

 male, the chestnut colour on lower parts rather paler, and knob on 

 base of upper mandible smaller. 



Types. — Adult male and adult female. Tol, Ruk ( Truk) islands, 

 a small group of islands in Middle Caroline, Micronesia. May 25 & 

 18, 1 91 9. Momiyama's coll. nos. 95 and 57. 



Iris purplish-carmine or pink- madder; bill black; knob on 

 upper mandible purplish-black or brownish-black ; foot rose- 

 carmine ; claw horny-black. 



Habitat. — Tol, Wman, Toroas, etc., etc., Ruk Islands, one of 

 the small group of Middle Carolines. 



Measurements. 



