TOWNsKM) AM) W KIMdHi: : llli; ItlKDS. |li.> 



pipH)!! ((ilohinra ixiriflni), aticl a cufkoo [l rndi/immi.s tattiii.si.s iaitiii- 

 .«r»,v), said to lav its t'>:>is in tin- nests (»f the noddy terns. These are 

 the only h»n«l hirds known to this ^jroup of ishiiids. Tlie water birds 

 were I'luviall.s (loiniiiiruK fiilnis, llitrnirtitis iii((iiiu'<, LiiiKi.sd liij)jMniini 

 baurri, an<l the noddy (Anoiis .stttlldii.s pilniiu.s). 



Thk (ill.HKlM" Islands, haxin;: al»out the sann- extent as the Klhet" 

 Ishuids, are also atolls. Lain! Iiirds were not obtained, hut tin- i'ollow- 

 inj: water hirds were taken at Taritari (liutaritairi) <> January : An- 

 nnriii inivrprts oahunisl.s, J'Intcojiu.s idhiiimsiti, lit tcniHiiis ninniws, 

 ]*luri(illj< (l(niiiiii('iiji fitlvu.s, and PLvthid anniinuifit. 



TllK Mahsiiai.i, Islanos. The .\lhatuoss cruised anion^ tin" low 

 atolls of the Marshall Islands from \) January to o February. Land 

 birds were not obtained. The water birds were the same species a.s 

 those taken in the (Gilberts with the exception of Sterna uniiKifrnna 

 from Arnho Atoll, 'l-\ January. Two lan«l birds are known to the 

 Marshall Islands, I'rodipHiini.s taitnixi^ Globicrm and ocvnnlra. 



Thk Caroli.ne Islands. The high volcanic islands of the Caroline 

 Archipelago proved to be rich ground for bird collecting after a long 

 crui.se among the ornitiiologically barren atolls. 



The Albathoss was at Kisaik (^Ualan, Strong) from 7 to Febru- 

 ary. This is a volcanic island twenty-four miles in circumference and 

 over 2,0(X) feet high. It is heavily forested and well watered. The 

 land birds taken were Piilopus hcrnshcimi, Aplonh opara, Mifzomcla 

 ruhrafra rubratra, Zosf crops cincrca, and Clobiccra ocranica occanicn. 

 The water birds were Demigrctla sacra, Ilctcrartids iticauus and Anous 

 siolidus pilcatus. About nine species of land birds were previously 

 known to inhabit Ku.saie. 



PoNAPE, or Ascension Island, was visited 11 and 12 F('l)ruary. It 

 is a volcanic island which, with its surrounding coral reef, has a diame- 

 ter of about seventeen miles. It has a height of nearly 3,CXX) feet, is 

 heax-ily forested and well watered. The land birds taken were 

 Zosfcrops ponapcncnsis, Aphnn.^i opara, Mi/zonirla rubratra (lichroinata 

 (new), Conopodcras syrinx, Myiagra pluto, Rhipidura hubaryi, Sauro- 

 patis mcdiocris, Eos ruhiginosa, and Globicera oceanica townsendi (new). 

 About eighteen species of land l)irds were known to Ponape when 

 reported upon by Finsch in 1S<S0. 



Uala, or Moen, is one of the small but lofty volcanic islands known 

 as the Truk, Ruk or Hogelu Group all lying within a great lagoon. 

 Truk is the largest atoll of the Carolines, the circumference of the 

 lagoon enclosed l)y the outer barrier reef being 125 miles. Uala is 

 1,300 feet high and Ruk 1,000, while several of the others are nearly 



