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Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 



Ludwig shot a male wood sandpiper (USNM 493333) that had very 

 little fat on Dec. 11, 1963, in the overrun area on Sand Island, Midway 

 Atoll. Another specimen (USNM 496777) of unknown sex and with 

 no fat deposits was collected by Bratley on Green Island, Kure 

 Atoll, May 22, 1965. 



Wood sandpipers are reported as "accidental in Hawaii" (AOU, 

 1957), but we have been unable to discover the source of this 

 statement. The present specimens confirm the occurrence of wood 

 sandpipers in the Hawaiian Islands and, so far as we can determine, 

 constitute the first distributional records from Kure and Midway 

 Atolls. 



Polynesian Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes 



(Gray-rumped Sandpiper) 



Wirtz collected a moderately fat, immature male (USNM 494300) on 

 Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, Oct. 30, 1964. This specimen con- 

 stitutes the first record of the occurrence of the Polynesian tattler in 

 either the main Hawaiian or Hawaiian Leeward Islands. This species 

 probably breeds in eastern Siberia and migrates south along the coasts 

 of Japan, China, and Indochina. It winters in the Philippine and 

 Caroline Islands south to New Guinea and Australia and has been 

 recorded from the Pribilof Islands (AOU, 1957). 



Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanum 



Sibley and Amerson saw one wandering tattler on Gardner Pinnacles 

 June 16, 1963. Wandering tattlers have been seen 15 times on the 

 islets of Pearl and Hermes Reef. These observations are given by 

 islet as follows: 



Southeast Island: Three seen Feb. 26-Mar. 8, 1963; one seen 

 June 18-22, 1963; one seen Mar. 13, 1964; one or two seen Aug. 16-19, 

 1964; five seen Sept. 16, 1964; one seen Mar. 21-22, 1965; four seen 

 Sept. 25-27, 1966; two seen Mar. 21-23, 1967. 



North Island: One seen June 23-24, 1963; one or two seen Aug. 

 19-20, 1964. 



Grass Island: One seen June 26-27, 1963. 



Seal Island: One seen Mar. 14, 1964; one seen Mar. 18, 1965; 

 one seen Mar. 22, 1967. 



Humphrey Island: One seen Aug. 18, 1964. 

 Kittery Island: One seen Mar. 22, 1967. 

 Even though wandering tattlers are regular winter residents on the 

 Hawaiian Leeward Islands (Bryan and Greenway, 1944), their occur- 



