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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,