1892.1 ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FltOM J ONGOA. 



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13. Collocalia uropyyialis, G. R. Gray 1866. 



Collocalia uropygialis, G. R. Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Vol. XVIII. 

 3rd Ser. p. 123 (1866). 



Collocalia uropygialis, Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, p. 738 

 (1877); Wiglesworth, Av. Polyn. p. 17 (1891); Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit, 

 Mus. Vol. XVI (Fam. Cypselidae), p. 507 (1892). 



2 Specimens. 



Å. Length of wing 93 ram., tail 39 mm. 

 Native name „Manu-keripape". 



Swiftlets are common on Tongoa, flying round the houses 

 in large flocks, „especially when they are waiting rain a . 



Psittaci. 



14. Trichoglossus massena, Bonap. 1854. . 



Trichoglossus massena, Bonap. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 157 (1854). 

 Trichoglossus massena, Salvad., Cat. Birds Br. Mus. Vol. XX (Fain 

 Loriidae), p. 53 (1891); Wiglesworth, Av. Polyn, p. 7 (1891). 



6 Specimens. 



Native name „Siveri"; frequently tåken as young from the 

 nest, and kept in confinement. 



Visits the Banana trees in flocks, and feeds on the fruit and 

 a kind of small fig. 



15. Hypocharmosyna palmarum, (Gmel.) 1788. 



Psittacus palmarum, Gmel, Syst. Nat. Ed. XIII, Tom.I,p. 329 (1788). 

 Hypocharmosyna palmarum, Salvad. Cat. Birds Br. Mus. Vol. XX 

 (Fam. Loriidae), p. 78 (1891). 



Charmosyna palmarum, Wiglesworth, Av. Polyn. p. 10 (1891). 



3 Specimens. 



A. Young. B. and C. Adult. 



The immature specimen has almost no trace of red round 

 the base of the bill; feathers of occiput and neck faintly 

 margined with brownish. 



