NO. 15 



BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC WAR AREA BAKER 



most of the nomenclature follows Mayr (Birds of the Southwest 

 Pacific, 1945). A majority of the birds have been identified by com- 

 paring them with specimens at the United States National Museum. 



Fig. I. — Collecting localities in the Pacific war area. 



Color terms in quotation marks are those of Ridgway (Color 

 Standards and Color Nomenclature, 1912). The specimens listed are 

 adults unless designated as juveniles. Weights are given in grams and 

 measurements in millimeters. 



BIRDS COLLECTED AT ESPIRITU SANTO ISLAND, NEW HEBRIDES 



The advance party consisting of Johnson, Wharton, Necker, Muen- 

 nink, Fritts, and Carver spent the period from June 6 to June 20, 

 1944, at Espiritu Santo. Johnson and Necker stopped there again 

 from January 25 to January 30, 1945. Birds were collected in the 

 vicinity of Luganville, mostly in old plantation areas. 



