-103- (9) Islands south of Line or Fanning Group (betw. 0° and 15° S.) These are included, with others, among the "Line" Ids. by the Hydr. Pilot. Anne (may = Vostok?) Bennet [= ?Tongareva] Brocke [= Jarvis] Bunker [= Jarvis] Caroline (group of about 40 low coral islets with one fringing reef 7.5 x 1.2 mi.; one narrow and crooked entrance for boats; Thornton. 15-20 ft. high; cocoanut and some other trees, such as pandamus, and shrubbery; some patches of grasses 1-2 ft. high; some sandy places near lagoon, but soil otherwise mostly rounded fragments of coral; linear islets surround the lagoon, with the dry land "only a few hundred yards in width"; guano was exported from about 1872 to about 1881, when cocoanut trees were planted by one Arundel, who also planted them on Flint id.; since 1902 has been leased to Levers Co., for 99 years; visited by American, French and British parties in 1883 (April-May) for purpose of observing eclipse (see report in Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., the British. II, 1883). F. D. Bennett observed birds here in early part of last century, and eclipse party added a few more in 1883. No natives extant, though a few have been im- ported for work. Hogs were fattened here, circa 1869, the work being undertaken by 4 men. Belongs to Dudosa [= Victoria] Flint (low guano id.; 2.5 x 0.5 mi.; bushes and low trees; cocoanuts now planted by Levers Co. (leased for 99 years); has two Belongs to small brackish lagoons; formerly worked for guano, and the British. later for 20 years for cocoanuts; sailing vessels from Tahiti come here twice yearly. In 1891 there was a "grove of tall trees near the centre of the island". 11° 25' 43'' S., 151° 48' W. Mac Farlane obtained no birds here. Grand Duke Alexander [= Rakaanga] Here [= Starbuck] Humphrey [= Monahiki] Independence [= Malden] Jarvis (1.7 x 1 mi.; 10-12 ft. high; of raised coral; no lagoon now; Brocke. mostly guano; no trees, few shrubs, and little grass; Bunker. guano work was stopped by or before 1883-85, owing to inferior quality; when Mac Farlane was here (in Oct.) the Belongs to only humans had left, but a cat was found "in possession the British. of the house"; "no birds" were seen by him, though he only