-15- the Tuamotu group.) Tahiti: Peale; Wilson. The Peale party found this species in forests in the mountains, at altitudes of 3000 to 4000 feet; Wilson (in 1904) was the next man to find it. He thinks it rare and shy, in the district of Hitiaa (in July), and predicts its speedy extinction, as the natives are fond of its meat. Possibly the present laws prohibiting shoot- ing of birds may also apply to this species, and give it a new lease on life. Globicera wilkesi (Peale--type locality Tahiti) is said to be a synonym of G. aurorae (cf. Wetmore, 1919), and this is very likely time. A good series of both sexes and of various ages will help to clear up this matter, and also perhaps settle the case of the sup- posed Serresius R. forsteri; finally it will assist in proving whether the birds from Tahiti and "Aurora" Island are exactly the same. ?Globicera, species. Peale says he "saw" G. "oceanica" at Moorea, where it is not known to occur. Possibly it was G. aurorae. PERISTERIDAE. (The ground pigeons of the genus Gallicolumba--formerly Phlegocenas--are old world representatives of our Geotrygon type. They are a plastic group, running into numerous forms and species in Polynesia, and are involved in much obscurity, owing to the