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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus.
------ Gräffe; Whitmee; Layard.
Upolu: Peale; Gräffe.
Phaethon rubricaudus Boddaert.
------ Peale; Layard.
Rose: Peale.
Upolu: Peale.
Sulidae.
Pickering (MS.) says large numbers were breeding on
Rose Id., Oct. 7; possibly three species.
Sula piscator (Linnaeus).
------ Recorded by Ogilvie-Grant.
Sula leucogastva plotus (Forster).
------ Gräffe; Layard (saw gannets in Samoan seas, but did not
identify, though probably this species).
Upolu: Gräffe.
Nicoll saw it between Tutuila and Upolu.
Fregatidae.
Fregata "aquila".
------ Layard (common in stormy weather).
Rose: Pickering (MS.) large numbers breeding Oct. 7.
Fregata "minor".
"Samoa": Whitmee (recorded by Tristram).
Psittaci.
Charmosyna samoensis Hartlaub.
This is a problematical species from "Olajava" (Upolu), based
on the description of Kotzebue, about 1824-25. No later records.
Said to be about the size of a sparrow, red and green; tail red,
and four times the length of the body.
Loriidae.
Vini australis (Gmelin). (Type locality, Samoan Islands.)