NO. 15 BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC WAR AREA — BAKER 5 



ZOSTEROPS FLAVIFRONS BREVICAUDA Murphy and Mathews 



Zosterops flavijrons brevicauda Murphy axd AIathews, Anier. Mus. Novit., 

 No. 356, 1929, p. 3. (Malo Island, New Hebrides.) 



Luganville: 4 km. NE. by N. of — i unsexed (alcoholic), January 

 26. 



BIRDS COLLECTED AT BOUGAINVILLE AND GUADALCANAL, 

 SOLOMON ISLANDS 



The field group consisting of Johnson, Wharton, j\luennink, 

 Necker, Fritts, and Carver arrived at Bougainville on June 27, 1944, 

 and remained there, except for short trips, until about January 25, 

 1945. During this time, Japanese forces were in control of most of 

 the island and the party was able to collect only in the vicinity of 

 Cape Torokina on Empress Augusta Bay (see fig. 2). Specimens 

 were taken in lowland jungles, swamps, and on beaches at Cape 

 Torokina and as far south as the Jaba River. 



Muennink collected at Guadalcanal during the period from Novem- 

 ber II, 1944, to January 6, 1945. Johnson was at the island from 

 November 11 to 16. Collections were made at Lunga Point and at 

 Doma Cove as shown in figure 3. 



PODICEPS RUFICOLLIS COLLARIS Mayr 



Podiccps ntficollis collaris Mayr, Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 1294, 1945, p. i. 

 (Bougainville.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — i male, September 15. 



Several dabchicks were seen in a swampy area. The specimen ob- 

 tained has been compared with the type at the American Museum of 

 Natural History. 



Measurements of this specimen are: wing 106, exposed culmen 26, 

 and tarsus 36. One set of four eggs was collected from a nest at the 

 fresh-water swamp. The eggs are white with a greenish cast, ovate, 

 and measure 24.6-26.4 (25.5) x 32.9-34.9 (33.8). 



NYCTICORAX CALEDONICUS MANDIBULARIS Ogilvie-Grant 



Nyciicorax mandibiilaris Ogilvie-Grant, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1888, p. 203. 

 (Aola, Guadalcanar, Solomon Group.) 



Bougainville Island : Cape Torokina — i male, i female, October 6, 

 January 10. Gaudalcanal Island: Doma Cove — i juvenile male, 

 January 2. 



Measurements of Bougainville specimens : adult male, wing 263, 

 exposed culmen 'j2, tarsus 83 ; adult female, wing 267, exposed cul- 

 men 70, tarsus 82. 



