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MYZOMELA CARDINALIS SAFFORDI Wetmore 



Myzomela rubratra saffordi Wetmore, Proc. Biol. See. Washirtgton vol. 30, 

 1917, pp. 117-118. (Guam, Marianne Islands.) 



Guam Island: Ritidian Point — i male, May 30; Tarague — i male, 

 July 12; Pagat Point — 2 males, i female, i juvenile male, July 6, 10; 

 Yigo — I male. May 26 ; Tumon Bay — 2 males, i female, June 8, 9 ; 

 Oca Point — 2 males, i female, January 22, June 2, 3 ; Agafia Swamp — 

 2 males, i juvenile male, June 5, 25; Piti — i male, i unsexed, June 

 13, 28; Ylig Bay — 2 males, i juvenile male, July 19; Agfayan Bay — 

 I male, 2 females, i juvenile female, June 6, July 7; Port Ajayan — 



1 juvenile female, June 19; Achang Bay — 2 males, i female, i ju- 

 venile male, June 18, 19. Rota Island: Sosan Isthmus — i male, i 

 juvenile male, October 19. 



Honey-eaters were found in open woodland and in the coconut 

 groves (pi. 6). One pair of birds was found nesting in a tall banyan 

 tree on June 16. Many of the specimens collected in the period from 

 May to November were in molt, although several birds with enlarged 

 gonads were taken in June and July. Weights of birds from Guam 

 are: 17 adult males 12. 7-18.0 (15.0), and 5 adult females 10.4-15.0 

 (12.7). 



MYZOMELA CARDINALIS KOBAYASHII Momiyama 



Myzomela cardinalis kohayashii Momiyama, Birds of Micronesia, 1922, p. 19. 

 (Pelew Islands.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Southeastern Peninsula — 5 males, 



2 females, 2 juvenile males, 2 unsexed, August 29, 30, 31, September 



I, 5- 



Three males collected had enlarged testes. Stomach contents in- 

 cluded plant parts and seeds. 



MYZOMELA CARDINALIS MAJOR Bonaparte 



Myzomela major Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 38, 1854, p. 

 263. (Caroline Islands = Truk.) 



Truk Islands: Moen Island — i male, December 13. 

 McElroy found honey-eaters on all islands visited. Three males 

 examined in December had enlarged testes. 



ZOSTEROPS CONSPICILLATA CONSPICILLATA (Kittlitz) 



Dicaenm conspicillatum Kittlitz, Kupfert. Naturg. Vogel, vol. 2, 1832, p. 15, 

 pi. 19, fig. I. (Guam.) 



Guam Island: Ritidian Point — 5 males, i female, 2 juvenile males, 

 I unsexed, May 29, 30, June 28, July 12; Tarague — i male, i un- 



