General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-65- Aug. 21, 1839). Peale says it was observed "throughout all" of the group visited by the Wilkes Expedition, as well as "on most of the coral islands of the Pacific" (visited by the expedition), breeding on islands not in- habited by man. Thalasseus bergii rectirostris (Peale). (Type locality: Fijis.) Makemo: Townsend. ?Sterna dougalli Montagu. Tuamotus: recorded by Gray. Locality, as well as species (or subspecies) probably in doubt. SCOLOPACIDAE. (Peale saw "Snipes" on Manihi, and A. Lesson reports "le phalarope", "le courlièu", and "le chevalier", from Mangareva.) Phaeopus tahitiensis (Gmelin). Kawehe: Peale ("abundant", Sept. 2, 1839). Makatea: Townsend. Makemo: Townsend. Kawehe is the type locality of Numenius femoralis Peale. Heteroscelus incamus (Gmelin). Henderson: Tait & Jamieson. Hemuake: Peale (Aug. 21, 1839). Makemo: Townsend. Rangiroa: Townsend. AEchmorhynchus parvirostris (Peale). (Type locality: Hemuake and Raraka.)