General notes on South Pacific island groups
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(Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxi, 605). Wardlaw- Ramsay (Ibis, 1890, 227) suggests this is Treron fulvicollis from a wrong locality, but Forster was usually very careful with his localities and probably described his birds on the spot, hence it is doubtful if Wardlaw-Ramsay's guess is correct. Gallicolumba, species. Tanna: Latham (records it). Described by Latham from "Tanna", ex Banks' collection; not met with since, and may prove to be female of preceding (Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxi, 605). Rallidae. Hypotaenidia philippensis, subspecies. Aneiteum: Inglis ("lives in the bush, and flies little.") Poliolimnas cinereus tannensis (Forster). (T.l., Tanna.) Tanna: Forster. Ingram recognizes this as a distinct form. Porzana tabuensis (Gmelin) or subspecies. Aneiteum: Gray (records it); Macgillivray. Tanna: Latham (records it). ----: Layard. The bird from Tanna is recorded as a variety by Latham and Gmelin. Porphyrio melanonotus aneiteumensis Tristram. (T.l., Aneiteum.) Aneiteum: Inglis ("lives inland.") ?Tanna: Layard. Malekula: Farquhar (recorded as P. smarag- dineus by Sharpe). Faté: an individual of "a singularly small, delicately formed race of this bird" was sent Layard alive from this island. Puffinidae. Farquhar says the natives (island not given) described a bird "as nesting in holes in the mountains-- some sort of Shearwater, I presume." Pterodroma "torquata". (T.l., Aneiteum.) Aneiteum: Macgillivray. Macgillivray, who