-18- Peale found it nocturnal, and breeding in October, at 6000 feet, or more, in burrows. This was in the vicinity of volcanic peaks, high up the river Popino. The Peale party crossed the island from Point Venus, Malavai Bay, following the course of the Popino, and crossing lake Waharea to the opposite coast at Wairidi. At 6000 feet or more, they found the breeding places of Phaethon, "Petrels", and a "Thalassidroma." ? Pterodroma cooki (Gray). (Type locality: New Zealand.) Raiatea: Garrett. Puffinus pacificus, subspecies. Moorea: Mus. Tristram; J. L. Green. Mathews says P. "chlororhynchus" = P. pacificus, and that the Society and Phoenix groups possess a subspecies, which he does not name. Puffinus species (var. of Procellaria gavia Forster). Tahiti: Forster. Forster was here Aug. 16 to Sept. 1, 1773, and April 22 to May 14, 1774. Puffinus species (var. of Procellaria gavia Forster). Raiatea: Forster. Forster was here from May 24 to June 4, 1774. Wiglesworth suggests this may be the Procellaria "obscurus" of Gmelin, but says the descriptions (of this and the preceding) are not sufficient