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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.