General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-139- 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.