General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-129- Falconidae. Falco peregrinus Tunstall, or subspecies. (sometimes called melanogenys.) N. Cal.: Layard; Sarasin. Pandionidae. Pandion haliaetus microhaliaetus Brasil. (t.l., New Caledonia.) N. Cal.: Deplanche; Layard; Sarasin. Botany Id.: Forster. Loriidae. Trichoglossus haematodus deplanchei Verreaux & Des Murs. N. Cal.: Deplanche; Verreaux; Sarasin; Layard. (Layard, refers to it under the name Trichoglossus massenae, and says it is the "commonest of all our species of this family.") Glossopsitta? diadema (Verreaux & Des Murs). (t.l., N. Caledonia.) N. Cal.: Verreaux. (Salvadori says the type, a female, is the only one known; he thinks it may belong to the genus Hypocharmosyna. Layard says it is an inhabitant of the forest regions, and is known to friends of his, but he and his son had not found it.) Psittacidae. (Layard says a small parrot was described to him as occurring at Cap Goulain, at the n. end of N. Cal.) Cyanorhamphus saisseti Verreaux & Des Murs. (t.l., N. Caledonia.) N. Cal.: Verreaux; Deplanche; Layard; Sarasin. Nymphicus cornutus (Gmelin). (t.l., New Caledonia.) N. Cal.: Forster; Jouan; Deplanche; Layard; Sarasin? (G. Forster (Sept. 11, 1774) says they obtained "a beautiful species of parrot, which was entirely new to zoologists", and J. R. Forster (1844) described the bird as Psittacus bisetis. Jouan and Deplanche secured 4 specimens.) ?Eclectus pectoralis. N. Cal.: Marie. (This record appears to be very doubtful.)