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Anous stolidus pileatus (Scopoli).
Aratika: Peale (multitudes breeding on trees, Sept. 3, 1839).
Ducie: Macfarlane.
Henderson: Stephen (not very common).
Makatea: Townsend.
Makemo: Townsend.
Manihi: Peale (seen).
Pitcairn: Macfarlane (not breeding in March); Nicoll (seen).
Raraka: Peale.
Procelsterna cerulea teretirostris (Lafresnaye).
Henderson: Tait & Jamieson.
Henuake: Peale (breeding and had eggs, Aug. 21, 1839).
Pitcairn: Nicoll (seen).
Rangiroa: Townsend.
Henuake is the type locality of Megalopterus plumbea Peale.
The type locality of teretirostris was not indicated in the original
description.
Onychoprion lunatus (Peale). (Type locality: Kawehe.)
Kawehe: Peale (large numbers, in Sept.).
Rangiroa: Townsend.
Saunders says this species appears to represent anaethetus in
this group.
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus).
Henuake: Peale ("great numbers"; had young ready to fly,