[Gutenberg 42537] • The Avifauna of Micronesia, Its Origin, Evolution, and Distribution by Baker, Rollin H. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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University of Kansas Publications CONTENTS CONTENTS FIGURES IN TEXT INTRODUCTION DESCRIPTION OF MICRONESIA

Climate Soils Surface Water Vegetation

GAZETTEER OF ISLANDS OF MICRONESIA

Mariana Islands Palau Islands Caroline Islands Marshall Islands

ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN MICRONESIA

Table 1. Compilation of the Dates (on the Basis of Ten-year Intervals) When Original Descriptions of Birds of Micronesia Appeared.

CHECK-LIST OF THE BIRDS OF MICRONESIA DISCUSSION OF THE BIRDS OF MICRONESIA

Oceanic Birds

Table 2. List of Resident and Nonresident Oceanic Birds of Micronesia

Inshore Oceanic Birds Offshore and Pelagic Oceanic Birds Faunal Components Migratory Shore Birds Original Homes of the Shore Birds that Visit Micronesia

Table 3. Breeding and Wintering Grounds of the Species of Migratory Shore Birds in Micronesia

Routes of Migration

Table 4. List of Species of Shore Birds Known From Five Geographical Areas of Micronesia Table 5. Shore Birds Which May Use the Asiatic-Palauan Flyway Table 6. Shore Birds Which May Use the Japanese-Marianan Flyway Table 7. Shore Birds Which May Use the Nearctic-Hawaiian Flyway Table 8. Populations of Migratory Shore Birds Seen at Guam in 1945 Table 9. Populations of Migratory Shore Birds Seen at Ulithi Atoll in 1945 Table 10. Populations of Migratory Shore Birds Seen at the Palau Islands in 194

Land and Fresh-water Birds Polynesian Component Melanesian Component Moluccan and Celebesian Components Philippine Component Palearctic Component

Table 11. Avifaunal Components Which Make Up the Endemic Resident Land and Fresh-water Bird Population of Micronesia

Speciation

Table 12. Endemism in Families of Native Land and Fresh-water Birds in Micronesia

Time of Colonization Factors Causing Dispersal

Table 13. Correlation Between Number of Resident Land and Fresh-water Birds and Distance From Large Land Masses of "High" Islands of Micronesia

Analysis of Speciation

CONSERVATION OF THE AVIFAUNA OF MICRONESIA THE FUTURE OF ORNITHOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN MICRONESIA METHODS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACCOUNTS OF THE KINDS OF BIRDS OF MICRONESIA

Diomedea nigripes Audubon Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus Lesson Puffinus pacificus cuneatus Salvin Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck) Puffinus nativitatis Streets Puffinus lherminieri dichrous Finsch and Hartlaub

Table 14. Measurements of Puffinus lherminieri dichrous

Pterodroma rostrata rostrata (Peale)

Tahiti Petrel

Pterodroma hypoleuca hypoleuca Salvin Phaëthon aethereus mesonauta Peters Phaëthon rubricauda rothschildi (Mathews) Phaëthon lepturus dorotheae Mathews

Table 15. Measurements of Phaëthon lepturus from Micronesia

Sula dactylatra personata Gould Sula sula rubripes Gould Sula leucogaster plotus (Forster) Phalacrocorax melanoleucus melanoleucus (Vieillot) Fregata minor minor (Gmelin) Fregata ariel ariel (Gray) Butorides striatus amurensis Schrenck Bubulcus ibis coromandus (Boddaert) Egretta intermedia intermedia (Wagler) Demigretta sacra sacra (Gmelin) Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus) Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis Mathews Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck) Gorsachius melanolophus melanolophus (Raffles) Ixobrychus sinensis (Gmelin)

Table 16. Measurements of Ixobrychus sinensis From Micronesia

Ixobrychus eurhythmus (Swinhoe) Dupetor flavicollis flavicollis (Latham) Anas oustaleti Salvadori Anas poecilorhyncha pelewensis Hartlaub and Finsch Anas querquedula Linnaeus Anas crecca crecca Linnaeus Anas crecca carolinensis Gmelin Anas acuta acuta Linnaeus Anas acuta tzitzihoa Vieillot Anas penelope Linnaeus Anas clypeata Linnaeus Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus) Aythya valisineria (Wilson) Accipiter soloënsis (Horsfield) Accipiter virgatus gularis (Temminck and Schlegel) Pandion haliaetus melvillensis Mathews Falco peregrinus japonensis Gmelin Megapodius lapérouse senex Hartlaub Megapodius lapérouse lapérouse Gaimard Coturnix chinensis lineata (Scopoli) Gallus gallus (Linnaeus) Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus Rallus philippensis pelewensis (Mayr) Rallus owstoni (Rothschild) Rallina fasciata (Raffles) Rallina eurizonoides eurizonoides (Lafresnaye) Aphanolimnas monasa (Kittlitz) Poliolimnas cinereus micronesiae Hachisuka

