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general olive-brown color with a gray breast, white belly and buff under 

 tail coverts. It eats insects and tender shoots of grasses. 



Demiegretta sacra. Reef Heron. 



Vernacular name. — Ckuc/mkd, or C/iichukd. — This widely spread bird 

 is not rare on the island. It frequents the sandy beaches. The general 

 color of the adult is a dark slate. It is very shy and hard to approach. 



Ardetta sinensis.* Least Bittern. 



Vernacular name, Kdkkak, or Kakkag. — An ugly, skinny bird, of a red- 

 dish-brown color, common near streams and in damp places inland as 

 well as on the strand ; often seen flying over the plaza of the city of 

 Agana. Native name is an imitation of its note. 



Numenius variegatus. Striped Curlew. 



Vernacular name, Kaldlan. — A shore bird with a long bill which 

 curves downwards. Common during the times of migration. Often seen 

 on newly cultivated fields and on the plaza. Rump of the adult bird 

 white — closel}'^ allied to the Little Whaup, Numeneus phaeopiis, of Great 

 Britain. 



Numenius cyanopus. Australian Curlew. 



Vernacular name, Kaldlan. — Larger than the preceding. Color of 

 the rump uniform with that of the back. General color brown, much 

 streaked and blotched. Common on newly cultivated fields. It is also 

 common on the beach at low tide, but is very wary and hard to approach. It 

 has a whistling note very much like that of the common Whaup of Great 

 Britain. 



Limosa lapponica baueri. Pacific Godwit. 



Vernacular name, Kaldlan. — This bird occurs also in Samoa. I have 

 not yet seen it in Guam, but the natives tell me that there is a kind of 

 dulili with a straight beak, which at certain times of the year runs along 

 the beach at low tide and eats crustaceans. It is a migratory bird breed- 

 ing in Alaska and Northwestern Asia, and migrating south in winter. 



Gallinago megala. Snipe. 



Vernacular name, Dulili or Kaldlan dikiki. — Lieutenant Carpenter 

 killed several of these birds last winter. The natives seemed to be unde- 

 cided about the name, some calling them by the same name as the plovers, 

 others declaring them to be small curlews. 



Charadrius fulvus. Pacific Golden Plover. 



Vernacular name, Dulili. — This is the commonest of the shore birds 

 in Guam. It is often seen inland on cultivated fields. Specimens were 

 shot by Lieutenant Carpenter in September. 



Squatarola squatarola. Bull-head. Black-bellied Plover. 



Vernacular name, Dulili. — Specimens were shot in the winter by 

 Lieutenant Carpenter. Highly esteemed for food. Differs from true 

 plovers in having a small hind toe. 



Arenaria interpres. Turnstone. 



Vernacular name, Dulili. — Also a common shore bird in Samoa. 



•Mr. Scale found this to be a new species, which he named ArdeUa bryani. 



