378 Mr. Scott B. Wilson on Birds of 
of the mountains on the island of Tahiti, I obtained two 
specimens of this bird. It frequents the numerous monntain- 
streams which are found throughout the island. 
ARDEA SACRA. 
I shot a fine specimen, nearly an albino, at Papara, on 
Tahiti. 
Toranus rncanus. (Ulili.) 
Fairly abundant on the sea-coast of Tahiti. 
ANAS SUPERCILIOSA. 
Fairly abundant throughout the Tahiti group. 
GyYGIS ALBA. 
This Tern nests in trees, and is fairly common on the 
island of Tahiti. 
CoLLOCcALIA FUCIPHAGA. (Opea.) 
On August 27th I saw a great number of these birds in a 
deep rocky ravine near Papehui, on Tahiti. ‘Their nests 
were attached to rocks over our heads, and it was impossible 
to reach them. 
CoRIPHILUS TAITIANUS. (Vinni.) 
This beautiful species is, without doubt, extinct on the 
islands of Taliti and Moorea. On Bora-Bora I obtained 
specimens in the high cocoanut-trees which fringe the shores 
of the island, where their shrill chirp soon betrayed them ; 
but their quick movements and the dense foliage, added to 
the great height of the trees, made it difficult to shoot 
them. 
CorIPHILUS CYANEUS, sp. nov. (Plate VIII.) 
On the island of Bora-Bora I obtained a single specimen of 
a Coriphilus of a dark purple colour, and_herewith append its 
description. Iam strongly of opinion that it belongs to a 
distinct species, and Dr. Finsch, who has compared it with 
another dark-coloured specimen, apparently identical, which 
was brought alive on a schooner from one of the Paumotu 
