-115- whose plumage was as rich as it was new to us", etc., showing there were a variety of birds on this island at the time of their visit. Voyage of the 'Sulphur' (under Capt. Edward Belcher), visited Rarotonga about 1837-40? Dr. Hinds gathered some material on the voyage, but possibly nothing from this group. Andrew Garrett is said to have spent 6 months "collecting" on Atiu, Aitutaki, and Rarotonga, but there seem to be no birds of his recorded from the first two islands. He was at Rarotonga about 1870, but must have devoted his time chiefly to other things, as he only secured 17 skins (7 species) of birds. He obtained many shells in Polynesia, and probably other objects. H. Travers obtained some birds at Rarotonga. Lt.-Col. Gudgeon obtained 9 species at Rarotonga in March, 1901, which were sent in formalin, and later skinned at Brit. Mus. His birds were recorded by Ogilvie-Grant (Ibis, 1905, 599-601); among them was a pair of the "Monarcha" dimidiata, which Gudgeon regarded as a very rare bird. Agassiz Exped. to the Tropical Pacific. Stopped half a day at Aitutaki, Nov. 21, 1899, but Townsend says he had little time for collecting. He only got the lory, which, perhaps, is an introduced species on this island.