General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-59- 27 and 27a. TUAMOTU GROUP. PHASIANIDAE. Gallus gallus (Linnaeus). Pitcairn: Nicoll (runs wild). TRERONIDAE. Ptilinopus coralensis Peale. (Type locality: Carlshoff = Aratika.) Aratika: Peale. Fakarawa: Townsend. Makatea: Townsend. Makemo: Townsend. ?Manihi: Peale. Niau: Townsend. Raraka: Peale. Peale saw two species of "doves" on Manihi; one of them was prob- able this species, and the other doubtless a Gallicolumba. P. smithsonianus Salvadori is a synonym, based on the same skin! Ptilinopus insularis North. (Type locality: Henderson Id.) Henderson: Stephen; Tait & Jamieson. Stephen found them in flocks of 20 or more. Globicera aurorae (Peale). (Type locality: Aurora = Makatea.) Makatea: Peale ("in great abundance in high woody districts"); Townsend; Wilson; Nicoll? Peale described this from "Aurora or Maitia Island, one of the So- ciety Group", meaning, however, an island of this name in the Tuamotu