General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-51- Ofiti[= Hiti] Ofiti[= Tepoto] Ohiti[= Hiti] Osnaburgh[= Mururoa] Otuhoo [= Tetopoto] Oura (of Cook) [ = Takapoto ] Palliser group (includes Kaukura, Rangiroa, etc. Pernicious Ids. } Schadelyk Ids. } synonyms of Palliser group. Pangataufa[= Fangataufa] Paai (islet of Rangiroa; about 12 ft. high. Papakena [ = Tureia ] Papuri (islet on outer reef of Mangareva. 48. Paraoa (low; no pass into lagoon; wooded; now uninhab., but has Gloucester. ancient stone structures at s. e. point. Hairiri. Hariri. Pavete (islet on s. side of Arutua. Peacock[= Ahii] Peard[= Mangareva] Pearl[= Mangareva] Pernicious Ids.[= Palliser group] Philip[= Makemo] Phillips[= Makemo] 61. Pinaki (of Hydr. Pilot & Chart) = "Nukutavake" of Brigham's map 22. Whitsunday. 1.5 mi. diam.; nearly circular; coral; lagoon; about 6 ft. high; well wooded, with pandamus & cocoanut chiefly & some belts of bushes; 116 or more minute islets in lagoon; uninhab. according to some authorities, but Agassiz refers to natives keeping turtles in a sink here (possibly these were visitors from other ids.) 19° 24' S., 138° 43' W. This id. (Pinaki of Hydr. Pilot) is where Townsend secured 1 Tringa parivirostris, and saw one other. Predpriatie[= Akahaina] Prince of Wales Id.[= Rangiroa] Prince William Henry[= Nengonengo] Puaumu (islet of Mangareva, on outer reef. 55. Pukapuka (9 x 3 mi.; (3 islets?) about 8 ft. high; round closed lagoon; Danger. with clusters of trees (no palms) and bushes; some of the Dog. trees 18 in. in diam., and 50 ft. high; clusters of pan- Hemake. damus trees on s. w. point; no water; no troublesome flies; Henuake. uninhab. Said to have snakes; on this or a neighboring Honden. id., one of the Peale party saw in a bush what he thought Houden. was a squirrel or an opossum, but Peale searched for it later without success. Peale party had to swim ashore from boats and back again; they could save only a few of the birds shot,