376 Mr. Scott B. Wilson on Birds of 
and Todiramphus tutus), and I also obtained a specimen cf 
the Oopa (Péilopus), which is quite a distinct local form. On 
December 9th I lett Papeete for Auckland on my homeward 
voyage. I here append a list of the species obtained by me, 
with a few notes on their habits. 
GLOBICERA WILKESI. (Rupé.) 
This magnificent Pigeon is now rare on the island of Tahiti, 
and during my stay there I was able to obtain but very few 
specimens. It inhabits the interior of the island, and is shy 
and difficult to shoot. In the crops of two examples which 
I procured on June 2nd in the district of Hitiaa was a large 
quantity of seeds of the lé vine (Freycinetia arborea), but I 
was told that their chief food was the fei or wild plantain, 
though they also eat the seeds of the banyan-tree. I kept 
one of these birds alive in a cage in Papeete for over two 
weeks and fed it on bananas. ‘The flesh is greatly esteemed 
by the natives, and this fact will contribute to the bird’s 
speedy extinction. 
GLOBICERA AUROR&. 
A friend was kind enough to send me several fine speci- 
mens of this Pigeon in alcohol from the island of Makatea. 
I deeply regret to say that he perished with his schooner in 
the cyclone of March of last year (1906). 
PriLopus PURPURATUS. (Oopa.) 
This lovely Dove is still fairly abundant on Tahiti and 
does much damage to the vanilla. I also found in the crops 
the fruit of the Chili pepper and various seeds, including 
those of the banyan-tree. On the adjacent island of Moorea 
I obtained several specimens, which differed in no way from 
those shot on Tahiti. On Raiatea and Bora-Bora, however, 
inthe Leeward group, the form differs considerably, there 
being much more yellow on the under parts of the body. 
On these two neighbouring islands the Pigeon seems to be 
identical, as is the case with specimens from Tahiti and 
Mourea. 
