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Pealea lineata (Peale). (Type locality, Upolu.)
Off Apolima: Layard (saw what he thought was this species).
Upolu: Peale (1 specimen).
Peale's specimen was obtained by a native, who said "they breed in holes, very high up in the mountains." Peale says "This bird was frequently seen within the torrid zone of the Pacific Ocean."
Sternidae. Terns.
Large numbers of terns of three species (of which O. fuscatus was one) were breeding on Rose Island, on Oct. 7,
(Pickering, M. S.).
Gygis alba -----
----- Gray; Whitmee; Gräffe; Krause.
Tutuila: Nicoll (fairly common at 1000 ft., flying among coco- nut trees).
Upolu: Gräffe.
Megaloapterus leucocapillus.
----- Layard.
Anous stolidus -----
Samoa: Stair; Whitmee; Krause (in Brit. Mus.).
Tutuila: Nicoll (fairly common at 1000 ft., flying among coco- nut trees); R. C. Reed.
Procelsterna cerulea -----
Tutuila: Powell.
Sterna "melanauchen".
----- Layard.
Onychoprion fuscatus.
Samoaan Ids.: Whitmee.
----- Gräffe.
Rose: Peale.
Upolu: Gräffe.
Thalasseus bergii -----
----- Layard (says he recognized this species).