6o SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I07 



PTILINOPUS PORPHYRACEUS PELEWENSIS Hartlaub and Finsch 



Ptilinopus pelewcnsis Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 

 p. 7. (Pelew Islands.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Eastern Peninsula — i male, 

 August 27; Southeastern Peninsula — 2 males, September i, 4; 

 Ngabad Island — 2 males, September 11; Garakayo Island — i male, 

 September 19. 



The Palau fruit dove was found in thick forested areas on all the 

 islands visited. A nest was observed in a jungle area at Ngabad 

 Island on September 11. The nest was loosely constructed, about 6 

 feet from the ground in a low tree. The one incubated &gg was white 

 and measured 31 by 23. Three males collected had enlarged testes. 

 Stomachs contained berries and seeds. 



DUCULA OCEANICA MONACHA (Momiyama) 



Globicera occanica monacha Momiyama, Birds of Micronesia, March 1922, p. 4. 

 (Yap, Western Caroline Islands.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island): Asias — i female, August 27; 

 Eastern Peninsula — i male, August 28; Southeastern Peninsula — 

 4 males, i female, August 29, September 4, 5; Garakayo Island — 

 I male, September 19. 



The large pigeon was found in forests and on faces of cliffs where 

 the war activities had not created much disturbance. British Indian 

 troops released by the Japanese in September reported extensive use 

 of this pigeon as food by the people on Babelthuap Island. Stomachs 

 of birds collected contained berries, fruit parts, and green matter. 



McElroy did not find any birds of this species at Truk. 



STREPTOPELIA BITORQUATA DUSUMIERI (Temminck) 



Cohimba dusiimieri Temminck, PI. Col., livr. 32, 1823, pi. 188. (Vicinity of 

 Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands.) 



Guam Island: Taraguc — 2 males, July 18; Pagat Point — 4 males, 

 July 6, 10; Amantes Point — i male, 3 females. May 25, 26; Tumon 

 Bay — I female, June 9; Oca Point — i female, February 7; Agana 

 Swamp — I male, October 8 ; Piti — i male, September 8 ; Pago River 

 — 2 males, i female, July 23, August 1 1 ; Ylig Bay — i female, August 

 2 ; Agfayan Bay — 2 females, July 7 ; no locality — i female, September, 

 Rota Island : Sosan Isthmus — 2 males, October 18, November 2 ; 

 Taruka — i male, October 23; Poniya Point — i female, October 22. 



