﻿OBSERVATIONS 
  IN 
  NATURAL 
  HISTORY, 
  Sc. 
  413 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  17th 
  we 
  left 
  Tahiti 
  for 
  Tutuila 
  Island, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Samoan 
  group. 
  Five 
  days 
  later 
  we 
  anchored 
  in 
  Pago-Pago 
  

   Harbour. 
  The 
  harbour 
  of 
  Pago-Pago, 
  or 
  Pango-Pango, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   pronounced, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most, 
  if 
  not 
  the 
  most, 
  sheltered 
  harbour 
  

   in 
  the 
  South 
  Paciiic 
  Islands 
  ; 
  situated 
  almost 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  island, 
  and 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  in 
  length 
  from 
  the 
  sea, 
  it 
  is 
  

   completely 
  sheltered 
  by 
  high 
  hills 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  These 
  hills, 
  

   like 
  all 
  those 
  in 
  these 
  South 
  Sea 
  Islands, 
  are 
  thickly 
  wooded, 
  

   and 
  in 
  these 
  woods 
  I 
  found 
  plenty 
  of 
  birds. 
  By 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  

   abundant 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  in 
  Tutuila 
  is 
  Ptilotis 
  carunculata 
  , 
  whose 
  

   loud 
  note 
  is 
  continually 
  heard. 
  Aplonis 
  atrifusca 
  is 
  likewise 
  

   common, 
  and 
  reminds 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  Blackbird 
  in 
  its 
  habits. 
  The 
  

   beautiful 
  little 
  Scarlet 
  and 
  Black 
  Honeysucker 
  (Myzomela 
  nigri- 
  

   ventris) 
  is 
  also 
  frequently 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  cocoanut-trees. 
  

   Towards 
  evening 
  large 
  Fruit 
  Bats 
  (Pteropus 
  fuscicollis) 
  come 
  

   down 
  in 
  numbers 
  from 
  the 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  where 
  

   they 
  may 
  be 
  observed 
  flying 
  round 
  the 
  cocoanut-trees. 
  Two 
  

   species 
  of 
  Mosquitoes 
  were 
  obtained 
  (Stegomyia 
  fasciata 
  and 
  

   S. 
  Scutellaria). 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  24th 
  we 
  left 
  Tutuila 
  for 
  Upolu, 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  

   Samoan 
  Islands. 
  The 
  same 
  evening 
  we 
  anchored 
  off 
  Apia, 
  the 
  

   chief 
  town 
  of 
  Upolu. 
  During 
  the 
  three 
  days 
  spent 
  at 
  Apia, 
  I. 
  

   made 
  two 
  excursions, 
  collecting. 
  One 
  day 
  I 
  walked 
  along 
  the 
  

   shore 
  about 
  eight 
  miles 
  beyond 
  the 
  town. 
  Here 
  I 
  met 
  with 
  

   examples 
  of 
  Tetanus 
  incanus, 
  a 
  large 
  Sandpiper, 
  whose 
  eggs 
  are 
  

   as 
  yet 
  unknown 
  ; 
  here 
  also 
  I 
  saw 
  large 
  flocks 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   Golden 
  Plover 
  {Charadrius 
  fulvus), 
  numbers 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  

   nearly 
  full 
  breeding 
  plumage. 
  A 
  small 
  Heron 
  (Demiegretta 
  

   sacra) 
  is 
  also 
  common 
  on 
  Upolu. 
  In 
  its 
  immature 
  stage 
  this 
  

   bird 
  is 
  snowy 
  white, 
  becoming 
  blue-grey 
  as 
  it 
  nears 
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  7 
  . 
  

   The 
  next 
  day 
  I 
  went 
  inland, 
  where, 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  1000 
  ft., 
  I 
  

   procured 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  Fruit 
  Dove 
  {Ptilopus 
  fasciatus). 
  

   This 
  small 
  Dove, 
  which 
  is 
  no 
  larger 
  than 
  our 
  Turtle-Dove, 
  was 
  

   feeding 
  on 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  a 
  tall 
  tree; 
  each 
  seed, 
  which 
  was 
  larger 
  

   than 
  an 
  olive, 
  was 
  swallowed 
  entire. 
  The 
  Fruit 
  Bat 
  {Pteropus 
  

   fuscicollis) 
  was 
  fairly 
  numerous 
  ; 
  I 
  shot 
  one 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  hanging 
  

   from 
  a 
  branch 
  over 
  the 
  road. 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  Fruit 
  Bats 
  

   flying 
  about 
  with 
  a 
  young 
  one 
  clinging 
  to 
  it, 
  but 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  

   obtain 
  it. 
  

  

  