General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-109- Bennett, about April 23, 1835?, found a booby which he described as gray, darker on the back and wing-coverts than on abdo- men; rump and tail "perfectly white." Beak blue and encircled at base with rose color; naked skin of cheeks also blue, black below the lower mandible; legs brick red. (Bennett, I, p. 371.) He was of the opinion, from noting the fresh colors of boobies in various parts of the Pacific, that there must be several unrecognized species in that region. Sula, species. The 'Eclipse' party (May, 1883) records "Gannets" as numerous, and on their nests; also a "Booby", indicating probably the presence of two species of Sula on the island. FREGATIDAE. Fregata, species. Bennett found them in "myriads", and the 'Eclipse' party recorded them in "great numbers". ?SYLVIIDAE. ?Conopoderas. Prof. E. S. Holden, of the 'Eclipse' party, in May, 1883, "reports hearing the notes of a singing bird, but he did not see the bird." Conopoderas is the most likely singing bird for Caroline Atoll, as the genus has representatives north, south, and east of here, but the species would be undoubtedly new. M A L D E N I S L A N D . TUBINARES.