54 catalogue of the birds of the 

 Gallinula ? 



" Poide d'eau,^^ Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de TUranie, Zool. i. p. 35. 

 GaUinula orientalis, Ilorsf. ? 



Ladroiie or Marian Islands. 



FULICA ALAI. 



Fiilica atra, (L.) Bloxh. Byron's Voy. p. 251. 

 Fulica aha, Peale, U. S. Expl. E.xped. p. 224. pi. 3G. 



Sandwich Islands. 



AnATID/E. 



Bernicla sandwichensis. B.M. 



Bernicia sandwichensis. Vigors ; Jard. & Selby, Orn. lUustr. n. s. 

 1)1. 8. 



Anser haioaiensis, Eyd. & Soul. Voy. Bonite, t. 10. 

 ' Na-na ' of the natives 1 



Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee). 



Dendrocygna vagans. B.M. 



Dendrocygna vagans, Eyton, MSS. 

 Morillon des ties Mariannes, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 632? 

 Dendrocygna arcuata, (Cuv.) Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pi. 14. 

 Dendrocygna arcuata, var. c, Goiddi, Pr.B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 

 p. 649. 



Feejee Islands (Viti Levu) ; Ladrone or Marian Islands? 



This bird differs from the D. arcuata, Cuv., in having black and 

 white upper tail-coverts, &c. The Feejee and Manilla birds are 

 smaller than those found on the continent of India. 



Note. — Wild Geese and Ducks of a small size frequent the [Sand- 

 wich] islands in the winter season, most probably from the north- 

 west coast of America.^ — Bloxh., Byron's Joy. p. 251. 



Anas boschas (?). 



"Anas l)oschas, Ih.," Hartl. Wicgm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, 

 p. 122. 



Sandwich Islands (Oahu). 



Note. — Muscovy Ducks are stated to be found at Ovolau, one of 

 the Feejee Islands. 



Anas superciliosa, var. 



Supercdiovs Duch, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 497. 

 1 Alias superciliosa, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 537. 



? Anas levcophrys, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 93; G.Forst. Icon. ined. Tl . 

 Anas superciliosa, \&x. Sandwichensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 

 p. 649. 



' Mora ' of the natives of the Society Islands. 



New Caledonia J Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Uj)olu); Tonga 



