28 jiiRDS oj-' /'///■: //.III. I//. I. y (./kOI'/'. 



Fetnalc: Similar to male but larger. Young: Above, including wing coverts, buffy 

 gre^-ish or dull clay color irregularly varied with dusky ; lower parts dull buffy whitish 

 shaded across chest with deeper greyish buff. Length 14.60-16.00, wing 8.25-9.15, 



culmen 3.17-4.70, tarsus 2.00-2.45, middle toe 1.10-1.35 Hah. Coasts of 



Eastern Asia and across to Alaska, migrating south in winter to New Zealand and 

 Australia; Lower California, casual in winter (Ridgway). Kauai. '° 



49. ly. lappon'ica bau'eri (XAr:\i.). Pacific Godwit. 



Gexus CAlv'IDRIS CrviKK. 



Wtn/er: General color above light ash}- grey with more or less distinct hoary 

 edges to the feathers and blackish shaft stripes ; under parts white. Summer: Differs 

 from t!ie winter in being mottled and not unifcjrm ; greater wing coverts broadly tipped 

 with white; above light rust\-, mottled and spotted with blackish on the feathers; head, 

 neck and chest light rustv. Spriiio : Above light grevish coarsely spotted with black, 

 streaks of black on the neck. ) 'ouug: Similar to winter adult but not so uniform 

 above. Onlv seen in winter plumage in Hawaii(?). I^ength about 8.00, wing 4.80- 

 4.90, tail 2.25-2.30, tarsus .95, middle toe .73, culmen .90-1.00. Hah. Nearly cosmo- 

 politan. Hawaiian Islands. 



50. C. arena'ria ( Linn. ). Sanderling, Hunakai. 



Grni-s NUME'NIUS BKIS.SON. 



/■'rallicrs 0/ ///r ///igl/s /t'l'miua/ii/g hi long hi-istl('-Ii/:c poiiils; quills with whitish 

 or rufous on the inner edge; a central longitudinal pale band down the crown, with 

 the sides of the crown blackish brown forming a broad baud down the sides of the 

 latter; auxilliaries pale cinnamon barred with wide stripes of dark brown ; upper parts 

 sootv brown and buff; tail coverts uniform cinnamon buff; lower parts dull buff; 

 cheeks, neck and breast streaked with brown. Female similar. Length about 17.00, 

 wing 9.00-9.25, tail 3.75, culmen 2.95-3.25, tarsus 2.15-2.35. Hah. Most of the islands 

 of the Pacific. Hawaiian Islands. 



?1. XXV., 9752. 51. N. tahitien'sis (Gjiki-.). Bristle-thighed Curlew, Kioea. 



F.\Mii.v CHARADRIID^.— Plovers. 



deuus. 

 With no spur and no facial wattles; wing less than 8.00; plumage without 

 metallic tint; head not crested; no hind toe (Page 28. ) Charad'rius. 



Gknus CHARADRIUS Linn-Sus. 



No hind toe. Adull summer: General color above mottled with black, golden 

 and ashy chin, throat and lower parts dull dusky black; a frontal band and long ej-e- 



30 Thf specimen fiom whieh the above desciiiHiuii was taken is in the possession of Mr. Francis Gay and was secured h\' him on the 

 island ot Kaua The measurements are, length 17.00. wing y.oo. tail 5.00. culmen 4.10. tarsus 2.25, middle toe 1.50 (?). .\ fine winter specimen 

 is in St. I.ouis Colleu'e cabinet. Dr. .Schauinslatid also records Linmsa uovtr-zmhindi^. Salv.. from T^avsan. 



