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POMAREA NIGRA (SPARRM.) 



Muscicapa nigra Sparrmann, Mus. Carlson. I, pi. 23 and text (1786 — Society Islands). 



Pomarea nigra Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. IV, p. 434 (1879 — Full synonymy, description, etc., 

 " Society Islands, Marquesas group "). 



IN the list of birds now fully extinct, in the Proceedings of the Fourth 

 Intern. Orn. Congress, I enumerated Pomarea nigra, on the strength 

 of E. L. Layard's statement, P.Z.S. 1876, p. 501, who says: "This 

 bird has undoubtedly become extinct. Large sums have been offered by 

 Messrs. Godeffroy's collectors for the acquisition of a single specimen, but 

 in vain ! The very old natives say they remember the bird and call it " Moho." 



I, however, overlooked the fact that this note of Layard's referred 

 to the Friendly Islands only, and that this bird has afterwards been obtained 

 in numbers on the Marquesas group. It would, nevertheless, be very 

 interesting to compare specimens from the various islands, viz. : the Society 

 group, Marquesas and Tongatabu, to see if they are perfectly similar. 



