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the two sibling dowitcher species the records actually comprised 

 although the long-billed dowitcher is included in the "Hawaiian 

 Checklist" (Bryan, 1958). 



This species breeds from northeastern Siberia and northwestern 

 Alaska to MacKenzie and migrates primarily through the western 

 United States to Mexico and Guatemala (AOU, 1957). 



Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus caurinus 



Wirtz collected an immature female (USNM 496057), one of two 

 dowitchers seen, Oct. 30, 1964, on Sand Island, Midway Atoll. The 

 specimen, identified as L. g. caurinus by Laybourne, constitutes the 

 first record of the occurrence of the short-billed dowitcher in the 

 Hawaiian area. Limnodromus g. caurinus breeds in southern Alaska 

 (Pitelka, 1950) and migrates south along the Pacific coast of North 

 America to at least Baja California (AOU, 1957). 



Pintail Snipe Capella stenura 



On Jan. 13, 1964, King collected a male (USNM 493341) in an open 

 grassy area on Green Island, Kure Atoll. No pintail snipes have 

 been reported previously from any of the islands of the Hawaiian 

 area. This species breeds from Siberia to northwestern Manchuria 

 and winters south to Malaya (Vaurie, 1965). 



Common Snipe Capella gallinago deli rata 



Schreiber collected an immature male (USNM 496778), later identi- 

 fied as C. g. delicata by Thompson, from an open field on Green Island, 

 Kure Atoll, Sept. 25, 1966. A snipe, probably this bird, had been 

 seen daily for the preceding five days. 



This subspecies of the common snipe breeds from northwestern 

 Alaska east to central Labrador and south to California, northern 

 West Virginia, and Connecticut. It winters south to Central America, 

 Venezuela, and southern Brazil (AOU, 1957) and has been reported 

 several times from the main Hawaiian Islands (Munro, 1944). In 

 the Leeward Chain, it has been reported previously from Laysan 

 (Bryan and Greenway, 1944) but this record is erroneous (Bailey, 

 1956). 



Knot Calidris canutus 



Clapp collected a very fat adult female (USNM 494130), Mar. 15, 

 1965, on Southeast Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef. Another knot was 

 seen on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Aug. 28, 1965, by three POBSP 

 members. The latter bird was in breeding plumage and the lengthy 



