Airds 5S. L LIBRARY - CATALOGUE ie. BTSs / OF THE BIRDS BIRDS TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, IN THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. BY GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, F.LS., F.Z.S., erc ~and T arene in. ) ‘ ab obo~ aN « Ma 34 1984, d “LONDON: PRINTED BY 1 THE TRUSTEES. 1859. PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. PREFACE. Tue object of the present List has been to give a complete Catalogue of the species of Birds (under their respective specific names, with their synonyms) as found on the numerous Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which are situated within the tropic between the longitudes of 134° E. and 130° W. The space thus circumscribed embraces the groups of the Pelew, Ladrone, Caroline, Marshall’s, Gilbert’s, and Sandwich Islands, and various other scattered islands on the north of the Equator. It also includes those of the Admiralty, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon, and Queen Charlotte’s Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Loyalty, Feejee, Samoan, Tonga, Cook’s, Austral, Society, Low, and Marquesas Islands, as well as the other outlying islands on the south of the Equator. Latham in his ‘General Synopsis’ was the first author who de- scribed the different species of Birds of the numerous tropical islands, specimens of which were obtained, or were represented in the many drawings made by Sydney Parkinson, the Forsters, and Ellis, du- ring the three Voyages undertaken by the great circumnavigator Cook. To these are added, those recorded in the zoological portions of the different foreign Voyages of discovery, as well as others which have been procured by the more modern collectors. The species contained in the Museum Collection, from one or other of the localities noticed, are exemplified by the letters B.M. It may further be observed, that specimens of some of the other species, noted in the Catalogue, may also be seen in the Museum Collection as from other localities. JOHN EDWARD GRAY. October 1, 1859. eee (Pereptayy 7th si al ) ‘ . ‘. Hen Kasai hia reas? act: «a Oris Etat ae ean walt . CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AVES. FALCONID. PANDION HALIAETUS (?). Falco haliaétus, Forst. Deser.* &e. p. 257. Isle of Pines (Island of Spruce Trees) ; Tonga Islands (Tonga- tabu or Tonga Island). PANDION (PoOLIOAETUS) SOLITARIUS. Buteo solitarius, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 62. Pandion (Polioaétus) solitarius, Cass. U. 8. Expl. Exped. (1858) py 97. pl. 4. Sandwich Islands or Isle de la Mesa (Hawaii or Owhyhee). CuNCUMA LEUCOGASTER. Falco leucogaster, Gmel. S. N. 1. p. 257. Falco blagrus, Daud. Tr. d’Orn. ii. p. 70? Haliaétus leucogaster, Gould, Syn. of B. Austr. iii. p. Haliaétus sphenurus, Gould, Syn. of B. Austr. iii. p. Cuncuma leucogaster, G. R. Gray. Haliaétus (Pontoaétus) leucogaster, Kaup. Ichthyiaétus leucogaster, Gould, B. of Austr. i. pl. 3. New Ireland ( Port Praslin). * Descr. Anim., edit. by Lichtenstein, 1844. 2 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE HALIASTUR LEUCOSTERNUS, var. Haliastur leucosternus, G. R. Gray, List of B. B.M. i. p. 13. Falco ponticerianus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pl. 389. Haliaétus leucosternus, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1837, p. 138; B. of Austr. i. pl. 4. Haliaétus (Ictinoaétus) leucosternus, Kaup. New Ireland (Carteret Harbour). HALiAsTUR SPHENURUS. Milvus sphenurus, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. xx. p. 564. Haliaétus canorus, Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans. xv. p. 187. Haliastur? sphenurus, Gould, B. of Austr. i. pl. 5. New Caledonia (Port S. Vincent). ACCIPITER APPROXIMANS. Astur approximans, Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans. xv. p. 181; Gould, B. of Austr. i. pl. 17. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). ACCIPITER HAPLOCHROUS. Accipiter haplochrous, Sclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 275. pl. 8. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). ACCIPITER RUFITORQUES. B.M. Astur rufitorques, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 68. Accipiter rufitorques, Pucher. Voy. au Péle Sud, i. p. 49. Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 2. f. 2. U.S. Expl. Exped. pl. 2. f. 1, 2. ‘Manu levu’ of the natives. Feejee or Fiji or Fedjee or Fidjee or Fidschi Islands, or Hes Viti (Ovolau). CIRCUS ASSIMILIS. Circus assimilis, Jard. & Selby, Ill. of Orn. pl. 51; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 101. Circus approximans, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 64. Feejee Islands (Venua or Vanua Levu or Tacanova or, Paoo or Kautaou). STRIGIDE. ATHENE ForstTeERIl. Strix bakkamuna’, Forst. Descr. &c. pp. 157, 256. Athene Forsteni (Forsteri), Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 42. Strix Forsteri, (Bp.) Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. Tonga Islands (Tongatabu or Amsterdam Island, Annamooka or Anamocka or Namouka or Rotterdam Island, Tupai); New He- brides or New Cyclades or Archip. de Quiros (Tanna). TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 3 ATHENE TENIATA. Athene teniata, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p.50. t. 3. f.1. Athene Jacquinoti, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 29. Solomon or Salomon Islands or New Georgia (St. George). ATHENE VARIEGATA. Noctua variegata, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l Astrol.i. p. 166. t. 1. i. Athene variegata, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 35. New Ireland (Carteret Harbour). OTUS BRACHYOTUS, var. Otus brachyotus, (Wils.) Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 75. Brachyotus galapagoensis, (Gould) Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 107. Strix sandvicensis, Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 250. ‘Puaho’ or ‘ Pouchou’ of the natives of the Sandwich Islands. ‘Monmou’ of the natives of the Ladrone Islands. Sandwich Islands; Ladrone or Marian or Marianne Islands. STRIX DELICATULA. B.M. Strix delicatula, (Gould)? G. R. Gray, List of Accip. 1848, p. 110; Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 105. Strix lulu, Peale, U.5. Expl. Exped. p. 74. ‘ Lulu’ of the natives of the Samoan Islands. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands, or Hamoa ; Feejee Islands (Ovo- lau) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ? HirRUNDINID. CoLLOCALIA CINEREA. Ash-bellied Swallow, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 573. Hirundo peruviana, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 240; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 168*. Hirundo cinerea, pt., Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 1026. Macropteryx leucopheus, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 178. Collocalia cinerea, (Gm.) Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p.183. pl. 12. f. 4. Herse peruviana, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. Cypselus leucophaea, Pr. B. Rivista Contemp. 1857, p. ‘ Hopea’ of the natives of the Society Islands. Society Islands or Iles Taiti or K. George’s Isles (Otaheite or Tahiti) ; Friendly Islands (Apye or Api or Hapai or Hapace? or Haabai? or Galvez Islands). COLLOCALIA SPODIOPYGIA. B.M. Macropteryx spodiopygia, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. i. p. 176. * Collection of Drawings made during Cook’s Second Voyage in the years 1772-75, in the Banksian Collection of the British Museum. - B 2 4 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Collocalia spodiopygia, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 184. pl. 12. f. 3. Hirundo francica, (Gmel.)? Cass. Cypselus spodiopygia, Pr. B. Rivista Contemp. 1857, p. Ellis’s Icon. ined. 96 *. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Oyolava or Ohatooa or Opolu or Oatooah or Upolu); Feejee Islands (Ovolau). CoLLocaALiA FUCIPHAGA (7). Collocalia (Salangana) fuciphaga, (Thunb.) Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1855, p. 1112. ‘ Kopeka’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. Marquesas or Marquis of Mendoza’s or Washington’s Islands, or Iles de Mendana, or Iles Nouka-Hiva, or Ingraham Islands ; Caro- line Islands or New Philippines (Oualan or Ualan or Ulalan) ; Society Islands (Otaheite) ? COLLOCALIA TROGLODYTES (?). Collocalia troglodytes, (G. R. Gray) Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1855, p. 977. New Caledonia. CoLLOCALIA VANIKORENSIS. Hirundo vanikorensis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. del’ Astrol. i. p. 206. t.42.1. 3. Atticora? vanikorensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 58. Collocalia fuciphaga, pt.?, Pr. B. Rivista Contemp. 1857, p. Island of Vanikoro or Manicolo, or Aldersey or Pitt’s Island. HrRUNDO TAHITICA. Otaheite Swallow, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p.563. pl. (title-page of vol.). Hirundo pyrrholaema, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 241; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 167. ITirundo tahitica, Gmel. S. N.i. p. 1016. Herse tahitica, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. Cecropsis tahitensis, Boie. Hirundo taitensis, Less. Voy. Coqu. i. p. 648. Petrochelidon tahitica, Pr. B. Rivista Contemp. 1857, p. ‘Opea’ or ‘ Hopéa’ of the natives. Society Islands (Otaheite). ? HiRUNDO SUBFUSCA. B.M. Hirundo subfusca, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1856, p. 137. Phedina subfusca, Pr. B. Rivista Contemp. 1857, p. Hirundo tahitica’, G. R. Gray. Feejee Islands (Moala or Mouala). * A series of Zoological Drawings made during Cook’s Third Voyage in the years 1776-79, in the Banksian Collection of the British Museum. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 5 ALCEDINID&. HALCYON ALBICILLA. Alcedo albicilla, Cuv. Dumont, Dict. des Sci. xxix. p. 273. Dacelo albicilla, Less. Tr. @ Orn. p. 247. Halcyon albicilla, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. Todiramphus albicilla, Pr. B. L’ Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. Ladrone or Marian Islands ; New Ireland (Port Praslin). HALCYON CINNAMOMINA. B.M. Haleyon cinnamominus, Sw. Zool. Illustr. pl. 67. Dacelo ruficeps, Cuv. Less. Tr. d’Orn. i. p. 247. Todiramphus Reichenbachii, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p. 1312 Todiramphus cinnamominus, Cass. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 220. Todiramphus ruficeps, Pr. B. L’ Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. : *Kiou kiou’ of the natives of New Ireland. Ladrone or Marian Islands; New Caledonia; New Hebrides ; Solomon Islands ; New Ireland (Port Praslin). HALCYON VITIENSIS. B.M. Halcyon superciliosa, G. R. Gray, List of Fissir. B.M. p. 56. Alcedo collaris, var. I., Forst. Deser. &c. p. 163. Dacelo vitiensis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 156. Todiramphus vitiensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p. 130; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. (1858) pp. 195, 209. pl. 16. Todiramphus superciliosus’, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Feejee Islands (Viti Levu or Am- bow or Ambau, Ovolau, Venua Levu). Hatcyon i Alcedo collaris, var. I1., Forst. Descr. &c. p. 163. Todiramphus, sp.?, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p.131. Marquesas Islands (Insula S‘“* Christine or Christmia or St. Christiana or Waitahoo or Tabouata or Ohitahoo ”). HALCYON CORONATA. B.M. Dacelo coronata, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 160. Todiramphus tuta, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, pp. 192, 206. pis Fa. f¥: Todiramphus coronatus, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. Todiramphus sacer, pt., Cass. Cat. of Halcyon. p. ‘ Nethug’ of the natives of New Hebrides. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Tutuila or Tootooillah or Maouna) ; ? New Hebrides (Erromango or Koromango, Aneiteum or Annatom or Annotam or Anattom). 6 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE HALCYON SANCTA. B.M. Halcyon sanctus, Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans. xv. p. 206. Alcedo vagans, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 696. Todiramphus sanctus, Pr. B. L’ Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. Loyalty Islands ; New Caledonia (Island of Nu, Port de France) ; New Hebrides ; Solomon Islands. Hatcyon (TopDIRAMPHUS) PLATYROSTRIS. B.M. Todiramphus recurvirostris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 134. Halcyon platyrostris, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1842, p. 72. Dacelo minima, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 159. pl. 17. Todiramphus platyrostris, Pr. B. L’ Ateneo Ital, 1854, p. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). Haxtcyon (TopIRAMPHUS) VENERATA. B.M. Todiramphus sacer, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 686; Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i. p. 421. t. 11. Dacelo albifrons, Peale’s MSS. ? Todiramphus tuta, pt., Cass. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 208. pl.15.f.2. Venerated Kingsfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 623 *. Alcedo venerata, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 453; Pelzeln, Sitzungs. Acad. Vienna, 1856, xx. p. 503. Halcyon venerata, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. Todiramphus veneratus, Pr. Br. L’ Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. Ellis’s Icon. ined. 22 (?), 23. Friendly Islands (Apye); Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Tutuila). Hatcyon (ToprraAMPHUS) SACRA. B.M. Sacred Kingsfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 621 (nearly adult ?). Alcedo sacra, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 453. Alcedo cyanea, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 156. Halcyon sacra, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. oe tuta, pt., Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 208. 15.4.3 r Todiramphus sacer, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg.1852, p.130. Sacred Kingsfisher, var. A, Lath. Gen, Syn. i. p. 621 (adult). Alcedo sacra, var. 8, Gmel. Respected Kingsfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 624 (young). Alcedo tuta, Gmel. S. N.1i. p. 453. Haleyon tuta, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B.i. p. 79. Alcedo collaris, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 162; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 58. Todiramphus divinus, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 687; Mém. Soc. H. N. Paris, iii. t. 12. Dacelo nullitorquis, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 155. pl. 18. f. 1. Todiramphus nullitorques, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg.1852, p- 130. ‘Erdoro’ or ‘O-tataré’ or ‘ Kooto-o-00’ of the natives. Society Islands (Tahiti, Ulietea or Raietea, Borabora or Bolabola). * Mus. Vienna. N TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. ? Hatcyon (TopiramMPuvs) 2 Sacred Kingsfisher, var. B, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 622. pl. 27. Alcedo sacra, var. y, Gmel. 8S. N. i. p. 453. Society Islands (Ulietea). Hatcyon (CYANALCYON) LEUCOPYGIA, B.M. Cyanalcyon leucopygius, Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1858, p. Top of head, scapulars, and wings black, each feather margined with deep indigo-blue ; base of lower mandible and ear-coverts deep black ; tail blue-black ; under wing-coverts and the entire under surface white ; tail-coverts indigo-blue; under tail-coverts and side of tail castaneous, tinged with pale purple ; thighs black; bill and feet black. Length 7"; wings 3! 3!". Solomon Islands. Haucyon (Actinoipes?) JAcQUuINOTI. Alcedo diophthalmo-rufo-ventro, Hombr. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. Nat. n. 8. xvi. p. 315. Actenoides Hombroni, (Pr. B.) Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. Haleyon MacLeayii, (Jard. & Selby) ? Cass. Cat. of Halcyon. p. . Tonga Islands (Vavao or Howe’s Island). Note.—Quoy and Gaimard record a species of “ Martin Chas- seur”’ as found in the Island of Vanikoro (Voy. de |’Astrol. Zool. i. p- 162), but they have not given any description of it. Latham has recorded the two following birds as from the South Seas (?), which must belong to this genus, viz. :— Black-capped Kingsfisher, var. B, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 626. Ferruginous-bellied Kingsfisher, Lath. Hist. of B. iv. p. 34. : ALCEDO Alcedo ispida, var. Moluccana, Less. & Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. pp. 343, 694. New Ireland (Port Praslin). PROMEROPID. DREPANIS PACIFICA. Great Hook-billed Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 703. Certhia pacifica, Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 470; Ellis’s Icon. ined, 27 ; Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 63; Levaill. Hist. de la Guép. t. 19. Vestiaria hoho, Less. 8 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Melitreptus pacificus, Vieill. Eneye. Méth. p. 602. Drepanis pacifica, Temm. ‘Hoohoo’ or ‘Oo’ of the natives of the Sandwich Islands. Friendly Islands (Lath.) (?) ; Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee, Atoui or Atooi or Atowi or Towi or Attoway or Tauai or Kauai). Drepanis (VESTIARIA) COCCINEA. B.M. Mellisuga coccinea, Merr. Beitr. Vog. pl. 4. Hook-billed Red Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 704. Certhia coccinea, Gmel. 8S. N. i. p. 470; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 29. Certhia vestiaria, Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 282. Drepanis coccinea, G. KR. