AVIFAUNA OF LAYSAN, ETC. 



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LARIDiE. 



80. STERNA FULIGINOSA, Gm. 



Ilaliplanafuliginosa, ante*, Pt. I. p. 39 (synonymy, literature, description) (1893). 



Sterna fuliginosa, Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 106 (1896) ; Wilson & Evans, Aves Hawaii, pt. vn. 

 (text) (June 1899). 



I HAVE onlv seen two examples from Oahu in the British Museum, but Dr. Stejneger has 

 recorded it from Kauai, where "it appears to be common." Palmer sent it only from the 

 Laysan group, but not from the real Sandwich Islands, where he did not pay sufficient 

 attention to sea-birds. 



81. STERNA LUNATA, Feale. 

 Haliplana lunata, antea, Pt. I. p. 39 (synonymy, literature, description) (1893). 



Sterna lunata, Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 100 (1896); Wilson & Evans, Aves Hawaii, pt. vn. 



? Sternalllaya JnoT Latham, non anMeta, auct.), Dole, Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. 1869, p. 306; id. 



Hawaiian Almanac, 1879, p. 56. 

 It was probably this Tern which Dole erroneously recorded as St. panaya. Knudsen 

 sent it to America from Kauai; Wilson "obtained specimens from the Sandwich Islands"; 

 Palmer sent it from Hawaii and Niihau ; he saw it near Oahu. 



82. ANOUS HAWAIIENSIS, Bolhsch. 

 NOIO. 



Anous hawaUensis, ante*, Pt. I. p. 43 (1893); Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 148 (1896); Wilson & 



Evans, Aves Hawaii, pt. vii. (1899) (text & plate). 

 Anous stolidus, Dole (?partiml), Proe. Boston Soc. N. H. 1809, p. 307; id. Hawan. Aim. 1879, p. 



(1879). 



Blozah bad already collected this Tern in 1825, one of his specimens being now in the 

 British Museum. Palmer only procured it on Kauai and in the Laysan group of islands ; 

 Mr. Knudsen obtained it from Niihau ; and Mr. Perkins observed it - quite commonly 

 throughout the group." 



83. GYGIS ALBA (Sparrm.). 



? " White Pigeon" (!), King, Voy. Pac. Ocean, iii. p. 120 (1784). 



Gygis alba, antea, p. 35 (1893); Wilson & Evans, Aves Hawaii, pt. vii. (1899). 



Gygis Candida, Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 142 (1896). 



With the exception of King's rather doubtful "White Pigeon » (II) there is no authentic 

 record of the occurrence of this bird on the Hawaiian Islands proper, though it is a common 

 breeding species on Laysan. 



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