54 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE 



Gallinula 



" Poule d'eau," Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l'Uranie, Zool. i. p. 35. 

 Gallinula orientalis, Horsf. 1 

 Ladrone or Marian Islands. 



FULICA ALAI. 



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

 Fulica alai, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 224. pi. 36. 

 Sandwich Islands. 



Anatid^e. 

 Bernicla sandwichensis. B.M. 



Bernicla sandwichensis, Vigors ; Jard. & Selby, Om. Illustr. n. s. 

 pi. 8. 



Anser hawaiensis, Eyd. & Sonl. Voy. Bonite, t. 10. 

 ' Na-na ' of the natives 1 

 Sandwich Islands (Owhyhee). 



J- 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, Gouldi, Pr.B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 

 p. 649. 



Feejee Islands (Viti Levu) ; Ladrone or Marian Islands 1 



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., By?-on's Voy. p. 251. 



Anas boschas (?). 



"Anas boschas, ? L.," Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur 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. 



Supercilious Duck, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 497. 

 ? Anas superciliosa, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 537. 



1 Anas leucophrys, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 93 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 77. 

 Anas superciliosa, var. Sandwichensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 

 p. 649. 



' Mora ' of the natives of the Society Islands. 



New Caledonia; Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Upolu); Tonga 