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 96. Drepanis vestiaria, Temm. Melitreptus vestiarius, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. t. 181. Nectarinia coccinea, Bloxh. Byrou’s Voy. p. 248. Vestiaria evi, Less. Vestiaria coccinea, Reichenb. Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 52. 2 Hook-billed Green Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 703. pl. 33. me I Certhia obscura, Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 470. Drepanis obscura, Temm. Melitreptus obscurus, Vieill. Encye. Méth. p. 601. Drepanis coccinea 9%, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 12. ‘Hehivi’ or ‘ Olokele’ (Blowh.), ‘ Eee-eve’ or ‘ Heoro-taire’ of the natives. Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee, Mowee or Maui, Whahoo or Woa- hoo or Oahu or Oahoo, Atoui). Drepanis (HIMATIONE) SANGUINEA. B.M. Crimson Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 739. Certhia sanguinea, Gmel. S. N.1i. p. 479; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 30; Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 66. Nectarinia sanguinea, Cuv. Drepanis sanguinea, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 96. Nectarinia Byronensis, Bloxh. Byrou’s Voy. p. 249; Griff. Anim. Kingd. ii. p. 390, pl. Himatione sanguinea, Cab. Mus. Heine, p. 99. Petrodroma sanguinea, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 108. Myzomela ? sanguinea, G. R. Gray. Drepanis Byronensis, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 12. 2 Olive-green Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 740. Certhia virens, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 479; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 31 ; Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 67, 68. Melitreptus virens, Vieill. Encye. Méth. p. 607. Nectarinia flava, Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 249. Phyllornis tonganensis, Less. Phyllornis virens, G. R. Gray. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 9 Himatione chloris, Cab. Mus. Heine, p. 99. Drepanis flava, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 12. Himatione flava, Reichenb. Juv. Himatione maculata, Cab. Mus. Heine, p. 100; Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1853, p. . 3 ‘Apapanie,’ 2 ‘ Amakee’ of the natives. Sandwich Islands. Drepanis (Hemicnatruvus) ELuisiana. Certhia obscura, (nec Gmel.) Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 53? Hemignathus obscurus, (nec Gmel.) Licht. Berl. Trans. 1838, t. v. f. 1; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 28 (1779). Hemignathus? obscurus, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 179. ‘ Jibi’ of the natives.. Sandwich Islands (Oahu). Drepanis (HEMIGNATHUS) LUCIDA. B.M. Hemignathus lucidus, Licht. Berl. Trans. 1838, t. v. f. 2, 3. Hemignathus olivaceus, Licht. Voy. de la Venus, Ois. t. 1. Heterorhynchus olivaceus, Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1839, t. x. Vestiaria heterorhynchus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 209. Drepanis lucida, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 96. Sandwich Islands (Oahu). Mouo NoBILIs. B.M. Fellow-tufted Bee-eater, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 683. Gracula nobilis, Merr. Vogel, t. 11. Merops niger, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 465; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 26. Merops fasciculatus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 275. Philemon fasciculatus, Vieill. Encye. Méth. p. 613. Ptiloturus fasciculatus, Peale, U.S, Expl. Exped. p. 148. Epimachus pacificus, Licht. Moho nigra, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 96. Moho nobilis, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 170. Moho fasciculata, Less. Tr. d’ Orn. p. 302. Mohoa fasciculata, Reichenb. Meliphaga fasciculata, Temm. PI. Col. 471. Acrulocercus niger, Cab. Acrulocercus pacificus, Licht. Nomencl. p. 54. Nectarinia niger, Bloxh. Var. Vellow-tufted Bee-eater, var. A, Dixon’s Voy. pl. 19. ‘Uho’ and ‘ Oo’ of the natives. Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee). Mouo BRACCATA. Moho braccata, Cass. Hab. ? 10 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE NECTARINIA FLAVIGASTRA. Nectarinia flavigastra, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1843, p. 104; Zool. of Sulph. pl. 24. New Ireland. DiczuUM RUBRUM. Scarlet Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 740. Certhia rubra, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 479 ; Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 54. Diceum atripes, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. ix. p. 408. Diceum scarlatinum, Schinz. Diceum rubrum, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 100. Cardinal Honey-eater, 2 , Lath. Hist. of B. iv. p. 199. One of the Islands in the South Seas. DicxuM ZNEUM. Dicaum eneum, Homb. & Jacq. Voy.au Péle Sud,i.p. 97.t. 22.f.1. Solomon Islands (St. George). MELIPHAGIDZ. MyZoMELA CARDINALIS. B.M. Cardinal Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 733. pl. 33. f. 2. Certhia cardinalis, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 262 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 63; Gmel. 8S. N. 1. p. 472. Nectarinia cardinalis, Steph. Melitreptus cardinalis, pt., Vieill. Encye. Méth. p. 604. Meliphaga cardinalis, pt., Vig. & Horsf. Phylidonyris sanguinea, Less. Myzomela melanogastra, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 263. ‘Kuyameéta’ of the natives of Tanna (Forst.). New Hebrides (Erromango, Aneiteum, Tanna). Juv. Olive-brown, with some scarlet feathers on back, and slightly tinged on the rump with scarlet ; greater wing-coverts, quills, and tail slightly margined with yellow; beneath fuscous-yellow, but yel- lowish-white in middle of abdomen and on side of breast next the shoulder ; front and throat scarlet, varied on the latter with yellow. ? MyZoMELA PUSILLA. Certhia cardinalis, (Gmel.) Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 58. Hab. ? This bird is recorded by Vieillot as being only 33 inches in length, and therefore much smaller than the preceding species. MYZOMELA NIGRIVENTRIS. B.M. Myzomela nigriventris, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 150. t. 12. £2: TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. ll Myzomela rubrater, (nec Less.) Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p. 131. Myzomela Arnouzxi, Verr. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands; Society Islands ; Sandwich Islands. MyzoMELA RUBRATRA. Cinnyris rubrater, Less. Man. ii. p. 55 ; Kittl. Kupf.Vog. t. 8. f. 1. Myzomela rubratra, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 263. Myzomela sanguinolenta, pt., G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 118. Ladrone or Marian Islands (Guam or Guahan or Guacam) ; Pelew or Pellew or Palaos Islands; Island of Vanikoro? MyzoMELA MAJOR. B.M. Myzomela major, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 264. Caroline Islands (Oualan). MyzomMeELA CHERMESINA., B.M. Myzomela chermesina, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. pl. 38. Hab. ? MyZoMELA JUGULARIS. B.M. Myzomela jugularis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 150. pl. 12. f. 2. Myzomela solitaria, Jacq. & Pucher. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 99. t./22. f. 6. Feejee Islands. Myzome.a LAFARGEI. Myzomela Lafarget, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 98. CQO Eo. Solomon Islands. Myzometa ? 2 “ Souimanga @ gorge bronzée,”’ Less. & Garn. Voy: de la Coqu. Zool. 1. p. 344. ‘Sic sic’ of the natives. New Ireland (Port Praslin). Note.—Another species probably belonging to this genus is also mentioned under the name of « Souimanga rouge et gris,’ Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l’Astrol. Zool. i. p. 162. Island of Vanikoro. GLYCIPHILA POLIOTIS. B.M. Glyciphila poliotis, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 160. Loyalty Islands. hg CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE GLYCIPHILA MODESTA. B.M. Glyciphila modesta, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 160. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). ) GLYCIPHILA ? CHLOROPH ZA. Certhia chlorophaea, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 264. ? chlorophea, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 160. New Caledonia. GLYCIPHILA? INCANA. New Caledonian Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 161. Certhia incana, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 296. — ? incana, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 160. New Caledonia. MeE.LIPHAGA? FUSCA. Brown Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 732. Certhia fusca, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 472; Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 65. Petrodroma fusca, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 107. Melitreptus fuscus, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 304. One of the South Sea Islands. MELIPHAGA? FASCIATA, Certhia fasciata, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 263. ? fasciata, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 160. Certhia undulata, Sparrm. Mus. Carls. t. 34? New Caledonia. MELIPHAGA? OLIVACEA. Merops olivaceus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 180; Vieill. Ois. dor. (Prom.) t. 5. Furnarius olivaceus, Steph. Philemon olivaceus, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 431. Drepanis olivacea, G. R. Gray. One of the Islands in the South Seas. MeipHaGa (SARCOGENYS) CARUNCULATA. B.M. Wattled Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 732. Certhia carunculata, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 165 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 64; Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 472; Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 69 & 70, var. Meliphaga? carunculata, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 122. Creadion musicus, Vieill. Eneye. Méth. p. 875. Myzantha carunculata, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. Ptilotis carunculata, Cass. Xanthotis carunculata, Reichenb. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 13 Philedon chrysotis, Cuv. ‘Foulehaio’ or ‘Fureehee-dw ’ of the natives of the Tonga Islands. ‘Eyow’ of the natives of the Samoan Islands. Tonga Islands (Eaoowe or Eooa or Koa or Middleburg, Tonga- tabu) ; Feejee Islands; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. ANTHOCHERA ? ANGUSTIPLUMA. , Entomiza? angustipluma, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 147. Anthochera’? angustipluma, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 131. Moho angustipluma, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 168. pl. 11. ¥2. Moho atriceps, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 646? Society Islands (Hawaii or Owhyhee). TROPIDORHYNCHUS LESSONTI. B.M. Tropidorhynchus diemenensis, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 401; Pucher. Arch. du Mus. 1855, p._ . t. 21. Tropidorhynchus Lessoni, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 161. New Caledonia (Port St. Vincent, Isle of Pines) ; Loyalty Islands. TroprporuyYNCHUS (LEPTORNIS) SAMOENSIS. Merops samoensis, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. Nat. n. s. xvi. p. 314. Entomiza? olivacea, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 145. Leptornis sylvestris, Jacq. & Pucher. Voy. au Péle Sud, i. p. 86. Cae ye Be Leptornis samoensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p- 130. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. CERTHIAD®. TATARE OTAITIENSIS. B.M. Sitta caffra, Sparrm. Mus. Carls. t. 4. Oriolus muse, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 163; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 55. Sitta otatare, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 666. t. 23. f. 2. Tatare otaitiensis, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 317. Tatarea longirostris, Reichenb. Tatare fuscus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 2 10 (juv. 2). Ellis’s Icon. ined. 76. ‘Q-tatare’ of the natives of the Society rales ‘ Komako’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. Society Islands (Ulietea or Oriadea, Tahiti) ; Low or Paumotu or Pomotou Islands (Carlshoff or Aratica, &c.) ;- Samoan or Navigators’ Islands ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Marquesas Islands. 14 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE (?) TATARE LONGIROSTRIS. Long-billed Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 67. Turdus longirostris, Gmel. 8. N.1. p. 823. Tatare longirostris, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of B. 1840, p. 24. Hybristes longirostris, Sundey. Society Islands (Eimeo or Emao or York Island). TATARE SYRINX. Sylvia syrinz, Kittl. Mém. Acad. St. Petersb. ii. p. 6. t. 6. Tatare syrinz, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 131; Voy. au Péle Sud, t. 20. f. 5. t. Eparnates syrinx, Reichenb. Caroline Islands (Ualan or Oualan). TATARE LUSCINIA. Thryothorus luscinius, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l’Astrol. i. p. 202. Gee aes Tatare luscinia, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 8. Hybristes luscinia, Reichenb. ‘ Gapio’ of the natives. Ladrone or Marian Islands. TATARE? HQUINOCTIALIS. Sylvia equinoctialis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 553. Christmas Island. LUSCINID&. Note.—Quoy and Gaimard have recorded (Voy. de l’Uranie, Zool. i. p. 36) that “ Petits figuiers d’un vert jaundtre” are found at the Sandwich Islands. Sax1coxa (7) Luctvosa. Sazicola luctuosa, Mill.; Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 304. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Pr. B.). SaxIcoLa(?) MERULA. Saxicola merula, Less. & Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 662. New Ireland (Port Praslin). Note.—Quoy and Gaimard notice (Voy. de |’ Astrol. Zool. i. p.150) that a “ Traquet’’ was found at Tongatabu; but no description is given of it. PETROICA PUSILLA. Petroica pusilla, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 202. t. 9. f. 4. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 15 PETROICA SIMILIS. B.M. Fuscous-black ; spot on frontlet, a large space on wing-coverts, sides and under tail-coverts, white ; breast and abdomen scarlet. Very like Petrotca pusilla of Peale, from Navigators’ Islands, but it is larger (being 44" in length), with the throat varied with white, scarlet, and fuscous-black ; the outer tail-feather white, with a blackish spot near the apex, and the outer margin only of the second feather white. 158 New Hebrides (Aneiteum). Perroica Forster. Turdus minutus, Forst. Descr. &c. pp. 84, 257. Petroica ’, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 161. Isle of Pines. ACANTHIZA FLAVOLATERALIS. B.M. Acanthiza fiavolateralis, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 161. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). AcaAantTH1za? 2 Fauvette, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 433. Caroline Islands (Oualan). ZOSTEROPS FLAVIFRONS. B.M. Yellow-fronted Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 342. Muscicapa heteroclita, G. Forst. Descr. &c. p. 271; Icon. ined. Muscicapa flavifrons, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 479. Zosterops » Licht. ‘ Kelab-labbel’ of the natives of Tanna. New Hebrides (Erromango, Aneiteum, Tanna). ZOSTEROPS FLAVICEPS. Zosterops flaviceps, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 95. t. 10. f. 4. Feejee Islands. ZOSTEROPS GRISEONOTA. B.M. Zosterops griseonota, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 161. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). ZOSTEROPS MELANOPS. B.M. Zosterops melanops, G. R. Gray, MSS. Back obscure grey; head, wing-coverts, tail-coverts, and margins of quills and tail-feathers yellowish-green ; front, top of head, and cheeks varied with black ; throat yellow; breast pale cinereous ; 16 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE abdomen and under tail-coverts cinereous-white; ring round the eyes white; quills and tail fuscous-black. Bill pale horn-colour. Length 5"; wings 2" 4", Loyalty Islands. ZOSTEROPS XANTHOCHROA. B.M. Zosterops xanthochroa, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 161. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). ZOSTEROPS CONSPICILLATA. Zosterops conspicillata, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 198. Diceum conspicillatum, Kittl. Mém, Acad. St. Petersb. 