| Figure | | Page | | 1. | The islands of Micronesia. | 6 | | 2. | The Mariana Islands. | 12 | | 3. | The Palau Islands. | 13 | | 4. | The Caroline Islands. | 15 | | 5. | The Marshall Islands. | 16 | | 6. | Routes of migration used by shore birds in the Pacific. | 34 | | 7. | Avifaunal regions of the central Pacific. | 43 | | 8. | Faunal areas from which Micronesian birds have been derived. | 46 | | 9. | Routes of dispersal of rails in the Pacific area. | 120 | | 10. | Variation in length of culmen of Sterna s. sumatrana. | 159 | | 11. | Geographic distribution of Thalasseus bergii. | 164 | | 12. | Geographic distribution of Gygis alba in the Pacific. | 177 | | 13. | Distribution and dispersal of Ptilinopus porphyraceus. | 190 | | 14. | Distribution and dispersal of Gallicolumba in the Pacific. | 204 | | 15. | Distribution and dispersal of Acrocephalus in the Pacific. | 260 | | 16. | Distribution and dispersal of Myzomela in the Pacific. | 316 |
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