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mentioned one form from Mangareva.)
Fregata aquila, subspecies.
Hemake: Peale (breeding, in great numbers, Aug. 20).
Fregata ariel ariel (Gray). (Type locality: Raine Island, Aus-
tralia.)
Makemo: Townsend.
LORIIDAE.
Coriphilus peruvianus (Miller).
Makatea: Peale.
Niau (or Greig): Garrett.
Rangiroa: Townsend.
Vini stepheni (North). (Type locality: Henderson.)
Henderson: Stephen; Tait & Jamieson.
Not very common; usually in pairs on plateau of the interior.
Related to V. kuhli of the Fanning or Line Islands.
Family -----?
"Lanius gambieranus" R. P. Lesson. (Type locality: Gambier =
Mangareva.)
Gambier (or Mangareva): A. Lesson.
This bird was collected by Lesson's brother Adolphe, who was
a surgeon in the French navy or marine, and spent four years in the
South Seas. It was described by Lesson as a Lanius, and was in his
collection at Rochefort. No one has satisfactorily identified it,
and the specimen appears to have passed out of existence, or at least