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in the Pribilof Islands (AOU, 1957). None have been reported pre- 

 viously from any of the Central Pacific islands. 



Northern Phalarope Lobipes lobatus 



(Red-necked Phalarope) 



Two very fat northern phalaropes in winter plumage, a male (USNM 

 494118) and a female (USNM 494119), were collected on Laysan 

 Island, Mar. 7, 1965, by Clapp. Both were feeding actively near large 

 flocks of golden plovers, ruddy turnstones, and wandering tattlers on 

 the south shore of the lagoon. The only known specimen reported pre- 

 viously from the main Hawaiian or Hawaiian Leeward Islands was 

 shot on Kauai during the winter of 1892-93 (Henshaw, 1902). 



This species is a circumpolar breeder that in the Pacific migrates 

 south to the west coast of South America and south to the Ryukyu 

 Islands, Sundas, and New Guinea (Vaurie, 1965). 



Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 



(Grey Phalarope) 



Sibley saw two red phalaropes in the lagoon on Laysan, Feb. 11, 1963. 

 On Mar. 1, 1964, Fleet found a moderately fat male in winter plumage 

 (USNM 494298) with an injured wing on the beach of Green 

 Island, Kure Atoll. Hackman obtained the carcass of another (USNM 

 497293) found in the interior of Southeast Island, Pearl and Hermes 

 Reef, Mar. 22, 1967. 



This species is the most abundant phalarope in the Hawaiian area 

 and has been recorded from most of the main Hawaiian Islands and 

 from Laysan (Bryan and Greenway, 1944; Bailey, 1956) although 

 very few specimens have been collected. Red phalaropes have not 

 been reported previously from either Kure Atoll or Pearl and Hermes 

 Reef. 



These phalaropes breed circumpolarly in the Northern Hemisphere 

 and migrate southward throughout the oceans of both the Eastern 

 and Western Hemispheres (AOU, 1957). 



Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 



POBSP personnel have obtained specimens of ring-billed gulls from 

 two of the Hawaiian Leeward Islands, from which they had not been 

 recorded heretofore. A female in first nuptial plumage (USNM 

 493343), found dead on Green Island, Kure Atoll, Feb. 22, 1963, was 

 obtained from Coast Guard personnel by Sibley. Sibley also shot an 

 unsexed ring-billed gull in second winter plumage (USNM 493342) 

 on Humphrey Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Mar. 5, 1963. 



