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Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta japonicus 



Ludwig collected a very fat water pipit (USNM 493506) Oct. 25, 

 1963, on Green Island, Kure Atoll, as the bird ran on the north beach 

 along the edge of a stand of Scaevola. The specimen, a female in winter 

 plumage, was identified as A. s. japonicus by Laybourne. 



This subspecies breeds in Siberia and migrates through Mongolia, 

 Japan, and the Ryukyus (Vaurie, 1959). No water pipits have been 

 seen or collected previously on any of the islands of the main Hawaiian 

 or Hawaiian Leeward groups. 



Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 



Ludwig shot a winter-plumaged female pipit (USNM 493505) as it 

 flew over Scaevola on Green Island, Kure Atoll, Sept. 26, 1963. 

 Red-throated pipits have not been reported previously from any of 

 the main Hawaiian or Hawaiian Leeward Islands. 



This species is found in northeastern Siberia and has been recorded 

 as an accidental in the Aleutians (Vaurie, 1959), California, and 

 Baja California (McCaskie, 1966). There is one breeding record for 

 Alaska as well (Bailey, 1932). 



Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 



On Aug. 4, 1965, Amerson saw two mockingbirds in vegetation along 

 the runway on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals. On Aug. 18, 1965, 

 Huber collected a male in juvenal plumage with fully grown flight 

 feathers (USNM 495887). Mockingbirds, which were introduced 

 into the main Hawaiian Islands in 1928 (Munro, 1944), were first seen 

 on Tern Island, Oct. 19, 1960, when Woodside (1960, unpubl.) 

 observed two birds in vegetation south of the runway. 



House Sparrow Passer domesticus 



Woodward observed a male house sparrow on three different occasions 

 June 18-20, 1966, on Green Island, Kure Atoll. Possibly the sparrow 

 had arrived on the island on a cargo plane that had arrived from 

 Oahu, June 15, 1966. 



This widespread species was introduced to Hawaii before 1870 

 (Munro, 1944) and is now common on all the main islands of the 

 Hawaiian group. None have been reported previously from Kure 

 Atoll. 



Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis townsendi 



Sibley shot a female snow bunting Mar. 10, 1963, on Green Island, 

 Kure Atoll. The snow bunting (USNM 493358), subsequently identi- 



