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740 DR. O. FINSCH ON THE [Nov. 6, 



5. Carpophaga pacifica (Gm.) 



No. 1 18. Api. " Male, young. This bird was in poor condition, 

 and had nothing in the stomach. Bill blackish-blue ; legs dull red 

 eyes brown." — J. M. 



This is a young bird, with not full-grown wings and tail-feathers 

 (wings only 6" 11'", tail 4"), but in coloration exactly like older 

 ones from the Tongas. Some of the tail-feathers and secondaries 

 show the singular hairy filaments which denote a young bird still 

 unable to fly, 



D. Birds of Tahiti, Society Group. 



The 'Challenger' remained at Tahiti from the 18th of September 

 till the 2nd of October, 1875. Sixteen specimens of birds were col- 

 lected, which I refer to four species. 



1. Callocalia fuciphaga (Thunb.), 



Callocalia cinerea, Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. 

 1876, p. 25. 



C. fuciphaga, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 384; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1865, 

 p. 616. 



No. 559. Tahiti. Male. 



No. 560. 



No. 561. ,, Female. Eyes black. 



Long. rectr. rectr. 



al. interm. extern, 



in. lin. lin. lin. 



4 7 21 26 No. 559. Tahiti. 



4 6| 22 26 560. 



4 7 22 26 561. „ 



4 9 25 27 teste Pelzeln. 



4 5 19 23 fuciphaga, Java. 



'29 I ''^(tnicorensjs, Ponape (8 ex.). 



4 19 21 francica, Bourbon. 



Having now, for the first time, the opportunity, of examining 

 specimens of the Callocalia of Tahiti, I find no specific distinctions 

 from the well-known C. fuciphaga, so widely distributed in the 

 Indian and Malay archipelagos. The specimens before me are not 

 of so light a greyish-brown as one would expect from the descriptions 

 sent me by Herr von Pelzeln ; on the contrary, the whole under- 

 surface is a little darker than in Javan specimens ; but the difference 

 is so slight that no character can be based on it. 



C. vanicorensis corresponds in coloration exactly, but may perhaps 

 be kept separate on account of the smaller size. From the latter, 0. 

 francica, Gm. (from Bourbon and Madagascar), seems scarcely sepa- 

 rable ; only the under tail-coverts show a more intense green gloss. 

 Mr. Wallace (/. c.) is perhaps right in uniting also these two latte- 

 species under C. fuciphaga. 



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