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Show 1876.] OF THE NAVIGATORS' ISLANDS. 497 30. ORTYGOMETRA QUADRISTRIGATA, Horsf. 31. O. TABUENSIS, Gm. Neither of these birds occurred to me ; but I heard that the latter was not uncommon. The former has been obtained in some abundance in the interior of Viti Levu, where it seems to displace the smaller 0. tabuensis. Eggs said to be of this species are pale drab colour, profusely covered with reddish-brown ill-defined minute marks ; . axis 1"2'", diam. 11'". Six in one nest. 32. PORPHYRIO VITIENSIS, Peale. How the mistake could have occurred of identifying the Samoan with the Indian bird, I cannot conceive. A comparison of the two must instantly dispel the illusion. This Gallinule is very common here as in Fiji and Tonga. 33. LIMOSA UROPYGIALIS, Gould. Generally distributed, with the next species, along the sea-coast; but I could not hear of its being found in the breeding-plumage. 34. ACTITIS INCANA, Gm. Not very plentiful where I was, but always obtainable at low tide. 35. CHARADRIUS FULVUS, Gm. Very common, and tame, feeding on the grassy paddocks close up to the houses. 36. STREPSILAS INTERPRES, L., non vidi. 37. ARDEA SACRA, Gm. Not common, but generally distributed. 38. ANAS SUPERCILIOSA, Gm. Rare and local, being only found on the lakes in the mountains- old extinct craters, in fact. 39. STERNA BERGII, Licht. Little or nothing appears to be known about the sea-fowl of this group. Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub do not enumerate one single Tern from here ! I recognized A bergii. 40. STERNA MELANAUCHEN. 41. STERNA PANAYA. 42. ANOUS STOLIDUS. 43. ANOUS LEUCOCAPILLUS. 44. GYGIS ALBA, Sparrm. Of these five Terns, the first I obtained in full breeding-dress and oropyi] at Levuka in the end of January ; the second my son shot in some plenty on the reef opposite Levuka in November, in splendid plumage, the whole body being suffused with such a pink blush as the |
