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(22.) Rotuma and vicinity. Birds.
Rev. George Brown got a few birds here years ago, and J. Stanley Gardiner collected some in spirits in 1896 (see Ibis, 1898, 42-46).
Treronidae.
Ptilinopus porphyraceus ("Forster" Temminck).
Rotuma: Gardiner.
Rallidae.
"Porphyrio smaragdinus Temm."
Rotuma: Gardiner.
"Rallus (Hypotaenidia) philippensis Gm."
Rotuma: Gardiner.
Sternidae.
"Anous stolidus (Linn.)"
Rotuma: Gardiner.
"Anous leucocapillus Gould." (Lesser Noddy.)
Rotuma: Gardiner.
Scolopacidae.
Heteroscelus incamus (Gmelin).
Rotuma: Gardiner.
Charadriidae.