1835, ii. t. 4; id. Kupf. Vog. t. 19. f. 1. Ladrone or Marian Islands (Guam). ZOSTEROPS CINEREA. Drepanis cinerea, Kittl. Mém. Acad. St. Petersb. 1835, t. 5; id. Kupf. Vog. t. 8. f. 2. Zosterops cinerea, Hart]. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 131. Diceum cinereum, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. 1. p. 100. Caroline Islands (Oualan). TuRDID&. Turpus (MERULA) VANIKORENSIS. B.M. Turdus vanikorensis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l Astrol. i. p. 188. i chs 8 Merula vanikorensis, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 158. Geocichla vanikorensis, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 268. Island of Vanikoro ; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). Turpus (MERULA) XANTHOPUS. B.M. Turdus xanthopus, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 266; G. Forst. Icon, ined. 151. “Degbé’ of the natives. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). The Merula vinitincta of Mr. Gould, from Lord Howe’s Island, is closely allied to this species. Turpus (MERULA) ULIETENSIS. Bay Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 35. Turdus badius, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 239; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 146. Turdus ulietensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 815. ‘Eboonae-nou-nou ’ of the natives. Society Islands (Oriadea or Ulietea). TROPICAL [SLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 17 Note.—Latham has given the following species as from the Sand- wich Islands :— Lanius melanocephalus, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 309 ; Pycnonotus melanocephalus, G. R. Gray ; but it has since been found to be from Malacca. ct MuscicaPiv2. Rutrperpura Lessont. Monarcha cinerea, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 101. Rhipidura Lessoni, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. 1. p. 258. Leucocerca Lessoni, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 324. Muscylva Lessoni, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pdle Sud, i. p. 75. t.11. 2. Feejee Islands (Viti Levu). RuHIPIDURA ? Muscicapa ventilabrum, var., Forst. Deser. &c. pp. 87 & 256. New Hebrides (Tanna). RHIPIDURA NEBULOSA. Rhipidura nebulosa, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 99. pl. 9. f. 2. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). RHIPIDURA PECTORALIS. Muscylva pectoralis, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 75, Weds 35-3. Rhipidura pectoralis, G.R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 258. Island of Vanikoro ; Ladrone or Marian Islands ? RHIPIDURA SETOSA. Muscipeta setosa, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de!’ Astrol. i. p.181. t. 4, f.4. Rhipidura setosa, G. R. Gray, Gen.of B. i. p. 259. New Ireland (Carteret Harbour). RHIPIDURA TRICOLOR, B.M. Muscicapa tricolor, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. xxi. p. 490. Muscipeta melanoleuca, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de I’ Astrol. i. p.180. eS a Rhipidura melanoleuca, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 259. Sauloprocta melanoleuca, Cab. Mus. Ornith. Hein. p. 57. ‘ Rouquine’ of the natives. New Ireland (Carteret Harbour, Port Praslin). MYtaGRA VANIKORENSIS. B.M. Platyrhynchus vanikorensis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l’Astrol, i nyfeast. 5. f. 1. Cc 18 - CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Platygnathus vanikorensis, Hartl.Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg.1852, p- 132. Muscicapa vanikorensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 262. Myiagra vanikorensis, Cass. U. 8. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 148. Island of Vanikoro ; Feejee Islands. MYIAGRA VIRIDINITENS. B.M. Myiagra viridinitens, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 162. Loyalty Islands. MytaGRA MELANURA. B.M. It is in general appearance like M. viridinitens, but the outer margin of the outer tail-feather is not, nor are the tips of the first, second and third feathers, white. They are but slightly margined on the inner edge and at the tips with white. @. Greyish-brown on back; head and rump plumbeous; wings and tail-feathers fuscous-black ; throat and abdomen white tinged with rufous ; breast rufous. Length 5" 4'"; wings 2! 11!" New Hebrides (Erromango, Aneiteum). MYIAGRA OCEANICA. Myiagra oceanica, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Péle Sud, i. p. 77. t.12* 261, 2. Hogole or Hogoleu or Torres Islands. MyIAaGRA CALEDONICA. B.M. Myiagra caledonica, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1857, p. 49. Myiagra perspicillata, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 161? New Caledonia. MYIAGRA ALBIVENTRIS. Platyrhynchus albiventris, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 102. Platygnathus albiventris, Hart]. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p- 132. Myiagra rubecula, (Lath.) Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 149. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. MyIaGRA MODESTA. B.M. Like M. fatirostris, Gould, but smaller in size ; the bill is not so wide at the base, and more gradually narrowed towards the tip ; the throat white, slightly tinged with rufous ; the tail plumbeous- grey, with the tips of the feathers (except the two middle ones) narrowly margined with white. Length 5! 9"; wings 2! 9!", New Ireland. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 19 ? TcHITREA ? Muscicapa (Tchitrea) cristata, (Gm.) Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 386. Ladrone or Marian Islands. PIEZORHYNCHUS LUCIDA ? ** Gobe mouche,”’ Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 344. Piezorhynchus lucida, G. R. Gray, Cat. of Birds of New Guinea, B.M. p. 27? ‘Tenourikine’ of the natives. New Ireland (Port Praslin). PIEZORHYNCHUS CHALYBEOCEPHALA. Muscicapa chalybeocephala, Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 15. f. 2. Piezorhynchus chalybeocephala, G. R. Gray, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 161. New Ireland. (New Guinea, B.M.) MoNnARCHA CASTANEIVENTRIS. B.M. Monarcha castaneiventris, Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1858, p. 3. Shining black ; wings and tail fuscous-black ; abdomen, under wing-coverts and vent rufous-castaneous. Length 9". Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. Monarcua (PoMAREA) NIGRA. B.M. Society Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. p. 174. Muscicapa atra, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 170. Muscicapa nigra, Sparrm. Mus. Carls. t. 23 ; Gmel. 8. N. i. p.747. Luteous Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 342. Muscicapa lutea, Gmel.S.N. i. p. 944; Forst. Icon. ined. 156. Muscicapa pomarea, Less. Man. d’Orn. 1. p. 192. Muscicapa maupitiensis, Garn. Voy. Coqu. i. p. 592. t. 17. Monarcha nigra, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 260. Pomarea nigra, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 650. 3 ‘Mamao,’ 2? ‘Oomamao’ of the natives of the Society Islands. 3 ‘ Patiateo,’ 9 ‘Koksovia’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. ‘ Tehikibéeoo ’ or ‘ Dengha-Dengha’ of the natives of the Tonga Islands. Society Islands (Otaheite, Maurau or Marna or Maupiti or Mau- pili) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Marquesas Islands ( Waitahoo). MonarcuHa (METABOLUS) RUGENSIS. B.M. Muscieapa rugensis, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N. n. s. xvi. p- 312. Monarcha rugensis, Hartl.Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg.1852, p. 133. Colluricincla rugensis, Pucher. Voy. au Pole Sud, t. 13. Metabolus rugensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 650. Caroline Islands. c2 20 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Monarcua (ARSES) CHRYSOMELA. Muscicapa chrysomela, Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 18. f. 2. Arses chrysomela, Less. ‘ Pipimaloume’ of the natives of New Ireland. New Ireland. (New Guinea, B.M. ) AMPELID&. PAaCHYCEPHALA CHLORURUS. B.M. Very like P. gutturalis, Gould ; but the tail is yellowish-green, varied with black, while the tips of the feathers are obscure grey. The bill is intermediate in size between P. gutturalis and P. mela- nura. Length 6" 3!" New Hebrides (Erromango, Aneiteum). PACHYCEPHALA VITIENSIS. B.M. Like P. melanura, Gould, but with the back and wing-coverts dark olive, the greater wing-coverts only black, and the tertials broadly margined with greyish-olive ; tail black, with the tips mar- gined with greyish-olive. The bill is also rather less in size. Q. Top of head plumbeous ; back, wing-coverts, and margins of tertials dark olivaceous-brown ; quills and tail fuscous-black, the latter margined with olive, and primaries with grey. Beneath the body uniform rufous, paler towards the under tail-coverts. Length 6" 3!" Feejee Islands (Island of Ngau). PACHYCEPHALA ORIOLOIDES. B.M. Pachycephala orioloides, Pucher., Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Péle ~ wad, 1. \p. 07.4135. £..3. Pachycephala astrolabi, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 329. Solomon Islands. PACHYCEPHALA DIADEMATA. Eopsaltria icteroides, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 97. pl.10. f.3. Eopsaltria diademata, Pucher. Voy. au Pole Sud, p. 55. t. 5. f. 1 Pachycephala Hombroni, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 329. Var. (7) B.M. Throat varied with greyish-brown and white; the band from the nostrils to the eyes white. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. (2) PAcHYCEPHALA FLAVIFRONS. Eopsaltria flavifrons, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. i. p. 96. pl.10. f.1. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 21 (?) PacHYCEPHALA ALBIFRONS. Eopsaltria albifrons, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 123, t. 10. f. 2. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. Peale remarks that probably these three are the same species ; but the natives consider them as three distinct birds. PaCHYCEPHALA MELANOPS. Eopsaltria melanops, Pucher., Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i oO t, Sef. 2. Pachycephala Jacquinoti, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 329. Tonga Islands (Vavao). Note.—A ‘ Pie griéche, which is probably a species of Pachy- cephala, is noticed by Quoy and Gaimard as found in Tongatabu (Voy. de l’Astrol. Zool. i. p. 159), but without any description. PACHYCEPHALA XANTHETRAEA. B.M. Muscicapa xanthetraea, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 268.- Pachycephala xanthetraea, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 162. ‘ Magga’ of the natives. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). EopsALTRIA CALEDONICA. B.M. ‘Olive Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 342. Muscicapa olivacea, G. Forst. Descr. &c. p. 271. Muscicapa caledonica, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 944. Eopsaltria? caledonica, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 162. Hopsaltria variegata, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 162. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). EoprsALTRIA CUCULLATA. B.M. Top of head and ear-coverts rufous-brown ; back, margins of quills, and tail, brownish-olive ; beneath the body yellowish-white ; throat white, with the feathers narrowly margined with rufous-brown ; bill black ; feet pale plumbeous. Length 6" 3". New Hebrides (Aneiteum): EopsALTRIA GAMBIERANA. Lanius gambieranus, Less. Echo de M. S. 1844, p. 232. Eopsaltria gambierana, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p- 133. Low or Paumotu Islands (Gambier’s Islands or Mangarewa). Eopsattria (CHASIEMPSIS) SANDWICHENSIS. B.M. Sandwich Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ti. p. 344. - Muscicapa sandwichensis, Gmel. 8S. N.1. p. 945; Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 250. ad 22 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Chasiempsis sandwicensis, Cab. Ornith. Notiz. 1. p. 208. ‘Erepeio’ of the natives. Sandwich Islands. ? Eopsatrria (CHASIEMPSIS) MACULATA, B.M. Spotted-winged Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 345. Muscicapa maculata, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 945. Ellis’s Icon. ined. 87 (juv.). Sandwich Islands. EorsaLtTriA (CHASIEMPSIS) OBSCURA. Dusky Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 344. Muscicapa obscura, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 945. Tenioptera obscura, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p..155. pl. 9. 3. Chasiempsis obscura, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, boo: Pheornis obscura, Sclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 327. Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee or Hawaii). CAMPEPHAGA CALEDONICA. B.M. New Caledonian Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 377. Corvus cinereus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 260; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 53. Corvus caledonicus, Gmel. 8.N.i. p. 367. Graucalus cesius, Cuv., Pucher. Arch. du Mus. 1855, p. 323. Pica cinerea, Wagl. Syst. Av. Gazzola caledonica, Pr. B. Consp. Ay. p. 383. Campephaga caledonica, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. p. 283. ‘Ghewa’ of the natives of New Caledonia. New Caledonia; Isle of Pines ; New Hebrides (Erromango). CAMPEPHAGA! ALBIFRONS. Pacific Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 383. Corvus pacificus, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 372. Coracina albifrons, Vieill. Encye. Méth. p. 771. South Sea Islands (?). CaMPEPHAGA (LALAGE) NZ&VIA. Nevous Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 343. Muscicapa navia, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 269 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 159; Gmel. S. N.i. p. 944. Campephaga (Lalage) nevia, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p.163. New Caledonia. CAMPEPHAGA (LALAGE) PACIFICA. Pacifie Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 38. Turdus pacificus, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 813; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 23 Ceblephyris ee (Garn. & Less.) Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de I’ Astrol. Zool. i. p. 159? Ellis, Icon. ined. 18. Friendly Islands. CaMPEPHAGA (LALAGE) MACULOSA. Colluricincla maculosa, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 8 Lalage terat, (Bodd.) Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, - 143. Lalage maculosa, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 132. Feejee Islands ; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). CamMPEPHAGA (LALAGE) KARU. Ceblepyris karu, Less. Voy. Coqu. p. 633. Notodela karu, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 374. Lalage karu, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 541. ‘Karou’ or ‘ Caru’ of the natives. New Ireland. Note.—Ellis, in his Icones ined. 92, represents a bird from Christmas Island, that appears to belong to the genus Campephaga (Lalage), but which has not been recorded in any work that I am acquainted with. Epoxius Comicr. Edolius comice, Less. & Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 344. New Ireland (Port Praslin). ARTAMUS MELALEUCUS. B.M. Lowia melaleuca, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 272 ; G.Forst.Icon.ined.40. Leptopteryx melaleuca, Wagl. Syst. Av. Lept. sp. 1. Artamus melaleucus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 163: Artamus leucorhynchus, (Gm.). Ocypterus berardi, Pr. B. Compt. Read. 1854, p. 538. ‘ Keenh’ of the natives. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). ArtTamMus ARNOUXI. Ocypterus Arnoux, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 538. New Caledonia ? ARTAMUS MENTALIS. - BM. Artamus mentalis, Jard. Aun. & Mag. N. H. xvi. p. 174. pl. 8. Ocypterus mentalis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 84. Artamus vitiensis, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 73. t. 9. £18 Feejee Islands, 24 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE LANIID. CoLLURICINCLA ? SANDVICHENSIS. Sandwich Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 39. Turdus sandwichensis, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 813; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 77; Bioxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 250? Tatare otaitiensis, pt., Cass. ?U. 8S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 158. ‘Amauii’ of the natives ? Sandwich Islands. Note.—The Lanius mystaceus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xix ; Levaill. Ois. d’Afr: t. 65 (Laniarius mystaceus, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B.i. p. 299), has been stated by Levaillant to be from an isle in the South Seas. It is, however, a made-up bird, being composed of a portion of the Lanius ferrugineus, Gm., with the feathers on the belly and tail from a species of red Psittacus, while the breast and vent are those from a species of Malaconotus. CoRVID. Corvus AUSTRALIS. South Sea Raven, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 363. Corvus australis, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 365. no. 21. Corvus enca, (Horsf.) Wagl. Syst. Av. Corv. sp. 11. Corvus coronoides, Vig. & Horsf. Corvus coroneoides, Wag. *Coco’ of the natives of New Ireland ? Friendly Islands; New Ireland? CoRVUS HAWAITIENSIS. Corvus hawaiiensis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 106. pl. 6. Corvus tropicus, (Gmel.) Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 249. ‘ Alala’ of the natives. Sandwich Islands (Hawaii or Owhyhee). Corvus ? Carrion Crow, pt., Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 370. Corvus, n. sp., Licht., Forst. Deser. &c. p. 257. Corvus corone, pt., Gmel. S. N. i. p. 365; Wagl. Syst. Av. ‘Maga’ of the natives. New Caledonia. Corvus (PHysocorRax) MONEDULOIDES. Corvus moneduloides, Less. Tr. d’Orn. 4 329. Corvus inflatus, Temm. MSS. Physocorax moneduloides, Pr. B. Campt. Rend. 1853, p. 829. New Caledonia. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 25 ‘Corvus (?) TRoPICUS. Tropic Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 384. Corvus tropicus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 372. Cracticus ater, Vieill. N. Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. v. p. 356. Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee). Note.—*‘ An Corvus parvus remigibus czeruleis a cl. Cook in Nova Caledonia observatur ? ’’—Wagl. Syst. Av. under Pica, sp. 9; Cook’s Voy. ii. p. 124. The following bird has been recorded as from New Caledonia, viz. :— , Caledonian Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 116. ‘Corvus caledonicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxv ; Labill. Voy. Atlas, t. 39. Pica albicollis, Vieill. N. Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 128. Streptocitta caledonica, Pr. B. Consp. Av. 1. p. 382. It may be remarked that the specimens in the British Museum which agree with the description of the above-mentioned species are from Celebes, while Lesson states that this bird was obtained at the Island of Vanikoro by Quoy and Gaimard. The British Museum also contains the specimen from which Temminck gave his figure in Pl. Col. 444, under the name of Garrula torquata. This bird differs by its entirely black bill, the steel-blue glossiness of the plu- mage, the dull purple reflexion on the head, and the tail being rather shorter. pets STURNIDZ. CHLAMYDERA (STURNOIDES) GIGAS. Sturnoides gigas, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au PéleSud,i.p. 84. t.15.f. 2. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. Catornis (LAMPROCORAX) FULVIPENNIS. Lamprotornis fulvipennis, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pédle Sud, i. p: Sld. 1A. £..2, Lamprocorax fulvipennis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1853, p. Solomon Islands (S‘ Ysabel). Catornis (LAMPROCORAX?) CORVINA. B.M. Lamprotornis corvina, Kittl. Mém. Ac. de St. Pétersb. 1835, 7. t. 19; ‘id. Kupf. Voy. t. 15. f. 3. Calornis corvina, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 15. Caroline Islands (Oualau). CALORNIS PACIFICA. Pacifie Shrike, Lath.-Gen. Syn. i. p. 164. Lanius pacificus, Gmel. S. N.i. p. 306. Calornis corvina, pt., Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 124 ar); One of the islands in the South Seas. al 26 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE CALORNIS ATROFUSCA. Lamprotornis atrofusca, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 109. Aplonis atrofuscus, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 133. Calornis corvina, pt., Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 124. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Tutuilla, Upolu). CALORNIS NITIDA. B.M. Calornis nitida, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1858, p. 181. Lamprotornis metallicus, (Temm.) Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 343. New Ireland. CALORNIS OPACA. Turdus columbinus, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 836 (2). Calornis columbina, G. R. Gray (°). Lamprotornis columbina, Kittl. Kupf. Voy. t. 15. f. 2. Lamprotornis opaca, Licht. Mus. Heine, p. 201. ‘Sali’ of the natives of the Ladrone Islands. ‘Quouaizai’ of the natives of the Caroline Islands. Ladrone,.or Marian Islands; Caroline Islands (Oualau). APLONIS TABUENSIS. B.M. Tabuan Shrike, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 164. Lanius tabuensis, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 306. Aplonis marginata, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1836, p. 73. Aplonis tabuensis, Hartl. Aplonis marginalis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 132. Ellis’s Icon. ined. 9. Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). Aptonis CassInil. B.M. Lamprotornis fusca, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 110. pl. 7. f. 1. Aplonis marginata, Cass. U. 8. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 125. Aplonis Cassini, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 163. Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Feejee Islands. APLONIS STRIATA. B.M. Blue-striped Roller, 3 , Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 414. pl. 16, low. fig. Coracias pacifica, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 261; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 54, upp. fig. Coracias striata, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 381. Galgulus striatus, Vieill. N. Dict. Hist. Nat. xxix. p. 434. Lanius striatus, Wagl. Aplonis striata, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 163. ‘ Poorép ’ of the natives. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, a APLONIS BREVIROSTRIS. Lamprotornis brevirostris, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 111. pl. 7. f. 2 proves brevirostris, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p- 132. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). APLONIS VIRIDIGRISEA. B.M. Aplonis viridigrisea, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 164. Blue-striped Roller, 2, Lath. Gen. Syu. i. p. 414. ph 16, upp. fig. Coracias striata, 2, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 381 (2); G Ranst: Icon. _ ined. 54, low. fig. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). APLONIS ATRONITENS. B.M. Aplonis atronitens, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 164. Loyalty Islands. FRINGILLIDZ. EsTRELDA PSITTACEA. . B.M. Parrot Finch, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 287. pl. 48. Fringilla pulchella, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 273 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 153. = Fringilla psittacea, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 48. Estrelda psittacea, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 369. Erythrura psittacéa, Pr. B. Consp. Av. p. 457. Poéphila Paddoni, M‘Gill. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1858, ser. 3. vol. ii. 263. Vieill. Ois. Chant. t. 32. ‘ Durubeéa’ and ‘ Gherubeéa’ of the natives of New Caledonia. New Caledonia (Island of Nu) ; Sandwich Islands (?). EsTRELDA TRICHROA. Fringilla trichroa, Kittl. Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb. 1835, p. 8. t. 10. Erythrura trichroa, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 457. Estrelda trichura, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 369. Erythrura Kitthtzi, Pr. B. Caroline Islands (Oualau). AMaDINA (EryTHrurRA) PEAuti. Geospiza prasina, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 116. Erythrura Peaiei, Hart]. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 132. Feejee Islands (Venua Levu). AMADINA (ERYTHRURA) CYANOVIRENS. Geospiza eyanovirens, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 117. pl. 8. f. 2. - 28 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Erythrura cyanovirens, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p. 132. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). Amapina (EryTHrurRA) PUCHERANI. Erythrura Pucherani, Pr. B. Consp. Av. p. 457 ; Proc. Z.S. 1858, p- 462. “‘In insulis Oceanie.”’ Loxoprs COCCINEA. B.M. Scarlet Finch, Lath. Gen. Syn. ui. p. 270. Fringilla coccinea, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 921; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 85. Fringilla rufa, Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 250. Linaria? coccinea, Gould, Voy. Sulphur, pl. 22. Drepanis rufa, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. 1. p. 96. Carduelis coccinea, Less. Compl. Buff. vii. p. 281. Himatione rufa, Reichenb. Hypolowias coccinea, Licht. Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 518. Loxops coccinea, Cab. Ornith. Notiz. p. 330. 9? Fringilla sandwichensis, Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 250. Vieill. Ois. Chant. t. 31. ‘ Akepakepa ’ of the natives. Sandwich Islands. Loxors INORNATA. B.M. Cactornis inornatus, Gould, Voy. Sulphur, pl. 25; Proc. Z. 8.1843, p. 104. Low or Paumotu Islands (Bow or Harp Island, or Hau). PsITTIROSTRA ICTEROCEPHALA. B.M. Parrot-billed Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 108. pl. 42. Loxia psittacea, Gmel. 8S. N. i. p. 844; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 79. Psittirostra icterocephala, Temm. Pl. Col. 457. Psittirostra sandwichensis, Steph. Psittirostra psittacia, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 295. ‘Ohu’ or ‘ Raouhi’ of the natives. Sandwich Islands. PsirTacip&. PLatycercus (NyMPHICUS) CORNUTUS. B.M. Horned Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 248. pl. 8. Psittacus bisetis, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 258; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 43. Psittacus cornutus, Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 327. Platycercus cornutus, Vigors, Zool. Journ. i. p. 522. Nymphicus bisetis, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 522. Nymphicus cornutus, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of B. 1855, p. 86. G. R. Gray & Mitch. Gen. of B. pl. 101. ‘Kére’ or ‘ Kéghe’ of the natives. New Caledonia (South Harbour). TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 29 (?) Puarycercus ( ? ) CALEDONICUS. Caledonian Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 248. Psittacus caledonicus, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 328. Psittacus bisetis, 2 , Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 452. Platycercus caledonicus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 532. New Caledonia. It is probably the female of Platycercus cornutus.—Lath. (?) PLaryceRcus CAPITATUS. Psittacus capitatus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 466. Red-hooded Parrot, Lath. Hist. of B. i. p. 136. Lori Perruche de la Mer Sud, Sonn. Platycercus eximius, pt., Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 530. It is stated by Sonnini to be brought from the islands in the South Seas. Puiatycercus (CYANORAMPHUS) ERYTHRONOTUS. Red-rumped Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 249. Psittacus nove seelandie, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 328, nec Sparrm. Psittacus zealandicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 102. Psittacus (Conurus) erythronotus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 7, 45. Platycercus pacificus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 524. Platycercus erythronotus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 122. Psittacus pacificus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 238; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 47. Conurus phaéton, Des Murs, Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 449. Platycercus phaéton, Des Murs, Iconogr. Ornith. t. 16. Cyanoramphus pacificus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, . 153. 1 Psittacus pacificus, var. y, Gmel. Psittacus (Conurus) nove zealandia, var. 1, Kuhl. ‘Aa Aa’ of the natives. Society Islands (Otaheite, Oriadea). PiaTycercus (CYANORAMPHUS) ULIETANUS. B.M. Society Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 250. Psittacus ulietanus, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 328. Psittacus (Conurus) ulietanus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 7, 44. Platycercus ulietanus, Vig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 533, Suppl. pl..3. Cyanoramphus ulietanus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p- 153. Society Islands (Ulietea) ; New Hebrides (Tanna) (°). Note.—Latham records as from New Caledonia, the Pacific Parrot, var. C, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 253. Psittacus pacificus, var. 6, Gmel. Psittacus auriceps, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. sp. 69. Platycercus auriceps, Vigors. - 30 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Kuhl, on the other hand, gives New Holland as its habitat ; but it is a species peculiar to New Zealand, from whence many specimens are brought. PLatyceRCcus (PYRRHULOPSIS) HYSGINUS. Psittacus hysginus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 159; G. Forst. Icon. ined.42. Psittacus atropurpureus, Shaw, Mus. Lev. pl. p. 142 (?). Platycercus tabuensis, Jard. & Selby, Ul. Orn. pl. 74. Platycercus hysginus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 540 (2). Psittacus caledonicus, (Gmel.) Licht. Forst. Descr. &c. p. 159. Conurus Anna, Bourj. St. Hil. Perr. t. 38. Aprosmictus Anna, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 236. Ellis’s Icon. ined. 11. ‘Kaghaka’ of the natives of the Tonga Islands. Tonga Islands (Eaoowe) ; Feejee Islands. (2) PLatycercus (PyRRHULOPSIS) TABUENSIS. B.M. Tabuan Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 214. pl. 7. Psittacus tabuensis, Gmel. 8S. N. 1. p. 317. Platycercus atrogularis, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 129. Platycercus tabuensis, Lear’s Parr. pl. 16 (?). Aprosmictus tabuensis, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 153. Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Feejee Islands. Some authors are of opinion that this bird is only the female of the preceding species. PLATYCERCUS (PyRRHULOPSIS) SPLENDENS. Platycercus splendens, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p.127. pl. 20. f.1. Aprosmictus splendens, Pr. B. Feejee Islands (Viti Levu). PuLatycercus (PYRRHULOPSIS) PERSONATUS. B.M. Coracopsis (?) personatus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1848, pl. 3. Platycercus splendens, 2 juv., Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 128. pl. 20. f. 2. | Pyrrhulopsis personata, Reichenb. Prosopeia personata, Pr. B. Aprosmictus splendens, pt., Pr. B. Aprosmictus personatus, Cass. U. 8. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 239. Feejee Islands. Note.—G. Forster, in his Account of the Voyage (ii. p.334), speaks of large and beautiful Parroquets that were found in Tanna ; and he further describes them as having a black, red, and yellow plumage. This species has not been noticed in any other work. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 31 The Psittacus platurus, Temm. & Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 43 ; Prioniturus platurus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 423 ; was considered by Temminck as a resident of New Caledonia, but has since been recorded by him as from Timor, &c. The following bird has been recorded by various authors as from the Sandwich Islands, viz.— Psittacus pyrrhopterus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxxii. Brotogeris pyrrhopterus, Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1. p. 400. pl. 4, Suppl. De pyrrhopterus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 547 ; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 133. Conurus (Brotogeris) pyrrhopterus, G. R. Gray, List of Psitt. B.M. p. 46. but it seems peculiar to Guayaquil,’ and may be taken from thence to the previous-mentioned islands and so brought to Europe. CHARMOSYNA PAPUENSIS. Psittacus japonicus, Linn. 8. N.i. p. 141. Psittacus papuensis, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 317. Charmosyna papuensis, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 555. New Ireland (Carteret Harbour). LoriIvs CHLOROCERCUS. B.M. Lorius chlorocercus, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1856, p. 137. Solomon Islands (San Christoval). LortIus TRICOLOR. Psittacus lory, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 145; Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p- 342. Lorius tricolor, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 132. New Ireland (Port Praslin). Eos CARDINALIS. Lorius cardinalis, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Péle Sud, i. p. 103. i2a* £. 