50 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE 



Otaheite Curlew, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 122. 



Scolopax tahitiensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 656. 



Numenius tahitiensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 711. 



Scolojjax arquata, pt., Gmel. S. N. i. p. 655 ? 



' Tevrea ' or • Tewea ' or ' Teweh ' of the natives of the Society 

 Islands. 



• Torata ' of the natives of the Sandwich Islands. 



Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Cook's Islands (Harvey Island, Ota- 

 kootaia or Waneoaette) ; New Caledonia ; Sandwich Islands ; Christ- 

 mas Island. 



Numenius femoralis. 



Numenius femoralis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 233. pi. 37. 



Low or Paumotu Islands (Vincennes Island or Kawake). 



Numenius ? 



" Corlieux," Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l'Uranie, i. p. 35. 

 Ladrone or Marian Islands ; Gilbert's Islands (Kingsmill Is- 

 lands?). 



LlMOSA NOVJE ZEALANDI.E. B.M. 



Limosa novce zealandice, G. R. Gray, Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, 

 p. 13 ; Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 314. 



Limosa Foxii, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 231. 



Limosa hudsonica, var. a, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 597. 



Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Rose Island) ; New Hebrides 

 (Aneiteum). 



Totanus (Gambetta) incanus. B.M. 



Ash-coloured Snipe, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 154. 



Scolopax incana, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 658. 



Totanus incanus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vi. p. 400. 



Scolopax solitarius, Bloxh. Byron's Voy. p. 252. 



Totanus oceanicus, Less. Compl. Buff. p. 244. 



Scolopax undulata, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 173. 



Scolopax pacifica, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 174. 



Totanus polynesia, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 237. 



Totanus pacificus, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 1852, p. 134. 



Totanus solitaris, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 1852, p. 135. 



Gambetta oceanica, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 597- 



• Toria' or ' Torea' of the natives of the Society Islands. 



* Kivi ' of the natives of the Marquesas Islands. 



Society, Low, Marquesas, Sandwich, Tonga, Feejee, and Samoan 

 Islands ; Palmerston Island, &c. 



Differs from the Australian and Japanese birds in the nasal groove 

 being more than half the length of the bill. 



