'10\\\>IAn \M> W I IM'iHl Mil Hli;l>>. l!ll 



varirs in individuals, rt'fjanilt'ss of locality, and may !»<• seasonal in its 

 growth, or nia\' dilTcr in the scxrs. No ditriTcnccs in nicasiin'ments 

 arc apparrnt, l)Ut only a few of tlu* spccinicns examined liasc llie sex 

 j;iven, and in part of (hose there is some doul»t as to the enrreetness 

 of the determination. There is apjiarently only one fully adult in the 

 series of nine a\ailal)le. and this bird is sexed as a male. I'eale 

 renujrks (Ojm.s rit., p. 2{VP that a spe<-imen of (!. irilhtsil was (dttained 

 by Captain Wilkes on Aurora (Makatea) Island, and this spe<imen 

 is still in the l'. S. N. M. 



'M. (iLUHRKUA I'A( IFK A ((ilUelin). 

 Coluniha }Hicifica Ciniclin, Syst. nat., 17S0. 1, |)t. 2, ji 777. (Friendly Islands). 



A male and a female were secured on I'unafuti in the Ellice Islands, 

 25 Decen^ber, 1809. A species of pigeon was reported from this 

 atoll for many years, and the fact that it belonged to this form was 

 finally established by Mr. A. J. North (Rec. Austr. mus., 1S9S, 3, 

 p. So). 



40. Globicera oceanica oceanica (Desmarest). 



Columba oceanica Desmarest, Diet. sci. nat., 182(5, 40. p. 316. (Ualan - 

 Kusaie). 



An immature male was taken 8 February, and a female, 9 Febru- 

 ary, at Kusaie, the type-locality. The male is apparently full\- grown 

 but shows flifTerences in color from the female that seem to be due to 

 immaturity. The throat, malar region, and space behind the eye 

 are more extensively white, and the feathers of the breast have faintly 

 indicated paler tips. The lower breast is paler than the upper breast 

 and the rufous of the lower breast is restricted by this paler color. 



Measurements of these two specimens are as follows: — 



Culmen 



Xo. Sex Wing Tail frcm Cere Tarsus 



U. S.N. M. 212,2-42 9 adult 216.0 1.39.0 17.0 2S .3 



" 212,243 cf im. 208.0 128.0 17.5 310 



41. Globicera oceanica townsendi, subsp. no v. 



Characters. — Similar to Globicera oceanica oceanica (Desmarest) 

 from Kusaie, Caroline Islands, but darker on upper breast, foreneck, 



