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Scolopacidae.
Numenius, species? Gente Hermosa: Whitmee (2 spns., cf. P. Z. S.,
1874, 183). Sclater (P. Z. S., 1874, 323) says these appear
to be tahitiensis, "but cannot be certainly determined while
alive." These specimens do not seem to have reached the
British Museum.
Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin).
Samoa (recorded by Henninger, in 1912).
Numenius variegatus (Scopoli).
Samoa (recorded by Henninger, in 1912).
"Numenius minutus", or "Whimbrel."
Mason Mitchell says one was shot in "Samoa" in 1902, but he does
not give the island, nor the authority for this identification.
Limosa lapponica baueri Naumann.
----- Layard (generally distributed along sea coast).
Rose: Peale.
Upolu: Gräffe, etc.; Mitchell.
Rose Id. is the type locality of Limosa foxii Peale, a synonym of
this species.
Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin).
----- Peale; Whitmee; Layard (generally distributed along sea-
coast); etc.
Savaii: Brown; Gräffe; Kubary.
Tutuila: Brenchley; R. C. Reed.
Upolu: Peale; Gräffe (Sept.); Nicoll (several seen along beach,
April 26).
Pisobia maculata (Vieillot). Pectoral Sandpiper.
"Samoa". Reichenow records this North American species (no
island or collector or date mentioned) in Journ. für
Orn., 1919, 333.
Charadriidae.
Pluvialis doninicus fulvus (Gmelin).