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COLLOCALIA INEXPECTATA PELEWENSIS Mayr 



Collocalia pelewensis Mayr, Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 820, 1935, p. 3. (Palau 

 Islands.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island): Asias — i male, September 13; 

 ^arakayo Island — i male, i female, September 18. 



Swiftlets were numerous, and were found at all islands visited in 

 the southern Palaus. 



COLLOCALIA INEXPECTATA BARTSCHI Mearns 



Collocalia barlschi Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 36, 1909, p. 476. 

 (Guam.) 



Guam Island: Amantes Point — 7 males, 3 females, June 21, July 

 29; Oca Point — i female, January 29; Sinajana — i female, 2 un- 

 sexed, 6 nestlings, May 20. Rota Island : i unsexed, October 27. 



At Guam and Rota, swiftlets were found at cliff areas, where they 

 nested in caves. In jungle areas they were seen flying above the 

 trees and through the more open woodland. On May 18 a large colony 

 of birds was nesting in a rocky sink hole about 2 miles east of Agana, 

 Guam. About 250 nests were found on ledges in the caverns sheltered 

 from the light. Below the nests were large piles of guano. Weights of 

 seven adult males 6.4-7.3 (6.8), of three adult females 6.8-7.6 (7.1). 



HALCYON CINNAMOMINA PELEWENSIS Wiglesworth 



Halcyon peleivensis Wiglesworth, Abhandl. und Ber. Zool. Mus. Dresden, 

 1890-91 (1891), No. 6, p. 15. (Pelew Islands.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Small island off Eastern Penin- 

 sula — I male, September 10; Ngabad Island — i juvenile male, i 

 female, i juvenile female, September 11. 



This kingfisher was observed in thick jungle areas and at the edge 

 of mangrove swamps on small islands near Peleliu. The birds were 

 very secretive, only six individuals being seen by our collecting party. 

 These were located by their distinctive rasping call. Stomachs con- 

 tained insects. 



McElroy saw a kingfisher with cinnamon underparts at Bulubul 

 Island, Ulithi Atoll, on August 21. The bird disappeared into thick 

 vegetation when approached. 



HALCYON CINNAMOMINA CINNAMOMINA Swainson 



Halcyon cinnamomina Swainson, Zool. Illustr., vol. 2, 1821-22 (1821), text to 

 pi. 67. (No locality ^ Mariana Islands.) 



Guam Island: Ritidian Point — i female, i juvenile female, June 

 28, 29; Tarague — i female, July 18; Yigo — i male, 2 females, May 



