NO. 15 



BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC WAR AREA — BAKER 



ANAS SUPERCILIOSA PELEWENSIS Hartlaub and Finsch 



Anas superciUosa var. pelezvensis Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1872, p. 108. (Pelew Islands.) 



26. 



Bougainville Island : Cape Torokina — i male, 2 females, January 

 Two specimens were in molt when collected. 



Guadalcanal 

 SOLOMON ISLANDS 



Fig. 3. — Collecting localities on Guadalcanal Island. 



AVICEDA SUBCRISTATA PROXIMA Mayr 



Aviccda suhcristata proxima Mayr, Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 1294, 1945, p. 10. 

 (Kieta District, Bougainville Island.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — i female, October 17. 



This specimen has been compared with the type at the American 

 Museum of Natural History. Muennink shot this hawk in thick 

 underbrush. 



HALIASTUR INDUS GIRRENERA (Vieillot) 



Haliactits girrcucra Vieillot, Gal. Ois., vol. i, 1822, p. 31, pi. 10. (India, Bengal, 

 Pondichery, Coromandel, and Malabar, also New Holland according to 

 Latham. Restricted type locality, New South Wales [the plate represents 

 the Australian form].) 



Guadalcanal Island : Doma Cove — i female, December 14. 