Table 17. Measurements of Three Subspecies of Poliolimnas cinereus

Gallinula chloropus subsp. near orientalis Horsfield Gallinula chloropus guami Hartert

Table 18. Measurements of Gallinula chloropus

Porphyrio porphyrio pelewensis Hartlaub and Finsch Fulica atra atra Linnaeus Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus) Pluvialis dominica fulva (Gmelin) Charadrius hiaticula semipalmatus Bonaparte Charadrius dubius curonicus Gmelin Charadrius alexandrinus nihonensis Deignan Charadrius mongolus stegmanni Stresemann Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scopoli) Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin) Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus) Limosa lapponica baueri Naumann Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus) Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin) Tringa glareola Linnaeus Actitis hypoleucos Linnaeus Heteroscelus brevipes (Vieillot) Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin) Arenaria interpres interpres (Linnaeus) Gallinago megala Swinhoe Gallinago gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus) Crocethia alba (Pallas) Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield) Erolia minuta ruficollis (Pallas) Erolia subminuta (Middendorff) Erolia melanotos (Vieillot) Erolia acuminata (Horsfield) Erolia ferruginea (Pontoppidan) Limicola falcinellus sibirica Dresser Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus) Larus argentatus vegae Palmén Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck) Sterna hirundo longipennis Nordmann Sterna sumatrana sumatrana Raffles

Table 19. Measurements of Gallinula chloropus

Sterna lunata Peale Sterna anaetheta anaetheta Scopoli Sterna fuscata oahuensis Bloxham Sterna albifrons sinensis Gmelin Thalasseus bergii pelecanoides (King)

Table 20. Measurements of Thalasseus bergii in the Pacific Area

Procelsterna cerulea saxatilis W. K. Fisher Anous stolidus pileatus (Scopoli)

Table 21. Measurements of Anoüs stolidus of the Pacific Area

Anous tenuirostris marcusi (Bryan)

Table 22. Measurements of Anoüs tenuirostris of the Pacific Area

Gygis alba candida (Gmelin)

Table 23. Measurements of Subspecies of Gygis alba From the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Area Table 24. Measurements of Gygis alba From the Pacific Area

Gygis alba pacifica (Lesson) Columba livia Gmelin Ptilinopus porphyraceus ponapensis (Finsch)

Table 25. Measurements of Ptilinopus porphyraceus in Micronesia

Ptilinopus porphyraceus hernsheimi (Finsch) Ptilinopus porphyraceus pelewensis Hartlaub and Finsch Ptilinopus roseicapillus (Lesson)

Table 26. Measurements of Ptilinopus roseicapillus

Ducula oceanica monacha (Momiyama)

Table 27. Measurements of Ducula oceanica

Ducula oceanica teraokai (Momiyama) Ducula oceanica townsendi (Wetmore) Ducula oceanica oceanica (Lesson and Garnot) Ducula oceanica ratakensis (Takatsukasa and Yamashina) Streptopelia bitorquata dusumieri (Temminck) Gallicolumba canifrons (Hartlaub and Finsch) Gallicolumba xanthonura xanthonura (Temminck)

Table 28. Measurements of Gallicolumba xanthonura

Gallicolumba xanthonura kubaryi (Finsch) Caloenas nicobarica pelewensis Finsch Trichoglossus rubiginosus (Bonaparte)

Table 29. Measurements of Trichoglossus rubiginosus

Cuculus canorus telephonus Heine Cuculus saturatus horsfieldi Moore Eudynamis taitensis (Sparrman) Otus podarginus (Hartlaub and Finsch) Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontoppidan) Asio flammeus ponapensis Mayr Caprimulgus indicus jotaka Temminck and Schlegel Caprimulgus indicus phalaena Hartlaub and Finsch Collocalia inexpectata pelewensis Mayr

Table 30. Measurements of Collocalia inexpectata in Micronesia

Collocalia inexpectata bartschi Mearns Collocalia inquieta inquieta (Kittlitz)

Table 31. Measurements of Collocalia inquieta

Collocalia inquieta rukensis Kuroda Collocalia inquieta ponapensis Mayr Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina Swainson

Table 32. Measurements of Halcyon cinnamomina

Halcyon cinnamomina pelewensis Wiglesworth Halcyon cinnamomina reichenbachii (Hartlaub) Halcyon chloris teraokai Kuroda