2: Eos cardinalis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1857, p. 539. Solomon Islands. oo CoRIPHILUS TAITIANUS. B.M. Otaheitan Blue Parrakeet, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 255. ~ Psittacus sapphirinus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 201. Psittacus taitianus, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 329. Psittacus porphyrio, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pl. 7. Psittacus (Psittacula) taitianus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 9, 68. Trichoglossus? taitianus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 130. Brotogeris sappherinus, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 303. ill 32 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Coriphilus sapphirinus, Wag]. Monogr. Psitt. p. 563. Coriphilus notatus (!), G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 417. Coriphilus taitianus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157. Levaill. Perr. t. 65. Juv. Psittacus cyaneus, Sparrm. Mus. Carls. t. 27. Psittacus sparrmanni, Bechst. Lath. Uebers. d. Vogel, p. 80. Psittacus (Psittacula) Sparrmanni, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 9, 68. Brotogeris Sparrmanni, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 133. Coriphilus cyaneus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 564. Coriphilus taitianus, pt., Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157. Ellis’s Icon. ined. 14. ‘Vini’ or ‘ E-vini’ or ‘ Winnee’ or ‘ Venee’ of the natives. Society Islands (Otaheite, Huahine or Huabane, Eimeo). CoRIPHILUS SMARAGDINUS. B.M. Psittaculus smaragdinus, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N. n. s. xvi. p. 318. Coriphilus dryas, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1842, p. 165; Voy. of Sulph. pl. 26. Coriphilus Gouphili, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, t. 24*. f. 3. Krusenst. Voy. t. 17. f. . ‘ Pihiti’® of the natives. Marquesas Islands (Noukahiva or Nunhiva or Nooaheevah or Nooheiva or Federal Island). CoRIPHILUS SOLITARIUS. B.M. Psittacus solitarius, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. xxiii. Psittacus Phigys, Bechst. Lath. Uebers. d. Vég. p. 81. Psittacus Levaillantii, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pl. 109. Psittacus coccineus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 472. Psittacus (Psittacula) Phigy, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 9, 69. Brotogeris’? Phigy, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 133. Coriphilus solitarius, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 565. Brotogeris coccineus, Swains. Classif. of B. 1. p. 303. Lorius phigy, Wess. Tr. @?Orn. p. 193. Levaill. Perr. t. 64. Feejee Islands (Ovolau, Viti Levu) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). CoripHitus Kuua.uit. B.M. Psittacula Kuhlii, Vigors, Zool. Journ. i, p. 412. pl. 16; Lears, Parr. pl. 38. Coriphilus Kuhlii, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 566. Vini? coccineus, Less. Ilustr. de Zool. t. 28. Lorius Kuhlii, Less. Tr. @ Orn. p. 193. Psittacula interfringillacea, Bour). Perr. t. 83. Brotogeris Kuhlii, Swains. Classif. of B. 11. p. 303. ‘ Ari-manou ’ of the natives of the Society Islands. Society Islands (Borabora) ; Sandwich Islands. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. De CoRIPHILUS FRINGILLACEUS. B.M. Blue-crested Parrakeet, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 254. Psittacus australis, Gmel. S. N.i. p. 329. Psittacus fringillaceus, Gmel. 8. N.1. p. 337. Psittacus fringillarius, Lath. Ind. Orn.i. p. 112. Psittacus pipilans, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 105. Psittacus porphyrocephalus, Shaw, Nat. Mise. pl. 1. Psittacus euchlorus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 160. Psittacus (Psittacula) fringillaceus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp.9, 69. Coriphilus euchlorus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 564. Brotogeris fringillaceus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 133. Coriphilus pipilans, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 417. Coriphilus fringillaceus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p.157. Lorius fringillaceus, Less. Tr. d@’Orn. p. 194. Brotogeris porphyrocephalus, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 303. Levaill. Perr. t. 71; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 13. ‘Kohaénga’ of the natives of the Tonga Islands. Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Sandwich Islands ; Samoan or Navi- gators’ Islands. TricuoGiossus MAssen#. B.M. Trichoglossus Massena, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157. New Hebrides (Erromango) ; Solomon Islands. TRICHOGLOSSUS (?) PALMARUM. Palm Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 253. Psittacus palmarum, Forst. Deser. &e. p. 259; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 48 ; Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 329. Psittacus (Conurus) palmarum, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 8, 51. Trichoglossus palmarum, Wag]. Monogr. Psitt. p. 946. Nanodes* palmarum, Steph. Gen. Zool. xix. p. 120. Loriculus? palmarum, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157. Cyclopsitta? palmarum, Pr. B. Cab. Journ. ftir Ornith. 1856, p. Coriphilus palmarum, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1855, p. 1111. ‘ Katténga’ of the natives. New Hebrides (Tanna). TRICHOGLOSSUS PYGMAUS. Pygmy Parrakeet, Lath, Gen. Syn. i. p. 256. Psittacus pygmeus, Gmel. 8. N- 1. p. 330. Trichoglossus’ pygmeus, G. R. Gray, List of Psitt. B.M. p. 60. Islands of the South Seas; Society Islands (Otaheite). (Mus. Vienna.) TRICHOGLOSSUS PEREGRINUS. Peregrine Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. p. 62. Psittacus peregrinus, Lath. Ind. Orn.i.p. 105. Trichoglossus peregrinus, G. R. Gray, Gen, of B. ii. p. 411. Said to be brought from the Islands of the South Seas. D 34 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE ECLECTUS CEYLONENSIS. Grand Lory, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 275. Psittacus ceylonensis, Bodd. Tabl. des Pl. Enl. d’Aubent. p. 3. Psittacus grandis, Gmel. 8. N.1. p. 335; Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. 1. p. 342. Eclectus ceylonensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 418. New Ireland (Port Praslin). ECLECTUS POLYCHLOROS. Green and Red Chinese Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 278. Psittacus polychloros, Scop. Del. Fl. et Fauna Insubr. p. 87. Psittacus magnus, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 344. Psittacus sinensis, Gmel. S.N. i. p. 337; Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 342. Tis polychloros, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 418. Polychlorus magnus, Sclater, Proc. Z. 8. 1857, p. 226. New Ireland (Port Praslin). Psitracus (GEOFFROY) HETEROCLITUS. Psittacus Geoffroyi heteroclitus, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N. n. 8. Xvi. p. 319. Pionus heteroclitus, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 103. ASST 1: Geoffroyus heteroclitus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 155. Pionus cyaniceps, Pucher. Voy. au Pole Sud, Zool. ii. p. 105. ee a Solomon Islands. Cacatua (Ducrorsius) Ducropsit. Cacatua Ducropsii, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 108. tases, a. Plyctolophus Ducrops, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 156. Ducropsius typus, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1857, p. 537. Solomon Islands. CucuULID&. Note. —The bird represented by Levaillant int. 79 of his ‘Oiseaux d’ Afrique,’ and which has been named Lanius superbus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 293, Sparactes ?, liger, Prod. Mamm. p. 219, Sparactes cristatus, Vieill., is evidently made up of a specimen of Pogonias sulcirostris, though this remarkably ingenious bird is said to inhabit some of the South Sea Islands. Crentrorpvus Mio. B.M. Centropus Milo, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1856, p. 136. Solomon Islands (Guadaleanar). TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 35 CENTROPUS ATERALBUS. Centropus ateralbus, Less. Voy. Coqu. p. 620. t. 34. ‘Koudouma’ of the natives. New Ireland (Port Praslin). CENTROPUS VIOLACEUS. Centropus violaceus, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. del Astrol. i. p: 229. ¢.19. New Ireland. EuDYNAMYS TAHITIUS. Society Cuckow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 514. Cuculus fasciatus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 160; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 56. Cuculus tahitius, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 412. Cuculus taitensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 209; Sparrm. Mus. Carls. t. 32. Ludynamys cuneicauda, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 139. pl. 22. 2 Hudynamys taitensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 464. Cuculus perlatus, Vieill. ‘ Aréva-Réva’ or ‘ Ara wereroa’ or ‘Ooea’ of the natives of the Society Islands. ‘Kaevaena’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. Society Islands (Huaheine, Otaheite, Borabora) ; Feejee Islands ; Cook’s Islands (Hervey Island) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Mar- quesas Islands. Cucuxivus (CAcoMANTIS) SIMUS. Cuculus simus, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 245. pl. 21. f. 1. Feejee Islands. CucuLvus (CACOMANTIS) BRONZINUS. B.M. Cuculus (Cacomantis) bronzinus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p64) °°. New Caledonia (Island of Nu). CoLUMBID. PTILONOPUS PURPURATUS. B.M. Purple-crowned Pigeon, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 626. Columba purpurata, Gmel. 8S. N.i. p. 784; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 140. Columba Kurukuru, Bonn. Columba Oopa, Wag}. Isis, 1829, p. 742. Columba Kurukuru, var. Taitensis, Less.Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 297. Columba porphyracra, pt., Forst. Descr. &c. p. 167. Columba porphyrea, Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 31. Kurukuru DuPetithouarsii, Voy. dela Vénus, t. 7. pd 2 36 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Ptilonopus furcatus, Peale, U. 8S. Expl. Exped. p. 191. pl. 30. Ptilonopus Nebouxi, Des Murs. Kurutreron oopa, Pr. B. Consp. Av. 1. p. 25. Ptilonopus Oopa, G. R. Gray. Ptilonopus purpuratus, G. R. Gray, List of Col. B.M. p. 4. Columba taitensis, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 36. ‘QOopa’ or ‘Oo-odpa’ or ‘Oopara’ or ‘ Ouba’ of the natives of the Society Islands. Society Islands (Tahiti or New Cythera, Ulietea, Borabora) ; Feejee Islands (Ovolau). ? PriLonoPus 2 Columba porphyracra, pt., Forst. Deser. &c. p. 167. Society Islands (Ulietea). Pritonopus MERCIERI. Kurukuru Mercieri, Des Murs. Ptilopus Mercieri, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 22. Marquesas Islands (Noukahiva). PriLONOPUS CHRYSOGASTER. B.M. Ptilonopus chrysogaster, G. R. Gray, P. Z. 8. 1553, p. 48. pl. 54. Kurutreron chrysogastra, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 26. Ptilinopus taitensis, Reichenb. Society Islands (Tahiti) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Marquesas Islands. p- PTILONOPUS XANTHOGASTER. B.M. Columba xanthogaster, Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 29. Columba purpurata, 2, Temm. Columba diadematu, Temm. Pl. Col. 254. Ptilonopus flavigaster, Sw. Classif. of B. i. p. 347. Ptilonopus xanthogaster, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 466. Thouarsitreron diademata, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 16. Ladrone or Marian Islands. Pritonopus DuPETITHOUVARSII. B.M. Columba DuPetithouarsii, Neboux, Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 289. Ptilonopus Aimilius, Less. Descr. Mam. et Ois. 1847, p. 209. Ptilonopus DuPetithouarsii, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. App. 23; Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 114. t. 29. f. 1. Columba kurukuru purpuroleucocephalus, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xiv. p. 316. Ptilonopus leucocephalus, G. R. Gray, List of Gall. B.M. p. 2. Thouarsitreron leucocephala, Pr, B. Consp. Ay. ii. p. 16. ‘Koukou’ of the natives. Marquesas Islands. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 37 Pritonopus Mari. B.M. Ptilonopus (de Marie), G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 23. Ptilonopus Perousii, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 195. pl. 33. Ptilonopus Marie, Jacq. & Pucher. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 115. t. 29. f. 2. p- Columba Kurukuru superba, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N. xvi. 316. Ptilopus Marie, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 22. Kurukuru samoensis, Des Murs. ‘Manu-ma’ of the natives of the Samoan Islands. Feejee Islands (Ngau) ; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. PTILONOPUS CORALENSIS. Ptilonopus coralensis, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p.190. pl. 32. Kurutreron coralensis, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 26. Low or Paumotu Islands (Island of Carlshoff, &c.). PTILONOPUS CHALCURUS. B.M. Ptilonopus chaleurus, G. R. Gray. Cook’s Islands (Harvey or Hervey Island). Very similar to the Ptilonopus coralensis, but the front and top of the head shining greyish-purple. PTILONOPUS ROSEICAPILLUS. B.M. Columba roseicapilla, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 472. Columba purpurata, pt., Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 30 ; Kittl. Kupf. Vig. t. 33. f. 2. Ptilonopus purpureocinctus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1853, p. 48. pl. 55. Ptilopus roseicapillus, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 21? ‘Totot’ of the natives. Ladrone or Marian Islands (Guam). ? PrILONoPUS ? Columba purpurata, Temm. Pig. t. 34; Wagl. Syst. Av.Col. sp.30. Ptilonopus fasciatus, pt., Cass. Society Islands (Otaheite, Ulietea) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) (?) ; Ladrone or Marian Islands (Guam) (?). PrILONOPUS FASCIATUS. B.M. Ptilonopus fasciatus, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 193. pl. 31. Kurukuru samoensis, F1. Prév. Zool. de la Venus, p. 247. Ptilopus apicalis, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 23. ‘ Manu-tagi’ of the natives. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. Note.—Peale informs us (Expl. Exp. p. 194) that the natives distinguish another species under the name of ‘ Manu-rua,’ which is 38 ‘CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE entirely of a green colour. The specimens were found in Upolu, one of the Samoan Islands ; they were lost, however, in the wreck of the U.S. S. Peacock. Pritonorus CLEMENTIN&. Ptilonopus (de Clementine), G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 23. Ptilonopus Clementine, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Péle Sud, i. p.117. t. 29. f. 3. Ptilopus Clementine, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 22. Feejee Islands ; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (?). Pritonorus GReEvI. B.M. Ptilonopus Greyi, G. R. Gray. Ptilopus purpuratus, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 19 (nec Wagl.). Loyalty Islands; Isle of Pines; New Hebrides (Erromango) ; Island of Vanikoro. PrTILONOPUS PORPHYRACRUS. B.M. Columba porphyracra, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 167; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 141. Columba purpurata, pt., Lath. Columba porphyracea, Temm. Linn. Trans. xiii. p. 131. ? Columba Forsteri, Desm. Ptilonopus porphyreus, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 466. Ptilopus porphyraceus, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 21. ‘Kurrikuru’ of the natives of the Tonga Islands. Feejee Islands (Balaou) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). Note.—It may be noticed that Latham has described a species under the name of Tabuan Pigeon, Lath. Hist. viii. p. 77, Columba tabuensis, Lath. MSS., as from Tongatabu, which is probably the same as Ptilonopus por- phyracrus (°). PTILONOPUS VIRIDISSIMUS. Columba purpurata, var., Temm. Pig. t. 35. Columba viridissima, Temm. (in Pl. Col.). Columba porphyrea, pt., Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 31. Ptilonopus viridissimus, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. 1. p. 466. Ptilopus viridissimus, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 20. Society Islands (Ulietea) ;- Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). PTILONOPUS LUTEOVIRENS. B.M. Columba luteovirens, Womb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N. n. s. xvi. p- 315. Caleenas luteovirens, Haxtl.Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 134. Ptilonopus luteovirens, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p.112. al 8 TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 39 Chrysaena luteovirens, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 28. Columba flava, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 470. Calaenas Gouldii, Reichenb. Calaenas flava, Reichenb. Columba Felicia, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N. n. s. xvi. p. 316 (juv.). Ptilonopus Felicia, Pucher. Voy.au Péle Sud, i. p.111.t. 12. f.1. Omeotreron Felicia, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 27. Feejee Islands (Balaou). Pritonorus EvGENIz. B.M. Totreron Eugenie, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1856, p. 137. Ptilonopus Eugenia, G. R. Gray, List of Colum. B.M. p. 6. Solomon Island. ? PriLONOPUS SUPERBUS. Columba superba, Temm. Pig. t. 33. Ptilonopus superbus, (G. R. Gray) Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Na- turg. 1852, p. 134. Lamprotreron superbus, pt., Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 18. Gould, B. of Austr. pl. 57. Society Islands (Otaheite) (?). PTILONOPUS HOLOSERICEUS. B.M. Ptilonopus holosericeus, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. 