70 THE OSPREY. 



especially, feeding on insects, and clinging to the lower side of branches 

 like a titmouse. 



In addition to the birds mentioned in the preceding list the following 

 species have been collected in the Marianne Islands, but the natives of Guam 

 did not recognize them from my description and were unable to give me ver- 

 nacular names for them. 



^Lanis vegae (Palmen). One specimen taken; probably accidental. 

 -illydrochelidon leucoptera (Temm.). Probably a rare visitor. 

 -Wiomedea nigripes^ Aud. Probably accidental. 

 ■^■Puffimcs tenebrosus Pelz. One specimen, in Paris Museum. 

 Wuffinm olscunis (Gm.). One specimen, Paris Museum. 

 ■iPhaethon candidus Temm. Resident northern islands of group. 

 ■\8ula piscatrix Linn. Resident, island of Rota. 

 Fregata ariel Gould. Given in Mr. Scale's list. 



■FuUgula fidigida Linn. On migration, one specimen, Paris Museum. 

 Fxdica atra lAnn. Probably accidental. One, Tring Museum. 

 ' Tringa aauminata (Horsf . ). On migration, Paris Museum. 

 Calidris arenaria Linn. On migration, Tring Museum. 

 ■ Totanus hypoleucus Linn. On migration. 

 I Totanus glareola Tenn. On migration, Paris Museum. 

 ■I Gall-US hankiva (Temm.). Introduced. Not now on the island of Guam. 

 '^'Astw sJmrpei Oustalet. One specimen; locality doubtful. 

 •\Accipiter nisoides Blyth. Accidental. 



Hartert doubts the occurrence of Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) as a resident of 

 the Marianne Islands and mentions it in his list as "accidental" (Novitates 

 Zoologicae Vol. V. 1898, p. 68). This owl is well known to the natives. It 

 is not uncommon on the island of Tinian, and I was told that it occurred in 

 the northern part of the island of Guam, but I saw no specimen of it. The 

 natives describe it as a bird with big eyes and a face like that of a cat, and 

 state that it catches lizards. They call it Momo, Moiigmo, or Moiigo, the 

 latter name being assigned to it by Padre Aniceto Ibanez del Carmen, who 

 lived for many years in the Mariannes. The Japanese collectors failed to 

 secure a specimen of this bird, and Monsieur Alfred Marche was equally un- 

 successful; but M. Marche after haviug spent two years in the group returned 

 without a specimen of PolioUmnas cineretis, a bird collected both by Mr. 

 Owston's men and by Mr. Seale; and he also failed to secure specimens of 

 Numeniits cyanop^is, and Gallinago megala, both of which are frequent 

 visitors to the group. Hartert also considers Fregata aquila var. Tninor as 

 accidental in the Marianas. It, too, is a bird well known to the natives, one of 

 whom brought me a fine specimen of an adult female killed at Tumhun, on 

 the west coast of Guam, November 23, 1899. 



