General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-63- laid on the surface or under ground. Puffinus, species. Henderson: Tait & Jamieson. Very plentiful, and laid their eggs on the ground among the scrubb all over the island. A "Mutton" bird, probably the same spe- cies, was found plentiful by A. E. Stephen, with eggs (Sept. 10, 1907) in the scrubb. Nicoll saw two dark shearwaters at or near Pitcairn, in March. STERNIDAE. (Peale saw a "few Terns" on Pukaruha; he also found "Terns" on Manihi. A. Lesson found "une jolie sterne" at Mangareva.) Gygis alba pacifica (Lesson). Akiaki: Townsend. Ducie: Macfarlane (eggs March 16). Henderson: Stephen(plentiful); Tait & Jamieson. Hemake: Peale. Manihi: Peale. Pitcairn: Macfarlane (said to breed in Sept.); Nicoll (seen). Tekokoto: Townsend. Megalopterus melanogenys (Gray). Henderson: Tait & Jamieson (not so common as preceding). Makemo: Townsend. Rangiroa: Townsend. Raraka: Peale.