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(24) SOCIETY GROUP.
PHASIANIDAE.
Gallus tahitiensis Hartlaub. (type locality: Tahiti)
Gallus tahiticus Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exped., Mamm. & Orn.,
1858, 290, and text fig.
This wild fowl of Tahiti had certain characters (shape of
comb, etc.) that caused Hartlaub and Cassin to bestow names on it.
The latter says "In the Collection of the Expedition we find a
well characterized specimen from Tahiti," but this bird was miss-
ing from the Museum as early as 1860 (or thereabouts) and has not
yet come to light.
TRERONIDAE.
Bougainville (1768) found at Tahiti "green turtle doves" and
"large pigeons of a deep blue plumage and excellent taste."
Ptilinopus purpuratus (Gmelin). (Type locality: "australis
intra tropicos."
Moorea: Wilson got several.
Tahiti: Forster; Voy. 'Coquille'; Filleux; 'Challenger';
Townsend; Wilson, etc.
Wilson found it common in the Hitiaa district.
Ptilinopus chrysogaster Gray. (Type locality: "probably from
Otaheite" = Tahiti.)
Bolabola: Wilson?
Huaheine: Wodehouse; Garrett.