-141- wherever found, as there are doubtless many new forms still to be dis- covered. An effort should be made to find them on Tahiti and Moorea, where they occur, or did formerly, as there is a question concerning the identity of the birds from these two islands. The name caffra was based on the Tahiti bird, and that of longirostris on the bird of Moorea. As caffra is the oldest name, it has been adopted for the species, but now that it is known that these birds vary so greatly, it is a question if the birds from Tahiti and Moorea were actually the same. Any material to settle this point will be of great interest. Family---? Lanius gambieranus. This bird was 5.5 inches long; brown-olive above and on wings; yellow below; tibial plumes brown, with a yellow ring or edge to the lower feathers; wing-coverts varied with yellow and white; tail feathers tipped with yellow. The colors given for this bird make it "sound" like a Conopoderas, but Lesson described the bird as a Lanius, and as he had first instituted the genus Tatare (now Conopoderas) he ought to have noticed the resemblance, if it were a bird of this genus. However, if a Conopoderas having the above colors can be found on Manga- reva or "Gambier" Island, it may help considerably in clearing up the mystery. The ordinary Conopoderas of the Tuamotu group seems to be a much larger bird than the Lanius gambieranus.