townnkm) AM) wkt.mouk: iHK niiti». l^f> 



ii'). rni.Ol'l S IMKIMKATIS ((illU'Iin). 



Coiumba purpurola Ciiiiflin, Syst. iiat., ITV.t, 1, pt. 2. |> 7M In in- ili- :iu- 

 st nil's intra tropicos inclusis). 



One specimen was collated at Tahiti in the Society Islands on 

 13 Noveniher, and two more were secured the fotlowinj; day. One of 

 tli«'se hinis lias a strong eoi)i)ery retieetion on the n-ctriees as in P. 

 coralctiitis. This color is arranged in narrow l>aii<l>. Tlie feet in all 

 three specimens are hlaekish. 



3(3. Ptilopis hernshkimi Finsch. 



Ptilopus hermheimi Finsch, Journ. fiir ornith., 1880, p. 303. (Kusaic, Ea.st- 

 ern Carolines). 



A male, a female, two immature birds, and two mummies (formerly 

 preserved as alcoholic specimens) are, in the collection from Kusaie, 

 8 and 9 February. In color the female is similar to the male save 

 that there is less of deep orange color on the longer under tail coverts. 

 The other .sexual color differences indicated hy Dr. Finsch in his 

 original description are not e\-ident. The two immature birds differ 

 from the adults in having the ^rown-cap barely indicated on the fore- 

 head. In addition the feathers of back, rump, wing coverts, and under 

 parts are tipped lightly with pale yellow, the secondaries are tipped 

 with yellowish white, the primaries are pointed with white and the 

 terminal band on the rectrices is much narrower. 



Measurements of the birds with sex indicated are as follows: — 



37. Ptilopus ponapexsis (Finsch). 



Ptilinopus ponapensi^ Finsch, Proc. Zool. soc. London, 1877, p. 779. (Ponape, 

 Caroline Islands). 



Four males, one female, and another specimen, a mummy, with sex 

 not marked, were secured on the Island of I'ala in the Middle Caro- 



