General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-10- SYLVIIDAE. Tartare Arundeli (Type loc.: Christmas.) "The Kokikokiko, probably Tartare Arundeli. This is a warbler, a very small bird which lives on insects and flies. The little creature cannot fly more than a few yards. The nest is attached to the fork of a tree and well done and deep, with 3 to 4 eggs marked or spotted black on white. The bird is very inquisi- tive and will approach a few feet from your hand. Same birds are at Fanning and Washington and is the only bird known there." (Supplementary note from letter of June 4, 1925) By Chas. W. Richmond