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Todiramphus youngi Sharpe. (Type loc.: Moorea.)
Moorea: Young.
This was omitted from the notes on the Society Islands by an oversight. It has no white collar on hind neck; is brown above, with a brown band on foreneck.
Halcyon godeffroyi. Bright blue above; head entirely white, as is the neck, mantle and centre of back; below white, with buff on flanks; collar round hind neck blackish green?
Hirundinidae. Swallows.
Hypurolepis tahitica. A typical swallow, and the only one yet found in this vicinity.
Muscicapidae. Old world Flycatchers.
"Monarcha" dimidiata. Wing 3.2 inches. Male dark ashy gray above, with a hoary shade on crown; feathers of upper surface mostly with fine shaft lines of white; forehead and eyebrow hoary white; body below dull white; indistinct markings on wing-coverts. Female generally rusty cinnamon; tail creamy white, with darker band at tip; belly white.
Pomarea nigra. Male black all over, slightly glossy. Wing 3.7 in. Female differs in color (much duller and paler, sometimes whitish?).
-> Ploceidae. Weaver birds, introduced from Australia.
Lonchura castaneothorax. General color above cinnamon brown; lower rump and upper tail-coverts straw color; breast and belly white; chest, foreneck and sides of body cinnamon; black band across chest.