-196- 25. Tokelau or Union Group. Birds. Treronidae. Globicera pacifica? (Peale called it "Columba oceanica.") Atáfu and Fakaafo: Peale (saw tame birds possessed by natives). Sternidae. Procelsterna "cinerea". Fakaafo: Ramsay records it under the name "Anous cinereus, Gould"; collected by Rev. Whitmee. Ramsay says the specimen differs from Gould's description in being somewhat smaller. Thalasseus bergii, subspecies. Fakaafo: Lister. ?Anous, species. Atáfu: Peale (seen in the hands of natives, Jan. 25, 1841. Peale refers to this as a "Noddy", hence, presumably, a form of Anous). "Terns and other oceanic species" were seen in "abundance" by Peale, on Atáfu, Jan. 25, 1841. Charadriidae. Pluvialis dominicus fulvus (Gmelin). Atáfu: Peale (saw tame "plover" in the hands of natives, Jan. 25, 1841). Peale reports that at Atáfu (on Jan. 25, 1841) he saw no land birds. Byron (June, 1765) "found thousands of sea fowl sitting upon their nests, which were built in high trees: these birds were so tame, that they suffered themselves to be knocked down without leaving their nests. The ground was covered with land crabs, but no other animal was seen."