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  jNIr. 
  L. 
  W. 
  Wigleswortli 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  oceanica, 
  tlie 
  only 
  Pigeon 
  found 
  there 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Finsch), 
  

   "Wald- 
  und 
  Wasservogel/^ 
  Sterna 
  stolida, 
  four 
  species 
  of 
  

   small 
  lizards, 
  a 
  Scolopendra, 
  and 
  a 
  Scorpio 
  (Kotzebue's 
  

   ' 
  Reise/ 
  iii. 
  pp. 
  112-114). 
  To 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  two 
  genera 
  

   of 
  Lepidoptera 
  ("Schmetterlinge 
  '') 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Herr 
  Franz 
  

   Hernsheim, 
  the 
  German 
  Consul 
  at 
  Taluit, 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  work 
  on 
  

   'Die 
  Sprache 
  der 
  Marschall 
  Inseln/ 
  1880, 
  p. 
  34, 
  which 
  

   contains 
  also 
  a 
  few 
  botanical 
  notes 
  and 
  figures. 
  

  

  Almost 
  all 
  that 
  is 
  known 
  concerning 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  Gilbert 
  

   Islands, 
  as 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  Marshall 
  Islands, 
  rests 
  upon 
  the 
  obser- 
  

   vations 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Finsch, 
  who 
  found 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  visiting 
  

   the 
  group 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  December, 
  1879, 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  ship 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  the 
  labour 
  traffic. 
  The 
  ship 
  sailed 
  to 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  

   larger 
  atolls, 
  and 
  an 
  interesting 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  obtained 
  

   or 
  seen 
  upon 
  or 
  near 
  them 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Finsch's 
  

   " 
  Ornithological 
  Letters 
  from 
  the 
  Pacific 
  : 
  No. 
  IV." 
  (Ibis, 
  

   1880, 
  p. 
  429). 
  Some 
  additional 
  remarks 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  articles 
  in 
  the 
  Mitth. 
  des 
  ornith. 
  Vereins 
  zu 
  Wien, 
  

   1884, 
  viii. 
  pp. 
  125-127, 
  published 
  separately 
  as 
  ' 
  Die 
  Vogel 
  

   der 
  Siidsee 
  Inseln.' 
  According 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Finsch, 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  

   species 
  of 
  land-bird 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Gilbert 
  Islands, 
  

   except 
  the 
  remarkable 
  migrant 
  Cuckoo, 
  Urodynamis 
  taitiensis 
  

   (Sparrra.)*. 
  The 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  Marshall 
  Islands 
  assert 
  that 
  

   this 
  species 
  occurs 
  there 
  in 
  single 
  individuals 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  

   round, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  twice 
  observed 
  at 
  Butaritari 
  in 
  the 
  Gilberts 
  

   on 
  December 
  7th 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Finsch. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  breeding-time 
  

   of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Finsch, 
  in 
  pointing 
  

   to 
  the 
  probability 
  that 
  its 
  migrations 
  are 
  irregular, 
  and 
  that 
  

   it 
  may 
  breed 
  in 
  other 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  calls 
  attention 
  to 
  

   Sir 
  Walter 
  Buller's 
  notice 
  of 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  

   with 
  a 
  large 
  bare 
  breeding 
  patch. 
  This 
  observation 
  was 
  

   repeated 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Finsch 
  in 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  Taluit 
  in 
  the 
  JVfar- 
  

   shalls, 
  which 
  had 
  a 
  similar 
  bare 
  spot 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  

   sternum 
  to 
  the 
  anus. 
  Several 
  cases 
  in 
  proof 
  of 
  the 
  parasitic 
  

   habits 
  of 
  this 
  Cuckoo 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  my 
  * 
  Aves 
  Polynesise,' 
  I 
  have 
  noted 
  Ccnyojihaga 
  oceanica 
  for 
  Tarowa 
  

   and 
  Maraki, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  erroi-. 
  The 
  localities 
  mentioned 
  should 
  come 
  

   under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Ardea 
  sacra. 
  

  

  