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Procelsterna cerulea (Bennett). (Type loc.: Christmas and other
Fanning: Arundel. islands.)
Christmas: Bennett; Macfarlane--eggs on Oct. 7, 1884.
Gygis alba candida (Gmelin). (Type loc.: Christmas and other ids.)
Christmas: Latham; Bennett--very numerous, with eggs in May;
Streets--eggs in January.
Fanning: MacFarlane; Arundel--breeding in "considerable num-
bers."
Palmyra: Streets--eggs in December.
SCOLOPACIDAE.
Phaëopus tahitiensis (Gmelin). Bristle-thighed Curlew.
Christmas: Bennett--common in May; Gray; Streets--common in
January.
Fanning: Arundel.
Palmyra: Streets--more common than on Christmas, in Dec.
Streets says it occurs on the "other" islands of the group, but he does
not enumerate the islands by name; his observations were made in Decem-
ber and January.
Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin). Wandering Tattler.
Christmas: Streets (in Jan.).
Fanning: Arundel.
Palmyra: Streets (in Dec.).
AEchmorhynchus cancellatus (Gmelin). (Type loc.: Christmas.)