-132- Thalasseus bergii rectirostris. Front of forehead white; lores white; rump dark gray like mantle; bill greenish yellow; nape feathers long. Scolopacidae. Curlews, Snipes, Sandpipers. Phaëopus tahitiensis. Bristle-thighed Curlew. The only curlew of this immediate region. Discovered 146 years ago, but information on its breeding range, nesting habits, eggs, and downy young are still wanting. It is supposed to be only a winter migrant in Polynesia. Heteroscelus (formerly Heteractitis) incanus. Wandering Tatler. Uniform ashy gray above; lighter (to white) below, but ashy on sides of breast and flanks; summer plumage has much barring and various spots on the lower surface. Supposed to be only a winter visitor to Polynesia; discovered about the same time as the preceding, and not much more is known about its nesting details. Wing over 6 inches long. Prosobonia leucoptera. "White-winged Sandpiper." Smaller than preceding, with the wing 4.45 inches; bill 0.9 inch. General color above blackish brown; lower back and rump ferruginous; middle tail feathers blackish, the rest rufous banded with black; wing coverts blackish, with a white spot near carpal bend of wing. Under surface of body ferruginous red; throat buffy white; crown blackish, hind neck browner, mixed with black; sides of face brown, with lores and car-coverts more reddish; small white spot behind eye. This and the following are among the rarest of all birds to date. When it is said they are probably long since extinct, we are simply repeating a state-