General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-71- Onychoprion lunatus (Peale). (t.l., Kawehe, Tuamotu Ids.) Fijis: Layard. Anous stolidus, subspecies. Noddy. Fijis: Layard. Vatoa: Layard (one obtained in a hurricane.) Megalopterus (or Micranous), species. Lesser Noddy. (Mathews claims the name M. melanogenys (Gray) belongs to the Hawaiian form, hence the Fijian form will have to be called by another name, possibly minutus.) Fijis: Layard. Ovalau: Layard. Viti Levu: Layard (who also got it at "Naudronga", probably the harbor of this name on s.e. coast of Viti Levu). Vanua Levu: Layard. ?Procelsterna "cinerea." Fijis: Layard (saw 3 that he thought this speces, on Oct. 10, on coast of Ovalau?). Gyzis (or Leucanous) alba, subspecies. Fijis: Gray; Layard (among the windward islands.) Viti Levu: Layard (saw it on e. coast.) Laridae.