-74- may have come from far outside the limits of this group, possi- bly anywhere on the voyage from France and return, but we are not yet sufficiently familiar with Polynesian ornithology to disregard them. Furthermore, there is a "desert" region on the west side of Nukuhiva--visited by Jardin--that is little known, ornithologically. Andrew Garrett collected at Hivaoa and Nukuhiva, about 1876? Rev. James L. Green sent a small collection, in spirits, to Tristram, in 1880. Dr. C. H. Townsend (Sept. 15-17, 1899) visited Nukuhiva, on the Agassiz Exped. He says the ornithology of the group, with the exception of Nukuhiva and Hivaoa (with its neighboring islet Tahuata) "is unknown", and that "all of the larger islands are forested and may yield much of interest to naturalists." Material from the group has also drifted into the hands of ornithologists from naval officers, ship crews, etc.