214 billetin: museum of comparative zoology. 



of C. mendanae the yellow of the outer tail feathers is especially notice- 

 able. TV'elve specimens in all of Conopodcras pcrceniis have been 

 examined, and all are constant in the characters assigned in the 

 diagnosis above. 



71. CONOPODERAS SYRINX (Kittlitz). 



Syhna syrinx Kittlitz, Mem. Acad, imper. sci. St. Petersburg, 1835, 2, livr. 1, 

 p. 6, pi. 8. (Lugunor and Uleei). 



One female was taken at Ponape, Eastern Carolines, and one male, 

 two females and an immature bird (mummy) come from Uala in the 

 Truk Group, collected 16 February, 1900. There are two forms 

 indicated in this material, but as specimens that may be considered 

 typical C. syrinx of Kittlitz are not available for comparison it is not 

 advisable to separate them at this time. Kittlitz described this bird 

 from the Lugunor and Uleei Groups. Finsch (Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 

 1876, 12, p. 30) says that Kittlitz also included birds from Ualan, 

 Specimens from none of these localities are available in the U. S. N. M. 

 collections. The birds from Uala, together with a specimen marked 

 Ruk collected by Kubary, differ from the bird from Ponape in being 

 distinctly paler. The head and neck are less brownish, especially 

 on the sides of the neck, and are much grayer than the back. The 

 rump and upper tail coverts are paler, and the under parts are less 

 extensively cinnamon-buff especially on the sides and under tail 

 coverts. Birds from the two islands agree in measurements. 



CONOPOPHAGIDAE. 



72. Lalage pacifica (Gmelin). 



Turdm pacificus Gmelin, Syst. nat., 1789, 1, pt. 2, p. 813. (Friendly Islands). 



Three males were taken at Eua, 28 November, two males at Tonga- 

 tabu, 30 November, a female at Nomuka, 2 December, and two males 

 at Vavau, 4 December, all in the Tonga Group. In addition a female 

 was secured at Kambara, 7 December, and a male in immature 

 plumage at Viti Levu 18 December, in the Fiji Islands. 



Birds from Eua have the rump slightly paler and average a trifle 



