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Tahiti group." The island "Tupuci" may be a corruption of Tubai
(= Motuiti).
T. wiglesworthi Sharpe is a synonym of this species.
HIRUNDINIDAE.
Hypurolepis tahitica (Gmelin). (Type locality: Tahiti.)
Tahiti: Forster, etc.
Forster found it in the mountains.
MUSCICAPIDAE.
Pomarea nigra (Sparrman). (Type locality: Society Islands.)
Marua: Voy. 'Coquille'.
Tahiti: Forster; Peale, etc.
Forster described the ♂ as Muscicapa atra and the ♀ or
immature as M. lutea.
SYLVIIDAE.
Conopoderas caffra (Sparrman). (Type locality: Tahiti.)
Huaheine: Wodehouse.
Moorea: Latham; Banks.
Raiatea: Forster; Garrett.
Tahiti: Sparrman?; Forster?; Lesson; Peale; 'Novara'
exped.; Wilson.
Wilson (1904) found it fairly common in the Hitiaa district
of Tahiti, but predicted that cats and "frequently occurring cyclones"
will reduce it to extinction before many years have passed.
The name caffra has priority over longirostris, but it is