PACIFIC SCIENCE 
A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE BIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE PACIFIC REGION 
VOL. Ill JULY, 1949 NO. 3 
Previous issue published April 19, 1949 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Finschia — A Genus of "Nut” Trees of the Southwest Pacific. 
C T. White 187 
The Alcyonaria of Bikini and Other Atolls in the Marshall Group. 
Part 1: The Gorgonacea. Frederick M. Bayer 195 
A Review of Concepts in Hawaiian Climatology. 
Luna B. Leopold and C K. Stidd 215 
The Status of Native Land Birds on Molokai, Hawaiian Islands. 
Frank Richardson 226 
A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Neraudia ( Urticaceae) . 
Richard S. Cowan 231 
A Preliminary Report on Parathunnus sibi in Haivaiian Waters and a Key to 
the Tunas and Tuna-like Pishes of Hawaii. Vernon E. Brock . . . 271 
NOTES: 
Arthopods of Medical and Veterinary Importance from Ponape . . . 278 
News Notes 279 
Pacific Science, a quarterly publication of the University of Hawaii, appears in January, 
April, July, and October. Subscription price is three dollars a year; single copies are one 
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of articles from Volumes I and II are available to subscribers. 
