-171- 8. Islands east and northeast of Samoa. (Birds). Pigeons. "Wild pigeons" are among the food supplies that "may also be obtained" in the Danger group, according to the Hydrographic Pilot, but the species is in doubt; possibly Ptilinopus or Globicera. Terns (and probably other sea birds). "Wide-awake" tern's eggs are much used for food at Taka (wide Hydrogr. Pilot). Moss says the sea birds, including "small terns", breed in immense numbers on one of the "little islets" on the reef of the lagoon of Taka. When Taka was discovered (in Sept., 1814), its approach was "indi- cated by large flocks of birds." The landing party found it "inhabited only by birds, crabs, and rats." ?Cuculidae. Forbes and Robinson record Urodynamis t. taitensis (Sparrman) from "South Pacific (Suwarrows Island)," but they fail to indicate which of the three islands of similar name is meant. Suwarrow is a synonym of Taka, and there is a Suvarov or Suvarof in the Marshall group. Altogether, there is little known of the birds of these islands, and this little is from non-ornithological sources.