========================+=====+========+=======+===========+=========== LOCALITY | No. | Wing | Tail | Culmen | Tarsus ------------------------+-----+--------+-------+-----------+----------- _Poliolimnas cinereus | | | | | collingwoodi_ | | | | | Philippines, | 13 | 98 | | 22.5 | 38.0 Talaut. Celebes | | 92-108 | | 21.0-24.0 | 35.0-41.0 | | | | | _Poliolimnas cinereus | | | | | micronesiae_ | | | | | Guam | 10 | 95 | 51 | 21.0 | 37.0 | | 91-102 | 50-53 | 20.0-22.5 | 34.5-39.0 | | | | | Palau | 10 | 93 | 51 | 21.0 | 37.0 | | 89-95 | 51-53 | 20.0-23.0 | 34.0-38.0 | | | | | Truk | 5 | 95 | 51 | 21.0 | 36.0 | | 94-97 | 51-53 | 20.5-22.5 | 35.0-37.0 | | | | | _Poliolimnas cinereus | | | | | brevipes_ | | | | | S. Dionisio Island | 8 | 96 | | 19.0 | 30.0 | | 94-97 | | 17.0-20.0 | 29.0-32.0 ------------------------+-----+--------+-------+-----------+----------- _Specimens examined._--Total number, 25 (11 males, 13 females, 1 unsexed), as follows: Mariana Islands, AMNH--Guam, 10 (July 13, Aug. 1, 5, 7, 13, 19, 23, 31); Palau Islands, AMNH--exact locality not given, 10 (Nov. 11, 13, 15, 23, 25); Caroline Islands, AMNH--Truk, 5 (June 3, 8, 16, 17, 18). _Nesting._--Hartert (1900:9) describes two nests found on swampy ground. One contained three eggs, the other four eggs. He writes, "The eggs are pale buff, or cream-colour, speckled all over with brownish rufous, more frequently near the broad end. In some eggs, these spots are larger, in others minute, and there are often some, underlying pale purplish gray spots."