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On June 22nd we re-embarked for Tahiti, after a delightful 
stay, taking with us some fine specimens of the Rupé 
(Globicera pacifica), a fine Pigeon, though not so handsome 
as the Rupé of Tahiti (Globicera wilkesi). 
In July I explored the district of Hitiaa in the island of 
Tahiti, and on July 2nd was fortunate in obtaining my first 
specimen of Globicera wilkesi, after a very hard day’s tramp 
in the interior of the island, along knife-edged ridges under 
a blazing sun. The Omao (Tatare otaiticnsis) was fairly 
common there, as well as the Oopa (Ptilopus purpuratus). On 
a subsequent visit to the district of Hitiaa I was unsuccessful 
in obtaining specimens of the G/odicera, and consider it to be 
a rare bird. 
In August I spent a week on the island of Moorea, opposite 
to and in sight of Papeete, but met with little success 
in collecting, as Ptilopus purpuratus was the only bird 
obtained. A few years back, I was assured, a species of 
Parrakeet existed there, probably Coriphilus taitianus, but it 
is now apparently extinct, as is the case in the neighbouring 
island of Tahiti. Ten days in the month of September were 
passed between Vairao and Tehaupoo on Tahiti, but no new 
species were met with, though the visit was well repaid, as 
native life in this remote corner of the island was seen at 
its best. 
In early November I left with two companions and a cook 
by the S.S. ‘ Taviuni’ for Bora-Bora, spending a day at the 
island of Raiatea on the way. At Raiatea I chartered a 
small cutter, and, starting for Bora-Bora at noon, arrived 
there at daybreak on the following day. This is_ the 
fascinating island so well described in ‘The Earl and the 
Doctor,’ and is still unspoilt, fer at the date of my visit 
there were only three Europeans resident on it. I was 
fortunate enough to obtain several specimens of Coriphilus 
taitianus in the cocoanut-trees which fringe the shore, so 
that my trip from Tahiti was not made in vain, uncomfort- 
able enough though the return was, in a small gasoline 
schooner packed with natives and fruit. Two species of 
Kingfishers were common on Bora-Bora (Halcyon veneratus 
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