300 ON THE BIRDS OF THE PHCENIX 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 ' : — 



Cuaradriice. 



Charadrius fulvv.s, Grmel Sydney Island (Arundel), Sydney, 



Phoenix, and Canton Islands. 



Strepsilas interprcs (Linn.) Sj'dney, Phoenix, and Canton Islands. 



Numenius tahitiensis, Grmel Canton Island (Phoenix and Sydney Is- 

 lands ?). 



Totanus incamcs (Gmel.) Sydney Island (Arundel), Canton Island. 



Larid.e. 



Sterna bergii (Licht.) Canton Island. 



pana2/a, Gmel M'Kean Island (Gra;^e). 



fidiginosa, Gmel Phoenix and Canton Islands. 



'lunata, Peale M'Kean Island (Grdffe), Phoenix and 



Canton Islands. 



melancmchen, Temm Canton Island. 



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



(Pickering), Phoenix and Canton Is- 

 lands. 



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



Canton, and Birnie Islands. 



Gygis Candida, Gmel M'Kean Island ( G/Yi#e), Sydney, Phoenix, 



Canton, and Birnie Islands. 



Pelecanid^e. 



Fregata minor (Gmel.) Phoenix Island. 



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



Phaeton ntbricauda, Bodd M'Kean Island ( Grdffe), Sydney, Plioenix, 



and Canton Islands. 



eethereus, Linn M 'Kean Island ( Grdffe). 



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



Canton, and Birnie Islands. 



cyanops (Sundev.) M'Kean Island. ( Grdffe), Gardner Island 



(Pickering), Sydney, Phoenix, and Can- 

 ton Islands. 



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

 ner, and Sydney (Pickering), Canton 

 and Phoenix Islands. 



Procellakiib.e. 



Puffinus assimilis, Gould M'Kean Island (G^m^e). 



dichrous, F.&H M'Kean Island ( Grdffe). 



chlororhynchiis. Lesson M'Kean Island. (Grdffe). 



nativitatis, ^tr&tits Phoenix and Canton Islands. 



CEsirelaf a parvirostris (Peale) ... Phoenix and Canton Islands. 



Fregetta albigidaris, Finsch Phoenix Island. 



Anatid^. 

 ■ Bafila modesta, Tristram Sydney Island (Arundel). 



' Dr. GrafFe'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. 