Table 33. Measurements of Halcyon chloris in Micronesia

Halcyon chloris orii Takatsukasa and Yamashina Halcyon chloris albicilla (Dumont) Halcyon chloris owstoni Rothschild Eurystomus orientalis connectens Stresemann Hirundo rustica gutturalis Scopoli Edolisoma tenuirostre monachum (Hartlaub and Finsch)

Table 34. Measurements of Edolisoma tenuirostre in Micronesia

Edolisoma tenuirostre nesiotis (Hartlaub and Finsch) Edolisoma tenuirostre insperatum (Finsch) Dicrurus macrocercus harterti S. Baker Corvus kubaryi Reichenow

Table 35. Measurements of Corvus kubaryi

Luscinia calliope calliope (Pallas) Monticola solitaria philippensis (Müller) Turdus obscurus obscurus Gmelin Psamathia annae Hartlaub and Finsch

Table 36. Measurements of Psamathia annae

Acrocephalus luscinia luscinia (Quoy and Gaimard)

Table 37. Measurements of Acrocephalus luscinia

Acrocophalus luscinia syrinx (Kittlitz) Acrocephalus luscinia yamashinae (Takatsukasa) Acrocephalus luscinia nijoi (Yamashina) Rhipidura rufifrons uraniae Oustalet

Table 38. Measurements of Rhipidura rufifrons in Micronesia

Rhipidura rufifrons saipanensis Hartert Rhipidura rufifrons mariae R. H. Baker Rhipidura rufifrons versicolor Hartlaub and Finsch Rhipidura rufifrons kubaryi Finsch Rhipidura lepida Hartlaub and Finsch

Table 39. Measurements of Rhipidura lepida

Metabolus rugensis (Hombron and Jacquinot)

Table 40. Measurements of Metabolus rugensi

Monarcha godeffroyi Hartlaub Monarcha takatsukasae (Yamashina)

Table 41. Measurements of Monarcha takatsukasae

Myiagra oceanica erythrops Hartlaub and Finsch

Table 42. Measurements of Adult Specimens of Myiagra oceanica

Myiagra oceanica freycineti Oustalet Myiagra oceanica oceanica Pucheran Myiagra oceanica pluto Finsch Muscicapa narcissina narcissina Temminck Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe) Colluricincla tenebrosa (Hartlaub and Finsch)

Table 43. Measurements of Colluricincla tenebrosus

Artamus leucorhynchus pelewensis Finsch

Table 44. Measurements of Artamus leucorhynchus pelewensis Finsch

Aplonis opacus opacus (Kittlitz)

Table 45. Measurements of Adult Specimens of Aplonis opacus

Aplonis opacus ponapensis Takatsukasa and Yamashina Aplonis opacus angus Momiyama Aplonis opacus kurodai Momiyama Aplonis opacus orii (Takatsukasa and Yamashina) Aplonis opacus guami Momiyama Aplonis opacus aeneus (Takatsukasa and Yamashina) Aplonis pelzelni Finsch

Table 46. Measurements of Aplonis pelzelni

Aplonis corvinus (Kittlitz) Sturnus philippensis (Forster) Sturnus cineraceus Temminck Cleptornis marchei (Oustalet)

Table 47. Measurements of Cleptornis marchei

Myzomela cardinalis rubratra (Lesson)

Table 48. Measurements of Myzomela cardinalis of Micronesia

Myzomela cardinalis dichromata Wetmore Myzomela cardinalis major Bonaparte Myzomela cardinalis saffordi Wetmore

Table 49. Measurements of Adult Males of Myzomela cardinalis saffordi from the Mariana Islands

Myzomela cardinalis kurodai Momiyama Myzomela cardinalis kobayashii Momiyama Zosterops conspicillata conspicillata (Kittlitz)

Table 50. Measurements of the Subspecies of Zosterops conspicillata

Zosterops conspicillata saypani Dubois Zosterops conspicillata rotensis Takatsukasa and Yamashina Zosterops conspicillata semperi Hartlaub Zosterops conspicillata owstoni Hartert Zosterops conspicillata takatsukasai Momiyama Zosterops conspicillata hypolais Hartlaub and Finsch Zosterops cinerea cinerea (Kittlitz)

Table 51. Measurements of Zosterops cinerea

Zosterops cinerea ponapensis Finsch Zosterops cinerea finschii (Hartlaub) Rukia palauensis (Reichenow)

Table 52. Measurements of Rukia

Rukia oleaginea (Hartlaub and Finsch) Rukia ruki (Hartert) Rukia sanfordi (Mayr) Erythrura trichroa trichroa (Kittlitz)

Table 53. Measurements of Erythrura trichroa in Micronesia

Erythrura trichroa clara Takatsukasa and Yamashina Erythrura trichroa pelewensis Kuroda Lonchura nigerrima minor (Yamashina) Lonchura punctulata cabanisi (Sharpe)

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY

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