General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-199- 28. Uvea or Wallis Id. Birds. Treronidae. Globicera pacifica (Gmelin). (Type locality, Friendly Ids.) Uvea: Arnoux; Graeffe? Ptilinopus porphyraceous graeffei Neumann. (t.l., Uvea or Wallis Id.) Uvea: Graeffe. Rallidae. Hypotaenidia philippensis, subspecies. Uvea: Graeffe. Porphyrio "samoensis." Uvea: Graeffe. Sternidae. Megalopterus minutus, subspecies. Uvea: Graeffe. Scolopacidae. Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin). (t.l., Eimeo and Palmerston Ids.) Uvea: Graeffe. Buteonidae. Circus approximans, subspecies. Uvea: old spn. in Brit. Mus. Loriidae. Vini australis (Gmelin). Uvea: Gray (records it); Graeffe. Eulabetidae. Aplonis "vitiensis"? (Hartlaub & Finsch call it A. tabuensis.) Graeffe. There must be at least double the above number of species found on this island, though possibly no more land birds. Only a careful examination can decide.