-167- Loriidae. Vini australis (Gmelin). (Type loc., Samoan Ids.) Whitmee. Townsend. Ranfurly. Günther (P. Z. S., 1874, 295) mentions parrots, probably meaning this species. Cuculidae. Urodynamis t. taitensis (Sparrman). Ranfurly. Micropodidae. Collocalia francica townsendi Oberholser. (Type loc., Eua, Tongas.) Townsend. Ranfurly. The small martin or swallow mentioned by Günther (P. Z. S., 1874, 295) is probably this species. Campephagidae. Lalage whitmeei Sharpe. (Type loc., Niûe Id.) Whitmee. Townsend ("common"). Ranfurly. This family, known as the Caterpillar-Shrikes, first appears in Samoa and Niûe (when travelling west), and crops out on various groups toward New Guinea. The members may always be recognized by the stiff- ened shafts to the feathers of the upper tail-coverts. Eulabetidae. Aplonis brunnescens Sharpe. (Type loc., Niûe.) Whitmee. Townsend. ("common.") Ranfurly. Not much real collecting has been done on this island. The Rev. Whitmee was a missionary and probably did not go into it very fully; Townsend had little time and collected around the village only; the Earl of Ranfurly probably relied on others to gather some stuff