1. p. 467. Columba holosericea, Temm. Pig. t. 32. Lamprotreron holosericeus, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 18. Drepanoptila et Drepanoptera holosericea, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, pp. 834, 948. Isle of Pines ; Sandwich Islands (?). Note.—Bougainville speaks of a large Pigeon of great beauty, of a green gold colour, with the neck and belly greyish-white, and a little crest on the head (Voyage, Engl. edit. p. 329). He gives the habitat as New Britain. TRERON CURVIROSTRA. Hook-billed Pigeon, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 632. pl. 59. Columba curvirostra, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 777. Columba aromatica, pt., Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 7. Osmotreron psittacea, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 949. New Hebrides (Tanna). TRERON TANNENSIS. Columba wxanthura, Forst. Isis, 1829, p. 470; Descr. &c. p. 264 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 138. ‘ * Treron aromatica, pt., G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 467. Ptilonopus vanthura, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 23. — 40) CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE * Columba tannensis, Lath. Orn. ii. p. 600. Columba curvirostra, var. 3, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 777. Columba vernans, pt., Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 9. Piilonopus tannensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 467. Osmotreron psittacea, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 949. Osmotreron tannensis, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 14. ‘ Ponntas’ of the natives. New Hebrides (Tanna). CarpopuaGa (GLOBICERA) PACIFICA. B.M. Ferruginous-vented Pigeon, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 633. Columba pacifica, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 777. Carpophaga pacifica, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 468. Nutmeg Pigeon, var. A, pt., Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 637. Columba enea, var. (3, Gmel. S. N.i. p. 780. Columba oceanica, Kittl. Kupf. Vog. t. 33. f. 1? Columba globicera, Forst. Deser. &e. p. 166; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 139. Globicera Sundevalli, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 32. Columba enea, pt., Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 15. ‘Orooba ya’ or ‘ Ooroobe’ or ‘Oorooba ya’ or ‘ Aroobee’ of the natives of the Tonga Islands. - Friendly Islands ; Tongatabu or Amsterdam Island; Eaoowe or Middleburgh ; Caroline Islands (Oualan and Mortlock’s Island). CaRrPOPHAGA (GLOBICERA) MICROCERA. Globicera microcera, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 31. Carpophaga oceanica, pt., Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 198. Carpophaga microcera, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 263. pl. 29. ‘Lupi’ of the natives of Samoan Islands. Samoan or Navigators= Islands; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Duke of York’s Island. ? B.M. Columba globicera, var., Forst. Descr. &c. pp. 167, 256. Globicera pacifica, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 30. New Hebrides (Tanna, Aneiteum). CarporHaGa (GLOBICERA) CarporHaGa (GLosicerRA) TARRALI. Globicera Tarrali, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 31. Island of Vanikoro. CarpPopHaGA (GLOBICERA) ForSTERI. Columba globicera, var. 1, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 166. Columba Forsteri, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 739. Carpophaga Forsteri, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 23. Globicera Forsteri, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 30. Society Islands (Otaheite). -TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 4\ CarporuaGa (GLOBICERA) OCEANICA. Columba oceanica, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 41; Knip & Prev. t. 24. Globicera oceanica, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 31. Carpophaga oceanica, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 468. ‘Moulousee’ or ‘ Mouleux’ of the natives of the Caroline Islands. ‘Cyep’ of the natives of the Pelew Islands. Caroline Islands (Oualan) ; Palaos or Pelew Islands. CarpopHaGa (GLOBICERA) RUBRACERA. B.M. Carpophaga rubracera, G. R. Gray. Globicera rubricera, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 31. Carpophaga lepida, Cass. — New Ireland ; Solomon Islands. CARPOPHAGA (GLOBICERA) WILKESII. Carpophaga Wilkesii, Peale, U.8. Expl. Exped. p- 203. pl.25. Globicera Forsteri, pt., Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 30. Society Islands (Otaheite, Aurora). Note. — Ellis has a representation, in his Icon. ined. 72, of a Pigeon which seems to have the under surface entirely of a cinereous colour ; and this colour also extends over the under tail-coverts. The Friendly Islands are given by him as the habitat of this bird. _ CakPOPHAGA (GLOBICERA) AURORE, Carpophaga aurore, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 201. pl. 24. Globicera aurora, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 32. Society Islands (Aurora or Maitia or Metia Island). CarpoPHaGa (PHAENORHINA) GOLIATH. B.M. Carpophaga (Phaenorhina) goliath, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1859, . 165. pl. 155. Isle of Pines. CARPOPHAGA (SERRISIUS) GALEATA. Serrisius galeatus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p- 401.t.18. Marquesas Islands (Noukahiva). Note.—The Columba auricularis, Temm. Pig. t. 20, Columba Temminchii, Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 40, Carpophaga ? auricularis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 469, Craspedoenas auricularis, Reichenb., Rhagorhina auricularis, Glog., is said to inhabit some of the islands of the Pacific Ocean; and others have more particularly given the Friendly Islands as the abode of this bird; but it is only an artificial production of some inge- nious bird-preserver. 42 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE A “large white Pigeon’’ is mentioned by Cook in his 3rd Voyage, 2nd edit. ili. p. 119, which used to be observed in the Sandwich Islands. ?CarpopuHaGa (MEGALOPREPIA) PUELLA. Columba puella, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 711. Carpophaga puella, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 468. Megaloprepia puella, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 40. New Ireland. CarroruaGa (Ducuta) PISTRINARIA. B.M. Carpophaga vel Ducula pistrinaria, Pr. B. Consp. Av. u. p. 36. Solomon Islands. CARPOPHAGA LATRANS. Carpophaga latrans, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 200. pl. 26. * Manu-mow’ of the natives. Feejee Islands. Note.—A species is referred to as the “ Pigeon that barked,” in Bougainville’s Voy., Engl. edit. p. 330, and as found in New Britain. CarporHaAGa (ZONOENAS) PINON. Columba pinon, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l Uranie, i. p. 118. t. 28. Carpophaga pinon, Selby, Nat. Libr. v. p. 119. Carpophaga (Zonoenas) pinon, Reichenb. Syst. Av. p. xxvi. New Ireland. CARPOPHAGA (IANTH@NAS) VITIENSIS. B.M. Columba vitiensis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l’Astrol.i. p. 246. t. 28. Carpophaga vitiensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 469. Tanthaenas vitiensis, Pr. B. Consp. Av. 11. p. 44. Feejee Islands. CarpopuaGa (IANTH@NAS) CASTANEICEPS. Columba castaneiceps, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. i. p. 187. pl. 23. Tanthaenas castaneiceps, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 45. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). CarporHaGa (IANTH@NAS) HYPOINOCHROA. B.M. Tanthaenas hypoinochroa, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1856, p. 136. Carpophaga (Iantheenas) hypoinochroa, G. R. Gray, List of Co- lum. B.M. p. 24. New Caledonia ; Isle of Pines. Note.—What was the “large deep-blue Pigeon,” referred to in Bougainville’s Voyage, Engl. edit. p, 247, and also by Lesson in TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 43 Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 299, which used to be observed in the Island of Otaheite, but is now no longer found there ? A species is recorded by Kotzebue in his Reise (iii. p. 113), under oe aie of Columba australis (?), as from Radack or Marshall’s slands. MACROPYGIA ALBICEPS. Columba amboinensis, Linn. 8. N.1. p. 286. Macropygia amboinensis, Bl. ; Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 56. Columba albiceps, Temm. (Mus. Leyd.). New Caledonia. MACROPYGIA CARTERETIA. Macropygia carteretia, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 57. New Ireland. Macropyeia (TURACG@NA) CRASSIROSTRIS. B.M. Turacena crassirostris, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1856, p. 136. Macropygia crassirostris, G. R. Gray, List of Colum. B.M. p. 40. Solomon Islands (Guadalcanar). TuRTUR 2 Columba risoria (?), Less. Tr. @’Orn. p. 473. Tonga Islands. TURTUR PREVOSTIANUS. Turtur prevostianus, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 62. Turtur picta, Mus. Par. Ladrone or Marian Islands. Turtur (STREPTOPELIA) GAIMARDI. Streptopelia gaimardi, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 66. Columba Dussumierii, pt., Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. 99. Ladrone or Marian Islands (Guam). Note.—What is the “Turtle Dove”’ mentioned by Bougainville (Voy., Engl. edit. p. 329) as found in New Britain ? Temminck and Wagler both record that the under-mentioned bird, viz.— Columba cristata, Temm. Pig. t. 9, Peristera cristata, G. R. Gray, Geotrygon cristata, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 70, is from the Friendly Islands (?) ; but it has since been proved to be a species found only in Jamaica. 44 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE CALG@NAS NICOBARICA. Columba nicobarica, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 283. Columba gallus, Wag. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 113. Calenas nicobarica, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of B. 1840, p. 99. Goura nicobarica, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. i. p. 122. ' New Ireland (Port Praslin). CaLa@nas ( ?) ERYTHROPTERA. B.M. Garnet-winged Pigeon, Lath. Gen. Syn. il. p. 624. Columba erythroptera, Gmel. S. N. 1. p. 775. Columba leucophrys, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 168; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 136. Peristera erythroptera, G. R. Gray, List of Gall. B.M. p. 16. Calenas erythroptera, G. R. Gray, List of Colum. B.M. p. 64. Phleganas erythroptera, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 89. Pampusana erythroptera, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 947. Society Islands (Eimeo, Otaheite) ; Low Islands (Bow Island). Peristera pectoralis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 205. Low Islands (Carlshoff ). Var. Columba erythroptera, var. (3, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 779. ‘Ooeirao ’ of the natives. Society Islands (Otaheite). Var. “‘ Columba pectoralis,” Ellis’s Icon. ined. 71. * Oo-o0 widou’ of the natives. York Island or Eimeo or Imaio. Front, eyebrows, and all the body white. Var. “ Columbe érythroptére a gorge blanche,” Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de PUranie, Zool. p. 35. Ladrone or Marian Islands (Guam). ? CaLa@nas ( ?) EIMEENSIS. Purple-breasted Pigeon, Lath. Gen. Syn. 11. p. 629. Columba eimeensis, Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 784. Treron eimeensis, G. R. Gray. Society Islands (Eimeo). ? CaLa@nas ( ?) Srarri. B.M. Calenas (Phlegenas) Stairi, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1856, p. 6. pl. 115. Pampusana erythroptera, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 947. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 45 CAL@NAS ( ?) FERRUGINEA. Garnet-winged Pigeon, var. B, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 625. Columba erythroptera, var. y, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 775. Phlegenas erythroptera, pt., Pr. B. Columba ferruginea, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 265; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 142. Columba curvirostra, Licht. in Forst. 1. ec. p. 265, note. Treron ferruginea, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 23. Osmotreron fulvicollis, pt., Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 14. ‘ Mahk ’ of the natives. New Hebrides (Tanna). CaLa@NaAS (PAMPUSANA) RUBESCENS. Columba rubescens, Vieill. N. Dict. xxvi. p. 346 ; Krusenst. Voy. 17. ; Columba pyrrhacra, Forst. Descr. &e. p. 211? Pampusana rubescens, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 90. Phlegenas erythroptera, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 949. Marquesas Islands (Noukahiva). CaL@NAS (PAMPUSANA) XANTHURA. Columba pampusan, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. l Uranie, p. 121. t. 30. Pampusana xanthura, (Cuv.) Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 89. Peristera erythroptera, (Gm.) Cass. U. 8. Expl. Exped. 1858, eck E Pampusana erythroptera, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 947. Ladrone or Marian Islands (Guam). CAL@NAS (PAMPUSANA) ROUSSEAU. Columba xanthonura, Temm. Pl. Col. 190. Pampusana rousseau, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 89. Columba pampusan, pt., Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 82. Phlegenas erythroptera, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 949. ** Ins. Marchion.”’ ? CaLa@nas ( ?) ? Pacific Pigeon, Lath. Hist. of B. vii. p. 45. Tonga Islands (Mayorga or Vavao or Vavau or Howe’s Island). CHALCOPHAPS CHRYSOCHLORA. B.M. Chalcophaps chrysochlora, var., G. R. Gray, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 165. ‘ Maak ’ of the natives. New Hebrides (Tanna) ; New Caledonia (Island of Nu). CHALCOPHAPS STEPHANT. Peristera Stephani, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 119. t. 28. f. 2. Chalcophaps Stephani, Reichenb. Solomon Islands (St. George). 46 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE GouRA CORONATA. Columba coronata, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 282. Goura coronata, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. i. p. 120. Lophyrus indicus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 294. pl. 19. “Crown Bird,’ Bougainv. Voyage, Engl. edit. p. 329. New Britain ; New Ireland. DIDUNCULUS STRIGIROSTRIS. Gnathodon strigirostris, Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1845, xvi. p. 175. pl. 9. Didunculus strigirostris, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 209. pl. 34. Pleiodus strigirostris, Reichenb. Gould, B. of Austr. pl. 76; G. R. Gray and Mitch. Gen. of B. ii. pl. 120*. ‘Manu-mea’ of the natives. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). (Mus. Jardine.) MeEGAPODID&. Mecaropivus La Prerovsit. Meguapodius La Perousii, Quoy & Gaim. Voy.’ Uranie, p. 127. t.33. ‘ Sassegniat’ of the natives. Ladrone or Marian Islands (Tinian). 2 B.M. The egg only of a Megapodius has been brought from the Sa- moan or Navigators’ Islands; but no example of the perfect bird has yet been recorded by naturalists or others as from that locality. ? B.M. The egg only of a Megapodius has also been obtained from the Hapace Islands ; but the perfect bird is unknown to naturalists. MEGAPODIUS MrGArPopIvus PHASIANID. Gauuus BANKIVA, var. Gallus Bankiva, var., G. R. Gray. Gallus bankiva, var. tahiticus, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p.180. fig. Society, Tonga, Feejee, and Sandwich Islands, New Caledonia, &e. STRUTHIONID. CasuARius BENNETTII. B.M. Casuarius Bennettii, Gould, Proc. Z. 8S. 1857, p. 268. pl. 129 ; Benn. Proc. Z. 8. 1859, p. 32. ‘ Mooruk’ of the natives. New Britain. ee TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 47 CHARADRIAD. CHARADRIUS FULVUS. B.M. Fulvous Plover, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 211. Charadrius fulvus, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 687. Charadrius glaucopus, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 176. Charadrius taitensis, Less. Man. d’Ornith. i. p. 321. Pluvialis fulvus, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 417. Charadrius pluvialis, pt., Gmel. S. N. i. p. 688. Charadrius pluvialis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 239. Charadrius xanthocheilus, (Wagl.) Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 13 ; Cass. U.S..Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 325. Charadrius virginianus, (Bonap.) Hartl.Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 134. . Pluvialis xanthocheilus, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 417. Pluvialis longipes, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1855, p. 417. G. Forst. Icon. ined. 123; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 68. ‘Turi’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Low or Paumotu Islands (Bow Island, &c.); Marquesas Islands ; York Island; Sandwich Islands (Oahu) ; Christmas Island ; New Hebrides; Samoan or Navigators’, Feejee, and Tonga Islands. Var. ? Charadrius glaucopus, var., Forst. Descr. &c. p. 258; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 124. Charadrius ’, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8S. 1859, p. 165. ‘ Poemanghee’ of the natives. New Caledonia. CHARADRIUS LONGIPES ? Charadrius pluvialis, (L.) Horsf. Linn. Trans. xiii. p. 187. Charadrius longipes, Temm. Charadrius orientalis, Schleg. Charadrius virginicus, Blyth, Cat. of B. p. 262. Charadrius virginianus, pt., Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 134. Pluvialis longipes, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 417. Ladrone or Marian Islands ; Caroline Islands (Oualan) ; Gilbert’s Islands (Kingsmill Islands) ? CHARADRIUS 2 Ringed Plover, var. A, pt., Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 203. Charadrius Hiaticula, var. 3, pt., Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 683. Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee). Note.—Latham has recorded the Friendly Islands as a habitat for the following bird :— White Sheathbill, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 268. pl. 89, Chionis alba, Forst., Vaginalis alba, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 705 ; 48 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE but this is concluded to be a mistake, as the specimens are usually brought from the Straits of Magellan. CINCLUS INTERPRES. B.M. Tringa interpres, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 248. Strepsilas interpres, Leach, Cat. of Brit. Birds, p. 29. Strepsilas collaris, Temm. Man. d’Orn. ii. p. 553. Tringa Oahuensis, Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 251. Strepsilas melanocephala, Pr. B. Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 39. ‘Toria’ of the natives of the Sandwich Islands. New Hebrides (Aneiteum) ; New Caledonia ; Sandwich Islands ; Ladrone or Marian Islands; Gilbert’s Islands (Kingsmill Group). Many of the islands north and south of the Equator (Peale). ARDEID. ARDEA (HERODIAS) SACRA. B.M. Blue Heron, pt., Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 78. Ardea cerulea, pt., Gmel. S. N. i. p. 631. Ardea jugularis, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 172. Herodias jugularis, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 60. Ardea-nove hollandia, (Lath.) Licht. Ardea Matook, Vieill.; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 114 ? Sacred Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. in. p. 92. Ardea sacra, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 640. Ardea equinoctialis, (nec Gm.) Forst. Deser. &e. p. 156. Herodias Greyi, G. KR. Gray, List of Gall. &e. B.M. p. 80; Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 61. Herodias sacra, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 121. ‘ Otai’ of the natives of the Society Islands. -* Matuku’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. ‘Otoo’ of the natives of the Sandwich Islands. Society, Low, Cook’s, Sandwich, and Marquesas Islands; New Caledonia. ArpDEA (HERODIAS) ALBOLINEATA. B.M. Ardea (Herodias) albolineatu, G.R. Gray, Proc. Z. $.1859, p.166. Herodias pannosa, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 59? Ellis’s Icon. ined. 58? (white state). Isle of Pines; Feejee Islands (Matuku); Tonga? and Samoan? Islands. ArpDEA (HERODIAS) ATRA. Ardea atra, Cuv. (nec Gin.). Ardea jugularis, Less. Tr. @ Orn. p. 575. Herodias atra, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 121. Ladroue or Marian Islands ; Caroline Islands (Oualan) ? TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. AY ArbDEA (BuToRIDES) STAGNALIS. Ardea stagnalis, (Gould) Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 297. Ardea patruelis, Peale, U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 216. Butorides patruelis, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ti. p. 130. Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 67. Society Islands (Otaheite). ARDEA (ARDETTA) EXILIS. Ardea ewilis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 216. Botaurus exilis?, Cass. U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 300. Ardea pusilla, Vieill. ? Ardetta pusilla, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 68. Society Islands (Oahu). ARDEA (ARDETTA) SINENSIS. Ardea sinensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 642? ** Petit Héron aux ailes noires,”’ Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l Uranie, Zool. i. p. 536. Ardea lepida, (Horsf.) Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 573. ‘ Kakag’ of the natives. Ladrone or Marian Islands. NycTIcORAX CALEDONICUS. Caledonian Night Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. iil. p. 55. Ardea ferruginea, Forst. Deser. &e. p. 274; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 111. Ardea caledonica, Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 626. Ardea Sparmanni, Wagl. Syst. Av. Ard. sp. 32. Nycticorax caledonicus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. oe Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 63. New Caledonia. Note.—The A. caledonica, juv., figured by Kittlitz in his Kupf. Vog. t. 35. f. 2, is the young of N. erassirostris, Vigors. NyYcTICORAX MANILLENSIS (?). Nyeticorax manillensis, juv., Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 140. Solomon Islands. (7?) NycTicoRax OCEANICUS. Nyeticorax oceanicus, Less.; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p. 135. Marquesas Islands. SCOLOPACID. NUMENIUS TAHITIENSIS. Scolopax phaeopus, Linn. An.!; Forst. Deser. &c. p. 242; G. Forst. Ieon. ined. 131. E all 50 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Otaheite Curlew, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 122. Scolopax tahitiensis, Gmel. S. N. 1. p. 656. Numenius tahitiensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 711. Scolopax arquata, pt., Gmel. S.N. i. p. 655? ‘Tevrea’ or ‘Tewea’ or ‘Tewth’ of the natives of the Society Islands. ‘Torata’ of the natives of the Sandwich Islands. Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Cook’s Islands (Harvey Island, Ota- kootaia or Waneoaette) ; New Caledonia ; Sandwich Islands ; Christ- mas Island. NUMENIUS FEMORALIS. Numenius femoralis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 233. pl. 37. Low or Paumotu Islands (Vincennes Island or Kawake). NuMENIUS 2 ** Corlieux,” Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l’Uranie, i. p. 35. Ladrone or Marian Islands; Gilbert’s Islands (Kingsmill Is- lands ?). LimosA NOV ZEALANDIZ. B.M. Limosa nove zealandia, G. R. Gray, Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, p- 13; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 314. Limosa Foti, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 231. Limosa hudsonica, var. a, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 597. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Rose Island) ; New Hebrides (Aneiteum). Toranus (GAMBETTA) INCANUS. B.M. Ash-coloured Snipe, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 154. Scolopax incana, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 658. Totanus incanus, Vieill. N. Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. vi. p. 400. Scolopax solitarius, Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 252. Totanus oceanicus, Less. Compl. Buff. p. 244. Scolopax undulata, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 173. Scolopax pacifica, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 174. Totanus polynesie, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 237. Totanus pacificus, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 134. Totanus solitaris, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 135. Gambetta oceanica, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 597. ‘Toria’ or ‘ Torea’ of the natives of the Society Islands. ‘Kivi’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. Society, Low, Marquesas, Sandwich, Tonga, Feejee, and Samoan Islands; Palmerston Island, &c. Differs from the Australian and Japanese birds in the nasal groove being more than half the length of the bill. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 51 TOTANUS BREVIPES. Totanus brevipes, Vieill. N. Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. vi. p. 410. Totanus pedestris, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 582. “Chevalier bécasseaux,” Less. & Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. 1. p- 432? Ladrone or Marian Islands; Caroline Islands (Oualan) ? Toranus (TRINGOIDES) HYPOLEUCUS. Totanus hypoleucus, (Temm.) Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 552, Actitis empusa, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 35. Ladrone or Marian Islands. Totranus (TRYNGITES!?) CANCELLATUS. Barred Phalarope, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 274. Tringa cancellata, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 675 ; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 64. Phalaropus cancellatus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 777. Tringa parvirostris, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 235. pl. 38. f. 1. Actiturus rufescens, (Vieill.) var. 6, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 597. Christmas Island ; Low or Paumotu Islands (Honden or Houden or Dog? and Raraka Island) ; Cook’s Islands (Hervey Island) ? TRINGA (PROSOBONIA) LEUCOPTERA. White-winged Sandpiper, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 172. pl. 82. Tringa pyrrhetraea, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 174; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 120; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 65. Tringa leucoptera, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 678. Totanus leucopterus, Vieill. N. Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. vi. p. 396. Prosobonia leucoptera, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 598. ‘Torowe’ of the natives of Utaheite. ‘Teetee’ or ‘Tete’ of the natives of Eimeo. Society Islands (Otaheite ; Eimeo or York Island). RALLIDz&. RALLUS PACIFICUS. Pacific Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 235. Rallus pacificus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 177; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 128; Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 717. ‘Qomnaa’ or ‘ Eboonaa’ of the natives of the Society Islands. ‘ Oomeia-Ketedw’ of the natives of the Tonga Islands. Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). RALLUS PHILIPPENSIS ? - Rallus philippensis, Linn. 8. N.i. p. 263. Hypotenidia philippensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 599. « Rdle tiklin,’ Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l Uranie, Zool. i. p. 35. Ladrone or Marian Islands. eo 52 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE RALLUS FECTORALIS. B.M. Rallus pectoralis, Cuv,, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 536 ; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 303; Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 76. Rallus philippensis, (Lath.) Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 222 ; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p.136. Philippine Rail, var. A, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 231. pl. 86. Rallus philippensis, var. 3, Gmel.S. N. 1. p. 714. Rallus pacificus, var., Forst. Deser. &c. p. 178; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 127. Rallus Forsteri, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 136. ‘ Namoka’ of the natives of the Tonga Islands. Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands(Upolu); Feejee Islands (Mathuata) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). Var. ? Philippine Rail, var. B, Lath. Gen. Syn. v. p. 232. Rallus philippensis, var. 6, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 714. Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). ORrTYGOMETRA ! SANDWICHENSIS. Sandwich Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 236. Rallus ecaudatus, Cook’s 3rd Voy. 2nd edit. iii. p. 119. Rallus sandwichensis, Gmel. 8S. N. i. p. 717; Ellis’s Icon. med. 70 (2). Porzana sandwichensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 137. Corethrura sandwichensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 595. Zapornia sandwichensis, Reichenb. Syst. Av. t. . f. 1184, 1185? Sandwich Islands. OrRTYGOMETRA ? Rallus sandwichensis, var. 3, Gmel. S. N. 1. p. 717. New Hebrides (Tanna). ORTYGOMETRA TANNENSIS. ; B.M. Rallus tannensis, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 275; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 131. Rallus quadristrigatus, Horsf. Linn. Trans. xii. p. 196. Gallinula mystacina, Temm. Porzana leucophrys, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 81. Corethrura tannensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 595. New Hebrides (Tanna) ; Feejee Islands (Ngau). OrTYGOMETRA TAHITIENSIS. Otaheite Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 236. Rallus tahitiensis, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 717. Corethrura tahitiensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 595. Porzana tahitiensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p.136. Zapornia? tahitiensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 599. Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Friendly Islands. p. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 53 ORTYGOMETRA OBSCURA. Dusky Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 237. Rallus obscurus, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 718. Corethrura obscura, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 595. Porzana obscura, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 137. Sandwich Islands. ORTYGOMETRA TABUENSIS. B.M. Tabuan Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 235. Rallus minutus, Forst. Descr. &c. p.178; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 130. Rallus tabuensis, Gmel. 8. N.1i. p. 717. Ortygometra tabuensis, G.R.Gray, Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, p.14. Porzana tabuensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 136. Zapornia? tabuensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 599. Gallinula immaculata, Swains. Two and a Quarter Cent. p. 377. Porzana? immaculata, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 82. Zapornia spilonota, (Gould) Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 224. ‘Zapornia umbrina, Cass. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1856, vin. p. 254. Zapornia umbrata, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1858, 11. 29. Porzana spilonota, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 136. Crex plumbea, Gray, Griff. Anim. Kingd. i. p. 400. Corethrura tabuensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 595, App. 27. ‘Mceho’ of the natives of the Society Islands. ‘Nohur’ of the natives of New Hebrides. Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Feejee Islands (Ngau, Ovolau) ; New Hebrides (Tanna, Aneiteum). p-é PoORPHYRIO SAMOENSIS. B.M. Porphyrio indicus, (Horsf.) Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 308. Porphyrio samoensis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 220. Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu). PoRPHYRIO VITIENSIS. B.M. Porphyrio vitiensis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 221. Porphyrio poliocephalus, (Lath.)? Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 599. Porphyrio pulverulentus, (Temm.) G. R. Gray, List of Ans. B.M. . 121 (young bird). Fulica porphyrio, Forst. Deser. &e. p. 156? Feejee Islands (Viti Levu) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu)?; New Hebrides (Tanna)?; New Caledonia ? GALLINULA 2 Gallinula tenebrosa, Gould’? ; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 69. Fulica chloropus, (.) Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 250. ‘ Alai’ of the natives. Sandwich Islands. 54 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE GALLINULA ? “ Poule d'eau,” Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l Uranie, Zool. i. p. 35. Gallinula orientalis, Horsf. ? Ladrone or Marian Islands. FuLICA ALAI. Fulica atra, (L.) Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 251. Fulica alai, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 224. pl. 36. Sandwich Islands. ANATIDA. BERNICLA SANDWICHENSIS. B.M. a sandwichensis, Vigors; Jard. & Selby, Orn. Ilustr. n. s. pis; Anser hawaiensis, Eyd. & Soul. Voy. Bonite, t. 10. ‘Na-na’ of the natives? Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee). DENDROCYGNA VAGANS. B.M. Dendrocygna vagans, Kyton, MSS. Morillon des tiles Mariannes, Less. Tr. d’ Orn. p. 632? Dendrocygna arcuata, (Cuv.) Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 14. Dendrocygna arcuata, var. c, Gouldi, Pr.B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 649. Feejee Islands (Viti Levu) ; Ladrone or Marian Islands? This bird differs from the D. arcuata, Cuv., in having black and white upper tail-coverts, &c. The Feejee and Manilla birds are smaller than those found on the continent of India. Note.—Wild Geese and Ducks of a small size frequent the [Sand- wich] islands in the winter season, most probably from the north- west coast of America.—Bloxh., Byron’s Voy. p. 251. ANAS BOSCHAS (?). ** Anas boschas,? L.,”’ Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 122. Sandwich Islands (Oahu). Note.—Muscovy Ducks are stated to be found at Ovolau, one of the Feejee Islands. ANAS SUPERCILIOSA, var. Supercilious Duck, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 497. ? Anas superciliosa, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 537. ? Anas leucophrys, Forst. Deser. &c. p.93; G.Forst. Icon. ined. 77. Anas superciliosa, var. Sandwichensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p- 649. ‘ Mora’ of the natives of the Society Islands. New Caledonia; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Upolu); Tonga TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 55 Islands (Tongatabu); Feejee Islands; Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Sandwich Islands. ANAS PUNCTATA, var. Anas punctata, (Gould?) ; var.G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8.1859, p. 166. New Caledonia. CHAULELASMUS STREPERA, var. (?) Anas strepera, var., Forst.; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fir Naturg. 1852, p- 136 Society Islands ; New Caledonia. SPATULA CLYPEATA (°). Anas clypeata, Linn.; Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 251. Sandwich Islands (Oahu; Owhyhee). PROCELLARID#. PUFFINUS PACIFICUS. Pacific Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 416. Procellaria pacifica, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 560. Nectris fuliginosus, (Sol.) Banks’s Icon. ined. 23*. Procellaria fuliginosa, Kuhl, Monogr. sp. 27. Puffinus pacificus, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iti. p. 647. Euopoa and other islands of the Pacific Seas. PUFFINUS OBSCURUS. Dusky Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. tii. p. 416. Procellaria obscura, Gmel. 8. N.1. p. 559. Puffinus assimilis, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 59, Puffinus obscurus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. t. 301? Oimotomus obscurus, Macgill. ? Christmas Island. PROCELLARIA GIGANTEA. Procellaria gigantea, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 563. Procellaria ossifraga, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 343 ; Icon. ined. 93°. Ossifraga gigantea, Reichenb. Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 45. Christmas Island. PROCELLARIA (AESTRELATA) DESOLATA. Brown-banded Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 409. Procellaria desolata, Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 562. Procellaria fasciata, Bonn. Aestrelata desolata, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 189. Ellis, Icon. ined. 43. Caroline Islands. * A series of drawings made by Sydney Parkinson. during Cook’s first Voyage in the years 1768 to 1771, but usually referred to as above. They are in the Banksian Collection of the British Museum. , ad 6 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE PROCELLARIA (AESTRELATA) ROSTRATA. Procellaria rostrata, Peaie, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 296. pl. 41. Aestrelata desolata, var. a, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 189. Society Islands (Otaheite). PRocELLARIA (AESTRELATA) ALBA. White-breasted Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. in. p. 400. Procellaria alba, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 565; Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. . 252. Procellaria variegata, Bonn. Aestrelata leucocephala?, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 189. ‘Uau’ of the natives of the Sandwich Islands. Turtle and Christmas Isles ; Sandwich Islands. PROCELLARIA ( ?) PARVIROSTRIS. Procellaria parvirostris, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 298. pl. 40. Low or Paumotu Islands (Honden Island). PROCELLARIA GAVIA. Procellaria gavia, Forst. Deser. &c. pp. 148, 156. New Caledonia. PROCELLARIA (DApPTION) CAPENSIS. Procellaria capensis, Linn. Daption capensis, Steph. Forst. Icon. ined. 96; Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 53. ‘Koputu’ of the natives. Marquesas Islands. THALASSIDROMA (ButwertiA) MACGILLIVRAYI. B.M. Like T. Bulweri, but with the bill rather larger ; and it is without the sooty-brown on the wings. }- Feejee Islands (Ngau). THALASSIDROMA (FREGETTA) MELANOGASTER. Procellaria Fregata, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 180 ; Icon. ined. 13?, 14. Procellaria grallaria, Licht. Thalassidroma oceanica, Pr. B. Thalassidroma melanogaster, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 65. Fregetta melanogastra, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 198. Society Islands (Otaheite). THALASSIDROMA (FREGETTA) TROPICA. Thalassidroma tropica, Gould, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1844, xiii. 366. Fregetta tropica, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 197. Thalassidroma leucogaster, Gould, B. of Austr. vit. pl. 63. Banks’s Icon. ined. 14. ‘Pitan’ of the natives. Marquesas Islands. TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. SV THALASSIDROMA FULIGINOSA. Sooty Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 409. Procellaria fuliginosa, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 562. Thalassidroma melania’, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 196. Thalassidroma fuliginosa, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 648. Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Low or Paumotu Islands (Honden Island). THALASSIDROMA FASCIOLATA. Thalassidroma fasciolata, Tschudi, Cab. Journ. Orn. 1856, p. 180. Aurora Island. THALASSIDROMA (OCEANITES) LINEATA. Thalassidroma lineata, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 293. pl. 39. Oceanites lineata, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 200. Feejee Islands (Upolu). DIOMEDEA EXULANS. Diomedea exulans, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 214. Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 38. Forst. Icon. ined. 99. Marquesas Islands. DIOMEDEA FULIGINOSA. - Diomedea fuliginosa, Gmel. S. N.1. p. 568; Forst. Icon. ined. 102 ; Gould, B. of Austr. vil. t. 44. Diomedea antarctica, Banks’s Icon. ined. 26. Diomedea palpebrata, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 55 ; Icon, ined. 102. Phoebetria fuliginosa, Reichenb. Marquesas Islands. DIOMEDEA ? * Albatross,’ Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l Uranie, Zool. p. 145. Between the Ladrone or Marian Islands and Sandwich Islands. LaRIDz&. Lesrris Harpyt. Lestris hardyi, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 20. Between the Philippine and Sandwich Islands. Larus (BRUCHIGAVIA) POMARE. Larus pomare, Bruch, Cab. Journ. Orn. 1858, p. 103; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 137. Gavia pomare, Bruch. Bruchigavia pomare, Pr. B. Consp. Av. il. p. 229. Gelastes Pomare, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 771 Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Marquesas Islands. 58 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Larus (BrucuicaviA) JAMESONI. Crimson-bill Gull, Lath. Hist. x. p. 145. Larus canus, Anders. Larus scopulinus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 257 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 109 (very young). Larus nove hollandie, Steph. Larus Jamesonii, Wils. Il. of Zool. pl. . Xema Jamesoni, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 20. Gavia Andersoni, Bruch, Cab. Journ. Orn. 1853, p. 102. Bruchigavia Jamesoni, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 228. Gelastes Jamesoni, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 771. New Caledonia ; Isle of Pines. STERNA (SYLOCHELIDON) POLIOCERCA. B.M. Sterna poliocerca, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837, p. 26; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 384. Sterna rectirostris, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 281. Sylochelidon poliocerca, G. R. Gray, List of Gall. &. B.M. p.175. Thalasseus poliocercus, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 24. Feejee Islands ; Sandwich Islands? SrerNA (SYLOCHELIDON) ? Sterna, n.sp., Forst. Deser. &c. p. 247. Sterna Torresii, Gould ? Society Islands (Oriadea). STERNA GRACILIS. Sterna gracilis, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 27. New Caledonia ; Low or Paumotu Islands ; Tonga Islands. STERNA AUSTRALIS. Southern Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. iil. p. 365. Sterna australis, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 608. Sterna media, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 20? Sternula australis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 773. Christmas Island. STERNA VITTATA. Wreathed Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 359. Sterna vittata, Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 609. Christmas Island. STERNA MELANORHYNCBA. B.M. Sterna melanorhyncha, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 26. Sterna velox, Gould. Feejee Islands. TROPICAL [SLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 59 STERNA LUNATA. Sterna lunata, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 382. Low or Paumotu Islands (Vincennes Island). STERNA (STERNULA) MELANAUCHEN (°). Sterna melanauchen, Temm. Pl. Col. 427; Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 28. Loyalty Islands ; New Caledonia. Srerna (ONYCHOPRION) SERRATA. Sterna fuliginosa, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 605? Haliplana serrata, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 772. Haliplana fuliginosa, Wag}. Isis, 1832, p. 1224. Onychoprion fuliginosus *, Gould, B. of Austr. vil. pl. 32. Sterna serrata, Forst. Descr. &c. p.276; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 110. Onychoprion serrata, Wag). Isis, 1832, p. 277. Sterna guttata, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 211. Sterna oahuensis, Bloxh. Byron’s Voy. p. 251. Haliphana panayensis, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 772. Ellis’s Icon. ined. 55. ‘Taa’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. New Caledonia; Low or Paumotu Islands; Sandwich Islands ; Cook’s Islands ; Turtle and Christmas Islands ; Marquesas Islands. GyGIs CANDIDA. B.M. White Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 363. Sterna candida, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 179 ; Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 607; Mus. Carls. t. 11; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 56 ; Banks’s Icon. ined. 33. Sterna alba, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 808. Gygis candida, Wagl.; Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 30. ‘Tera-pdpa’ or ‘ Itaé’ of the natives of the Society Islands. ‘Epeirai’ or ‘ Piraé’ of the natives of Otaheite. Tonga Islands (Eaoowe or Eooa, Tongatabu) ; Feejee, Samoan, and Low Islands ; Marquesas Islands (St. Christina or Waitahoo) ; So- ciety Islands (Otaheite, Huaheine, Borabora or Bolabola) ; Coral, Christmas, and Turtle Islands; Caroline Islands; Gilbert’s Islands. Note.—The late Prince Bonaparte gives three species in Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 773: viz. Gygis alba, Sparrm. ; G. candida, Forst. ; and G. Napoleonis, Pr. B.; but I have not met with any characters by which he distinguishes them from one another. ANoUs STOLIDUS. Sterna stolida, Linn. S. N. i. p. 227 ; Kittl. Kupf. Vog. t. 34. f. 1. Anoiis niger, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 140. Anoiis stolidus, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of B. 1841, p. 100; Gould, B. of Austr. vil. pl. 34. Megalopterus stolidus, Peale. ‘Oiyo’ of the natives of the Society Islands. Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Sandwich Islands ; Low or Paumotu 60 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE Islands; Caroline Islands; Gilbert’s Islands (Kingsmill Group) ; Marquesas Islands ; Tonga Islands ; New Caledonia; Cook’s Islands (Otakootaia) ; and coral reefs of the South Sea. ANoUS LEUCOCAPILLUS. Anoiis leucocapillus, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pl. 36; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 392. Sterna tenuirostris, (Temm.) Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 284. Low or Paumotu Islands. ANOUS PARVULUS. Anoiis parvulus, Gould, Proc. Z. 8. 1845, p. 104; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 393. Megalopterus plumbeus, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 285. Procelsterna cinerea, pt., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 773. Christmas Island ; Low or Paumotu Islands (Honden Island). PELECANID. PHAETON ZTHEREUS. Phaéton ethereus, Linn. 8. N. 1. p. 219. Phaéton Catesbaei, Brandt. Phaéton melanorhynchos, Gmel. 8. N. 1. p. 582? ‘ Haingo’ of the natives of the Society Islands. ‘Toolaise’ of the natives of the Friendly Islands. Sandwich Islands; Low or Paumotu Islands (Bow Island); So- ciety Islands (Otaheite) ; Friendly Islands ; New Caledonia; Caro- line Islands ; Palmerston and Christmas Islands. PHAETON CANDIDUS. Pelecanus aethereus, var. 3, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 582. Phaéton candidus, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 663. Phaéton flavirostris, Brandt. G. R. Gray & Mitch. Gen. of B. pl. 183. ‘Toake’ of the natives. Marquesas Islands. PHAETON (PH@NICURUS) RUBRICAUDA. Phaéton rubricauda, Bodd. Tabl. Pl. Enl. p. 57. r Phaéton phoenicuros, Gmel. 8. N.i. p. 583; Gould, B. of Austr. vil. pl. 73. Banks's Icon. ined. 31; Ellis’s Icon. ined. 48. ‘ Twagge’ of the natives of the Society Islands. ‘ Totto’ of the natives of the Friendly Islands. Palmerston and Turtle Islands ; Cook’s Islands (Harvey Island) ; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands; Low or Paumotu Islands; Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Friendly Islands ; Tonga Islands (Pylstaarts or La Sola Island). TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 61 SULA PERSONATA. Sula personata, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 77. Sula piscator, (L.) Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 273. Sula eyanops, Sundev. Isis, 1842, p. 858. Forst. Icon. ined. 107 ; Banks’s Icon. ined. 30. Low or Paumotu Islands (Honden Island). SULA FIBER. Pelecanus plotus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 278; G. Forst. Icon. med. 108. Pelecanus fiber, Linn. S. N. 1. p. 218. Pelecanus sula, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 218; Forst. Deser. &c. p. 211. Sula fusca, ( Briss.) Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 78. Sula fiber, G. R. Gray, List of Gall. &c. B.M. p. 183. New Caledonia ; Gilbert’s Islands (Kingsmill Group); Low or Paumotu Islands; Society Islands (Huaheine, Oriadea) ; Marquesas Islands ; Palmerston and Christmas Islands ; Samoan or Navigators’ Islands (Rose or Rosa Island). Suxa (PiscaTrix) PISCATOR. Pelecanus piscator, Linn. 8. N.i. p. 217. Pelecanus bassana, Forst. Deser. &c. p. 211? Sula piscator, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pl. 79. Sula erythrorhyncha, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 601. Sula rubripes, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837, p. 156. Sula rubripeda, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 274. ‘ Tococvo’ of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. Low or Paumotu Islands (Honden Island) ; Marquesas Islands ; Society Islands (Huaheine, Oriadea) ; Tonga Islands ? ATAGEN AQUILUS. Pelecanus Aquilus, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 216. Tachypetes Aquilus, Illiger. Fregata aquila, Cuv. Pelecanus Palmerstoni, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 573? Tachypetes Palmerstoni, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 359 ? Pelecanus leucocephalus, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 572. Pelecanus minor, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 885; Less. Tr. p. 607. Atagen aquilus, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 609. Edw. Birds, pl. 309. Sandwich Islands ; Low or Paumotu Islands (Honden, Bow, and Ducie’s Islands) ; Ladrone or Marian Islands ; New Caledonia ; Mar- quesas Islands; Palmerston and Christmas Islands; Samoan or Na- vizators’ Islands (Rose or Rosa Island). ADDENDA. Page 1.—ddd to CuNcUMA LEUCOGASTER : Falco oceanica, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 343 ; Temm. Pl. Col. 49. Friendly Islands. Page 19.—For LuciDA read LUCIDUS. Page 23.—