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ready for flight, has the upper surface black without the greenish 

 sheen ; the feathers of the throat are dusky without the buff color- 

 ing ; the breast is a dirty buff and dusky ; the belly is chiefl}' a 

 dirty buff ; bill dark, with a little lighter shade on the lower man- 

 dible ; feet, wings and tail dark ; eyes brownish. No. 9563, which 

 is just assuming the first plumage, has fine black feathers emerg- 

 ing from their sheaths, the back has acquired a fair degree of 

 plumage, but the breast and belly are still bare, with a fringe of 

 dirty buffy feathers along the sides. When first hatched the young 

 are entirely naked. The eggs (Fig. i,/'.) are pale green, with 

 brown irregular spots about .15 in diameter scattered sparsely over 

 the entire &gg, being most abundant on the larger end. The.se eggs 

 measured 1. 27-1. 15X .95-. 85. Hab. Marianas. 



54. Corvus kubaryi Rchw. Aga. Kubary's Crow. 



Con'iis aolilariHs. Kittl., Reise, is^s, II., p. 14;,. 



Coiniic philippina, Wiglesw., Aves Polynes., p. 46. 



Coitus kubarvi, Rchw., Journ. f. Orn., 1885, p. no; Hartert. Nov. Zool., V., p. 59. 



This species is common in the jungles, where they soon attract 

 attention by their noise. They are not at all wild, so I w^as able to 

 approach quite near, and observe them carefully. I did not discover 

 any new tricks — they pulled up the newly planted corn of the native 

 in the same old way and with apparent satisfacflion. Thej' have the 

 reputation of plundering the nests of the smaller birds in order to eat 

 the eggs and young, and the}' do not seem to sound the .same 

 straightforward Caw, Caw of our American crow, for they have a 

 sort of Polynesian twist to their tongue which makes them very 

 hard to under.stand, and sounds like Qu a a Ou a a. Five .specimens 

 were secured, but owing to an accident four of them were destroyed. 

 The remaining specimen, No. 9487, an adult female, is a deep 

 black all over, including bill, feet and tarsus. There is a fine 

 bluish black sheen or gloss to the feathers of the mantle, wings and 

 tail ; head a shiny black without a noticeable blue gloss ; under 

 parts a dead black color ; the under color of the feathers all over 

 the body is white or light gray ; so if the outer half or two-thirds 

 of the feathers were worn off we would have a white crow. I^ength 

 15.00, .spread of wings 26.00, wing 9.50, tail 6.12, tarsus 2.00, cul- 

 meu 1.80, mid-toe and claw 2. Eye dark hazel. Hab. Guam. 



GENU.S MY^OMEI/A FixscH. 

 55. My^omela rubratra (Less. ). Egigi. Red Honey-eater. 



Cinnyris i'ubratri\ Les.s., Voy. Coq. Zool., 1826, p. 678. 



Mvz'omela rubratra, Finsch, Journ. Godeffrov Mus.. XII., p. 26; Oust., I., p. 197 ; Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool., v., p. 55; /rf., VI., p. 2; Gadow, Ca"t. B. Brit. Mu.s., IX., p. I2q. 



The' beautiful little red and black Kgigi, as the natives call 

 this Honej'-eater, is probably the most abundant bird on Guam. 

 They are quite fearless and are frequently to be seen in the gardens 

 of the villages, the tall coconut palms being, however, their favor- 



