===============+=====+=========+=========+=============+============= | | | | Exposed | SEX | No. | Wing | Tail | culmen | Tarsus ---------------+-----+---------+---------+-------------+------------- Adult males | 7 | 74 | 64 | 21.0 | 28.5 | | (72-77) | (62-68) | (19.5-22.5) | (27.0-30.0) | | | | | Adult females | 11 | 69 | 58 | 21.0 | 26.5 | | (65-74) | (55-61) | (19.5-22.0) | (25.0-29.0) ---------------+-----+---------+---------+-------------+------------- _Specimens examined._--Total number, 23 (9 males, 14 females), as follows: Palau Islands, USNM--Koror, 5 (Nov. 7, 9, 11, 18, 19)--Peleliu, 4 (Aug. 29, 30, Sept. 4, Dec. 5)--Ngabad, 1 (Sept. 11); AMNH--exact locality not given, 13 (Nov., Dec.). _Nesting._--Nehrkorn (1879:399, 404) records the egg of _Psamathia_ from Palau. The NAMRU2 party obtained no evidence of nesting of this bird in August and September, 1945. In 1931, Coultas secured birds in November and December, which had enlarged gonads. Marshall (1949:219) records breeding in November and December. _Molt._--Most of the skins taken from August to December have worn or molting feathers. Apparently there is a high point in the molting process in autumn and early winter. _Food habits._--Stomachs obtained from birds taken by the NAMRU2 party in August and September contained parts of insects and small seeds. One stomach contained about one-half cc. of parts of insects. Coultas (field notes) found the bird scratching "on the ground for seeds as well as working in the low trees and bushes." Marshall (1949:212) records insects and snails as food items.