BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 409 



Palmerston and liervey islands); Mariana (Marianne) group; New 

 Caledonia. 



[Scolopax] tahitiensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 656 (island of Tahiti 

 Society group, South Pacific Ocean; based on Otaheite Curlew Latham, 

 Synopsis Birds, iii, pt. 1, 1785 122; see Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 

 1887, 83, 84).— TuRTON, Syst. Nat., i, 1806, 393. 



Numenius tahitiensis Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., xii, pt. 1, 1824, 32. — Bona- 

 parte, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 507.— Gray, Cat. Birds Trop. Is., 1859, 49 

 (Society Islands; Cook Islands; New Caledonia; Hawaiian Islands; Christmas 

 Island). — FiNscnandHARTLAUB, Faun. Centralpolynesiens, 1867,175. — Ridg- 

 WAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 201 (Cat. N. Am. Birds, no. 562); Nom. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 562.— Nelson, Arctic Cruise 'Corwin' in 1881 (1883), 

 90 (St. Michaels, Alaska, 1 spec, spring of 1880); Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, 

 1887, 121, pi. 9 (St. Michaels). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Birds 

 N. Am., i, 1884, 324. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 

 and 2nd ed., 1895, no. 268; 3rd ed., 1910, p. 125.— Townsend (C. H.), Auk, 

 iv, 1887, 12 (Kowak River, n. w. Alaska, 1 spec); Cruise 'Corwin' in 1885 

 (1887), 91 (Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, 1 spec, Aug. 26). — Seebohm, Geog. 

 Distr. Charadriidse, 1887, pp. xxii, 332. — Lester, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1891, 299 (Phoenix Island). — Wiglesworth, Abh. K. Zool. Mus. Dresden, 

 1890-91 (Aves Polynes.), 66 (Marianne, Society, Marquesas, Paumotu, and 

 Fanning Islands; Hervey Island). — Wilson and Evans, Aves Hawaiienses, 

 pt. iii, 1892. — Rothschild, A\'if. Laysan, pt. i, 1893, 17.— Elliot, N. Am. 

 Shore Birds, 1895, 161, pi. 50.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 367 

 (Canton Island, Phoenix group; Molokai, Hawaiian group), 754 (Samoa; 

 Phoenix Island). — Henshaw, Birds Hawaiian Is., 1902, 91 (all islands of 

 group, Sept. to spring).— Fisher (W. K.), Bull. U. S. Fish Com. for 1903, 

 35, pi. 8, fig- 42 (Laysan, migrant). 



N\ximenius] tahitiensis Vieillot, Tabl. Enc. M^th., iii, 1823, 1157.— Gray, Gen. 

 Birds, iii, 1847, 569.— Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 171.— Bryan, 

 Key Birds Hawaiian Group, 1901, 28. 



[Nwnenius] tahitiensis Forbes and Robinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 

 1899, 69 (Palmerston Island; Fanning Island; Marquesas Islands). 



Numenius tahitensis Vieillot. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat.. Aoii, 1817, 308. 



(?) [Numenitis] taitiensis Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 711. 



Numenius taitensis Coues, Check List, 2nd ed., 1882, no. 647. 



N[umeniu^] taitensis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2nd ed.. 1884, 646. 



Numenius femoralis Peale, Zool. U. S. Expl. Exped. (Wilkes), 1848, 233, pi. 66, 

 ' fig. 1 (Vincennes Island, Paumotu group. Pacific Ocean; coll. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus.). — Hartlaub. Achiv fiir Naturg., 1852. 120; Journ. fiir Orn., 1854. 

 170 (Paumotu group).— Cassin, Orn. U. S. Expl. Exped. (Wilkes). 1858, 316, 

 pi. 37 (Vincennes Island. Paumotu group). — Gray, Cat. Birds Trop. Is.. 1859. 

 50 (Paumotu group). — Ridgway, Am. Nat., viii, 1874. 435 (Fort Kenai. Alaska, 

 1 spec, May 18, 1869).— Coues, Check List, 1873, App.. p. 135, no. 442 bis; Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 7, 1877, 19 (Palmyra and Christmas islands). — Streets. 

 Am. Nat., xi, 1877, 71, in text (Christmas Island); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 no. 7, 1877, 19 (Palmyra Island, Fanning group, very abundant). — Finsch. 

 Ibis, 1880, 220, 331 (Jaluit, Marshall Islands), 432, 433 (Gilbert Islands).— 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1881, 251 (Marquesas Islands); 1883, 47 (Fanning Island). — 

 Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 83 (Kauai Island, Hawaiian 

 group; crit.); xi, 1888, 97 (Niihau and Kauai islands). 



[Numenius] femoralis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 579. 



