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have been reported previously from any of the islands of the Hawaiian 

 area. 



This species breeds from central Alaska and southern Manitoba 

 south to central North Dakota and west-central Minnesota. It mi- 

 grates along the California coast and through the western interior of 

 North America (AOU, 1957). 



Lesser Yellowlegs Totanus flavipes 



On Green Island, Kure Atoll, Aug. 30, 1964, Dumont captured an 

 immature female lesser yellowlegs (USNM 494297) in a colony of 

 sooty terns (Sterna fuscata) . The bird was lying on the ground and 

 was very emaciated. 



Another lesser yellowlegs was seen by POBSP personnel on Laysan 

 Island Oct. 21, 1966. This bird was feeding with wandering tattlers 

 and two greater yellowlegs with which it was compared closely. 



Sightings of lesser yellowlegs have been reported from the main 

 Hawaiian or Leeward Islands on six previous occasions: once from 

 Midway (Donaghho, 1953-1954), once from Maui (Bryan, 1962), and 

 four times from Oahu (Hatch, 1953; anonymous, 1964; anonymous, 

 1967; Gauthey, 1967). 



The specimen collected on Kure is the first reported from any of the 

 islands of the Hawaiian area and also constitutes the first record from 

 Kure Atoll. The sight record from Laysan is the first record of the 

 lesser yellowleg's occurrence there. 



This species breeds from north-central Alaska east to northern 

 Ontario and northwestern Quebec and migrates south to the southern 

 United States, Central America, Chile, and Argentina (AOU, 1957). 



Greater Yellowlegs Totanus melanoleucus 



On Oct. 21, 1966, Harrington collected one (USNM 496780) of two 

 greater yellowlegs from the lagoon at Laysan Island. The specimen, 

 a very fat immature female, had been feeding with wandering tattlers 

 (Heteroscelus incanum) when it was first seen. 



Sight records of greater yellowlegs have been reported on seven 

 previous occasions from the main Hawaiian Islands (see Udvardy, 

 1961b; anonymous, 1962; Ord, 1962) and once from Midway Atoll in 

 the Hawaiian chain (Donaghho, 1953-1954). The bird taken on 

 Laysan constitutes the first specimen record from either the main 

 Hawaiian or Hawaiian Leeward Islands. Greater yellowlegs breed 

 across northern North America from southern Alaska to Newfound- 

 land and migrate south through the interior and coastal regions of 

 the United States (AOU, 1957). 



