General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-70- STERNIDAE. Thalasseus bergii rectirostris (Peale). (t.l., Fijis, es- pecially Sandalwood Bay.) Fijis: Peale, etc. Mbau: Layard; Brenchley. Ngau: Layard; Rayner. Ovalau: Layard. Vama Levu: Peale (large flocks in Sandalwood Bay). Viti Levu: Layard: Coppinger. Sterna melanauchen Temminck. (t.l., Celebes.) Fijis: Gräffe. Nairai: Rayner. Ovalau: Layard (in breeding dress at end of Jan.) Sterna striata Gmelin (or frontalis Gray). (t.l., New Zealand.) Ngau: recorded by Gray. Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus). (t.l., Santo Domingo, W. I.) Sooty Tern. Fijis: Layard. Ovalau: Layard. Viti Levu: Layard. Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli). (t.l., Panay, Philippines.) Bridled Tern. Fijis: Gräffe; Layard. Ovalau: Layard.