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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