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Show 778 DR. O. FINSCH ON THE BIRDS OF PONAPE. [Nov. 20, dition of the ' Danaide,' under command of Capt. Boramel, in 1840, and by the well-known 'Novara' Expedition, in 1858, we were acquainted with only eight species of birds inhabiting it till 1873, when Mr. J. Kubary, the well-known naturalist in charge of the Museum Godeffroy, at Hamburg, explored the island and stayed a year on it. Unfortunately his rich harvest was lost by the wreck of the Godeffroyian brig ' Alfred,' and, except a single skin (out of 200 which Mr. Kubary had collected), only the birds preserved in alcohol were saved. Upon this collection, containing examples of 20 species, I based my first paper on the birds of Ponape **. Since that time a second collection, consisting of well-prepared skins, made by Mr. J. Kubary, has reached me, which gives me a welcome occasion of correcting some statements in my former paper, caused by the bad conservation of some of the specimens in alcohol, and adds seven species more to the avifauna of this island. Among these a species of Ptilonopus proves to be new. The total species, therefore, known at present from Ponape number 29, of which 7 are peculiar to the island. 1. OTUS BRACHYOTUS (L.), Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. p. 18. In the first collection of Mr. Kubary. 2. TRICHOGLOSSUS RUBIGINOSUS (Bp.) ; Finsch, /. c. p. 18. In Mr. Kubary's first collection. 3. EUDYNAMIS TAITIENSIS (Sparrm.) ; Finsch, I. c. p. 19. One female. 4. HALCYON CINNAMOMINUS, SWS. ; Finsch, I. c. p. 20. Of this species and its synonymy I treated in full in my last paper on Mr. Kubary's collection. 5. COLLOCALIA VANICORENSIS (Quoy & Gaim.); Finsch, I. c. p. 23. In Mr. Kubary's first collection. 6. MYZOMELA RUBRATRA (Less.) ; Finsch, /. c. p. 26. Sent already by Mr. Kubary. 7. ZOSTEROPS PONAPENSIS, Finsch, I. c. p. 27, t. 2. f. 1. This peculiar species I received in Mr. Kubary's first collection. 8. CALAMOHERPE SYRINX (Kittl.) ; Finsch, I. c. p. 30. Two specimens ; in one the underparts are decidedly yellowish, in the other yellowish white. 1 Cf " Zur Ornithologie der Siidsee-Inseln. II. Ueber neue und weniger gekannte Vogel von den Viti-, Samoa- und Carolinen-Inseln. IV Vogel von Ponape (Semavm Gruppe)," in'Journal des Museum GodefFrov,' Heft xii. 18/6, pp. 14-40, Tafel 1, 2. |