778 DR. O. FINSCH ON THE BIRDS OF PONAPE. [NoV. 20, 



ditioii of the ' Danaicle,' under command of Capt. Boramel, in 

 1840, and by the well-known ' Novara ' Expedition, in 1858, we 

 were acquainted with only eight species of birds inhabiting it till 

 1873, when Mr. J. Kubary, the well-known naturalist in charge of 

 the Museum Godeffroy, at Hamburg, explored the island and stayed 

 a year on it. Unfortunately his rich harvest was lost by the wreck 

 of the Godeffroyiau brig ' Alfred,' and, except a single skin (out of 

 200 which Mr. Kubary had collected), only the birds preserved in 

 alcohol were saved. Upon this collection, containing examples of 20 

 species, I based my first paper on the birds of Ponape '. Since that 

 time a second collection, consisting of well-prepared skins, made by 

 Mr. J. Kubary, has reached me, which gives me a welcome occasion 

 of correcting some statements in my former paper, caused by the 

 bad conservation of some of the specimens in alcohol, and adds seven 

 species more to the avifauna of this island. Among these a species 

 of Ptilonopus proves to be new. The total species, therefore, known 

 at present from Ponape number 29, of which 7 are peculiar to the 

 island. 



1 . Otus brachyotus (L.), Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. 

 p. 18. 



In the first collection of Mr. Kubary, 



2. Trichoglossus rudiginosvis (Bp.) ; Finsch, /. c. p. 18. 

 In Mr. Kubary's first collection, 



3. EuDYNAMis TAiTiENSis (Spiinm.) ; Fiuscli, I. c. p. 19. 

 One female. 



4. Halcyon cinnamominus, Sws. ; Finsch, l. c. p. 20. 



Of this species and its synonymy I treated in full in my last 

 paper on Mr, Kubary's collection. 



.'>, CoLLOCALiA vANicoRENSis (Quoy & Gaim.); Finsch, /. c. p. 

 23, 



In Mr. Kubary's first collection. 



6. Myzomela rubratra (Less.) ; Finsch, /. e. p. 2G. 

 Sent already by Mr, Kubary, 



7. ZosTEROPS PONAPENSis, Fiusch, I. c. p. 27, t. 2. f. 1. 

 This peculiar species I received in Mr. Kubary's first collection, 



8. Calamoherpe syrinx (Kittl.) ; Finsch, /. c. p. 30, 



Two specimens ; in one the underparts are decidedly yellowish, in 

 the other yellowish white, 



* Cf. " Zur Ornithologie der Siidsee-Inseln. II. TJeber neuo und weniger 

 gekannte Vogel Mm den Viti-, Samoa- und Carolinen-Inschi. IV. Vcigel von 

 Ponape (Seniavin Gruppe)," in 'Journal des Museum Godeffrov,' Heft xii. 

 1876, pp. 14-40, Tafel 1, 2. 



