_Calidris ferruginea_ Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 107, no.
15, 1948, p. 55 (Peleliu).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northern Asia. Winters from Africa
east to Australia. In Micronesia: Palau Islands--Peleliu.
_Specimens examined._--One female from Palau Islands, USNM--Peleliu
(Sept. 6).
_Remarks._--The NAMRU2 party obtained one female on September 6 at a
tidal flat on Peleliu. The Curlew Sandpiper is seemingly a rare visitor
to the Palau Islands from Asia. In using this specific name, I am
following Mayr (in Delacour and Mayr, 1945:107).
=Limicola falcinellus sibirica= Dresser
Broad-billed Sandpiper
_Limicola sibirica_ Dresser, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 674.
(Type locality, Siberia and China.)
_Limicola falcinellus sibirica_ Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol.
107, no. 15, 1948, p. 55 (Angaur).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northeastern Asia. Winters from
India east to Australia. In Micronesia: Palau Islands--Angaur.
_Specimens examined._--One male from Palau Islands, USNM--Angaur
(Sept. 21).
_Remarks._--A single male bird was taken by the NAMRU2 party at a fresh
water pond on Angaur Island on September 21, 1945. This is the only
known record for this bird from Micronesia.
=Phalaropus lobatus= (Linnaeus)
Northern Phalarope
_Tringa lobata_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 148, in
Emendanda, p. 824. (Type locality, Hudson Bay.)
_Geographic range._--Breeds throughout Arctic region. Winters at
sea in tropical and subtropical waters.
_Remarks._--The Northern Phalarope has not been found in Micronesia.
Mayr (1945a:46) records it in the pelagic areas north of the New Guinea
region. The occurrence there suggests that migration is through the
Micronesian area.
=Larus argentatus vegae= Palmén
Herring Gull
_Larus argentatus_ Brünn. var. _Vegae_ Palmén, in Nordenskiöld,
Vega-Exped. Vetensk. Iakttag., 5, 1887, p. 370. (Type locality,
Pidlin, northeastern Siberia.)
_Larus vegae_ Oustalet, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, (3), 8,
1896, p. 56 (Agrigan); Hartert, Novit. Zool., 5, 1898, p. 68
(Marianne); Seale, Occ. Papers Bernice P. Bishop Mus., 1, 1901, p.
20 (Marianas); Safford, Osprey, 1902, p. 70 (Marianas); _idem_,
The Plant World, 7, 1904, p. 268 (Guam?).
_Larus vegae_ Takatsukasa and Kuroda, Tori, 1, 1915, p. 62
(Marianas).
_Larus argentatus vegae_ Kuroda, in Momiyama, Birds Micronesia,
1922, p. 49 (Agrigan); Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p.
196 (Agrigan); Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 220
(Agrigan).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northern Siberia. Ranges east to
Alaska and south to the Philippines and the China coast. In
Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Agrihan.
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