-140- Wing 2.5 inches. This and the next species have sparrow-like bills, and are probably sparrow-like in habits. Aegintha temporalis. Olive-yellowish above; rump and upper tail-coverts crimson; crown and nape slaty gray; lores, eyebrow and streak above ear-coverts crimson; below chiefly gray. Bill red; wing 2 in. Sturnidae. Starlings. Acridotheres tristis? The minah is said to be introduced in Tahiti; it is a generally dark colored bird about the size of the Amer. Robin; has some of the tail feathers tipped with white. "Eulabetidae." Another group of Starlings. Aplonis cinerascens. Gray-brown; paler and grayer below. Wing 4.2 to 4.8 inches. "Aplonis ulietensis." A brownish black bird, about the size and general shape of the Amer. Robin. Some question whether it is a member of this family or belongs to the thrushes. If a thrush, it may have the habits of similar species in the New Hebrides, which skulk in the forest undergrowth, and are shy and difficult to find. This may ex- plain its rarity and the belief that it has been long extinct. Sylviidae. Old world Warblers. Conopoderas (formerly called Tatare, from its alleged native name "O-tatare"). Generally shaped like and size of our Catbird, but brown, grayish, or of similar shades of color above, and whitish, yellow- ish or grayish below; varying on different islands. Should be obtained