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falcon had been present on the island since at least the preceding 

 January (Hackman, pers. comm.). 



Sight records of peregine falcons have been reported from Hawaii 

 by Dunmire (1961) and from Oahu by Ord (1966), anonymously 

 (1966), and by Donaghho (1967). None have been reported previously 

 from any of the Hawaiian Leeward Islands and no specimens have 

 been reported from any of the Hawaiian Islands. 



American Coot Fulica americana 



Amerson found a dead coot (USNM 503194) Aug. 11, 1965, on Tern 

 Island, French Frigate Shoals. The bird was found in low Messer- 

 schmidia over 100 feet from the beach, suggesting that it had not 

 been washed up on the beach. Coots breed on the main Hawaiian 

 Islands but have not been recorded previously from French Frigate 

 Shoals. 



Black-bellied Plover Squatarola squatarola 



(Grey Plover) 



Clapp collected two black-bellied plovers, a male and a female (USNM 

 494120, 494121), Mar. 13, 1965, on the rocky east beach of Lisianski 

 Island. A third specimen from Lisianski (USNM 496779), a female, 

 was collected by Crossin June 18, 1966, as it fed along the shoreline. 

 Single black-bellied plovers were seen by POBSP personnel on Green 

 Island, Kure Atoll, in late October 1963 and in late May 1964. 



This species breeds from north-central Russia to northern Alaska 

 and southwestern Baffin Island and migrates along the Pacific coasts 

 of both the Old and New Worlds (AOU, 1957). In the Leeward 

 Hawaiian chain black-bellied plovers have been observed previously 

 on Midway Atoll (Donaghho, 1953-1954) and have been collected 

 previously on Laysan Island (Bailey, 1956). They have not been 

 recorded previously from either Kure Atoll or Lisianski Island. 



American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 



Fleet saw three American golden plovers on Necker Island Sept. 25, 

 1964, and Hackman saw two there Mar. 10, 1967. POBSP personnel 

 have observed these plovers on the various islets of Pearl and Hermes 

 Reef as follows: 



Southeast Island: An estimated 40 present Feb. 26-Mar. 8, 1963; 

 five seen June 18-22, 1963; three seen Mar. 13, 1964; one seen Aug. 

 16-19, 1964; about 150 present Sept. 16-17, 1964; "a few" seen 

 Mar. 15-17, 1965; nine counted Mar. 21-22, 1965; about 175 present 

 Sept. 27, 1966; 15-20 seen Mar. 21-23, 1967. 



