300 ON THE BIRDS OF THE PHfENIX ISLANDS. [Apr. 21, 



ToTANUs iNCANus (Gmel.). 



A few solitary individuals of this Sandpiper frequented the sandy 

 shores of the lagoon of Canton Island. 



The following twenty-six species of birds have been observed at 

 the Phoenix Group ' : — 



CHARAnltllD^. 



Charadrius fulvus, Gmel Sydney Island (Arundel), Sydney, 



Phoenix, and Canton Islands. 



Strepsilas interpres (Linn.) Sydney, Phcenix, and Canton Islands. 



Ntimenius tahitiensis, GiQ^l Canton Island (Phcenix and Sydney Is- 

 lands ?). 



Totanus iwaims (Gmel.) Sydney Island {Arundel), Canton Island. 



Lakid.e. 



Sterna hergii (Licht.) Canton Island. 



imnaya, Gmel M'Kean Island ( Grdffe). 



fuliginosa, Goiel Phoenix and Canton Islands. 



'fowai'a, Peale M'Kean Island [Grdffc), Phoenix and 



Canton Islands. 



mdanauchcn, Temm Canton Island. 



Anous stolidus (Linn.) M'Kean Island {Grdffc), Gardner Island 



{Pickering), Phoenix and Canton Is- 

 lands. 



caruletis (Bennett) M'Kean Island ( Grdffe), Sydney, Phoenix, 



Canton, and Birnie Islands. 



Gygis Candida, Gmel M'Kean Island ( Grdffe), Sydney, Phoenix, 



Canton, and Birnie Islands. 



Pelecanid.b. 



Fregata minor (Gmel.) Phoenix Island. 



aquila (Linn.) M'Kean Island ( Grdffe). 



Phaeton rubricauda, Bodd M'Kean Island {Grdffe), Sydney, Plioenix, 



and Canton Islands. 



(gthereus, Jjinn M'Kean Island (Gra^c). 



Sula leucogaster (Bodd.) M'Kean Island ( Grdffe). Sydney, Phoenix, 



Canton, and Birnie Islands. 



cgaiwps (Sundev.) M'Kean Island {Grdffc), Gardner Island 



(PicA-cring), Sydney, Phoenix, and Can- 

 ton Islands. 



piscatrix (Linn.) M'Kean Island {Grdffe), M'Kean, Gard- 

 ner, ajid Sydney {Pic/cor if ig), Canton 

 and Phoenix Islands. 



PROCEI.LARIID.E. 



Puffinus as&imilis, Gould M'Kean Island {Grdffe). 



dichrous, P. & H M'Kean Island ( Grdffc). 



chlororhynchus, Lesson M'Kean Island {Grdffe). 



nativitatis, Qtr&et% Phoenix and Canton Islands. 



(Estrelata parvirostris (Peale) ... Phoenix and Canton Lslands. 



Fregetta albigularis, Finsch Phoenix Island. 



Anatid^. 



Bafila modesfa, Triatraxa Sydney Island (^n<«(^«^). 



' Dr. GraflPe's observations are quoted from Finsch and Hartlaub, ' Fauna 

 Centralpolynesiens ' ; Dr. Pickering's, from Cassin, ' U. S. Expl. Exped.,' 

 Mamm. & Ornith. ; those of Mr. Arundel, from Tristram, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 79. 

 Where no reference is given the observation is mine. 



