134 BIRDS OF THE COMMANDKll ISLANDS. 



18{J2.—Xumeniii8 rufescens Gould, P.Z. S., 1862, p.286.— SwiXH., P. Z. S., 1863, p. 318. 



l87l.—NHm€»iii8 iahitiensis SwisnoE, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 410 (HecG.MEL. ?).— Taczan., J. 

 f. Oru., 11-73, p. 336.— /rf., Bull. Soc. Zool. Frauce, 1876, p. •2:A.—Id., ibid., 

 1pp2, p. 397.— /f/., ibid., 1883, p. 340.-/(7., Orn. Fauna, Vost. Sibir., p. 57 

 (lg77)._XACZ. & Dyb., Bull. Soc. Zool. Frauce, 1884, Extr., p. 2. 



Au occasional visitor from the mainlaud. I kuow of ouly oiie speci- 

 men killed on Bering Island, viz, one collected by Wosuesseuski about 

 forty years ago, and now in the mnseum of the St. Petersburg Academy. 

 Early in the spring of 18S3 I myself observed two large curlews on the 

 beach near Fedoskija, and shot one, which, however, falling into the sea, 

 was carried away by the tide. They most probably belonged to the 

 present species. 



From Kamtschatka the Australian Curlew is reported as early as 1784, 

 it being included in Pennant's list of Kamtschatkau birds in the third 

 volume of Cook's Voyage under the name of Scolopax arquata. Later 

 on it was obtained by Wosnesseuski at the southern extremity of the 

 peninsula, in September, 1847, and Taczanowski has recorded several 

 specimens, obtained by Dr. Dybowski's collectors, as V. tahitiensis, a 

 name the original application of which is too dubious to allow its being 

 used for any known curlew. 



A specimen in the National Museum (No. 108953), said to have been 

 collected in " Kamtschatka," May 20, 1884, but probably from Ussuri, 

 agrees closely with Japanese specimens. 



60 (67). Phalaropus lobatus (Lix.) 139. 



A common summer visitor to the islands ; breeding numerously on 

 Bering Island. 



61 (68). Crymophilus fulicarius (Lin.) 140. 



Once observed by me at sea a few miles off the coast of Bering Island 

 during the autumn of 1882. 



Mr. Seebohm mentions having specimens in his collection from the 

 Kuriles and Kamtschatka (Brit. B. Eggs, III, p. 86 (1885)). 



GRUOIDE^. 



=62 (69). Grus grus orientalis (Blyth)? 317. 



The description by the natives of a large long-necked, long-legged 

 bird of a gray color, which has been observed occasionally on Bering 

 Island during the spring migration, accords pretty well with that of a 

 crane. But whether it belongs to the present form, the status of which 

 is very uncertain, or to Grus canadensis, is extremely doubtful. 



ANATOIDE.^. 



•63 (7U). Anser segetum midendorfiB (Severz.) 141. 



Visits Bering Island occasionally during the spring migration. 

 64 (71). Anser albifrons gambeli (Hartl.) 145. 



Like the foregoing species. 



