NO. 15 BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC WAR AREA BAKER 69 



MYIAGRA ERYTHROPS Hartlaub and Finsch 



Myiagra cryihrops Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 

 p. 6. (Pelew Islands.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Southeastern Peninsula — i juve- 

 nile male, i female, August 30; Ngabad Island — i male, i juvenile 

 male, September 11 ; Garakayo Island — i male, September 18. 



The Palau broadbill was not abundant in the southern Palaus in 

 1945. It was observed most frequently on the smaller islands, Ngabad 

 and Garakayo. It prefers the dense undergrowth of the jungles and 

 second-growth scrub, where it is a much less conspicuous bird than 

 the Palau fantail, Rhipidura lepida. 



Stomachs contained fragments of insects. 



COLLURICINCLA TENEBROSA (Hartlaub and Finsch) 



Rccics ienchrosa Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 6. 

 (Pelew Islands.) 



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

 tember 6 ; Southeastern Peninsula — -3 males, i female, August 29, 30 ; 

 September i; Ngabad Island — i male, i female, September 11; 

 Garakayo Island — 2 females, i juvenile male, September 18. 



This bird was found in woodland areas at all the islands visited 

 in the southern Palaus. It appeared to prefer heavy undergrowth and 

 was found in the scrub vegetation covering the battle areas (pi. 5, 

 fig. i). Many of the specimens collected were in molt. Stomachs 

 contained seeds, plant parts, and insects. 



APLONIS OPACUS GUAMI Momiyama 



Aplonis opaca giianii Momiyama, Birds of Micronesia, 1922, p. 9. (Guam.) 



Guam Island: Ritidian Point — 3 males, 2 females, i juvenile 

 female, ^lay 29; Amantes Point — 4 males, 2 females, i juvenile 

 male, 2 juvenile females. May 25, 27; Dededo — i female, June 16; 

 Oca Point — 4 females, 5 juvenile females, January 21, 22, February 

 5, March 8, 13, April 12, June 3, July 14, August 24; Pagat Point — 

 I female, July 6; Agaiia Swamp — 2 juvenile males, June 4, October 

 8; Sinajana — i juvenile male, i unsexed, May 18, 22; Talofofo 

 Bay- — I male, June 14; Agfayan Bay — i female, i juvenile female, 

 I unsexed, June 6, July 7; Port Ajayan — i female, June 18; Achang 

 Bay — I juvenile female, June 6. Rota Island: Sosan Isthmus — 

 4 males, 5 juvenile males, i juvenile female, October 18, 19, 

 26, 27, November 2 : no locality — i juvenile male, i unsexed juvenile, 

 October 27. 



