BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. eS 
Family CHARADRIIDAKE. 
* PLUVIALIS DOMINICA FULVA (Gmelin). 
[Charadrius] fuluus Gmetin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 687 (Tahiti Island, 
Society Islands). 
Recorded from the Anamba Islands by C. B. Kloss,! but not noted 
by Doctor Abbott. 
PAGOA LESCHENAULTII (Lesson).2 
Charadrius Leschenaultii Lesson, Dict. Sci. Nat., vol. 42, 1826, p. 36 (Pondi- 
chery, India). 
Chlaradrius]. Geoffroyi WaaiER, Syst. Avium, 1827, Charadrius, No. 19, p. 61 
(Pondichery, India; and Java). 
Three adults in winter plumage, as follows: 
Male, No. 171033, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Kelong, August 30, 1899. 
Length, 209.5 mm. ‘Bill black; feet slaty.” 
Male, No. 171032, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Kelong, August 30, 1899. 
Length, 219 mm. “Iris dark brown; bill black; tarsi slaty; toes 
blackish.” 
Female, No. 171031, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Kelong, August 30, 1899. 
Length 203 mm. ‘Bill black; legs greenish slaty; toes blackish.” 
All of these birds are in process of molt. 
The present species is undoubtedly not a member of the same 
genus as is Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, the type of Hupoda. The 
use of the name Pagoa has already been explained.? 
CIRREPIDESMUS ATRIFRONS (Wagler). 
Ch{aradrius]. atrifrons WaGLER, Isis, 1829, p. 650 (Bengal, India). 
Ch{aradrius|. inconspicuus WAGLER, Isis, 1829, p. 651 (Bengal, India). 
Charadrius pyrrhothoraz GouLp, Birds Europe, vol. 4, 1837, pl. 299. 
Aegialitis pamirensis Ricamonp, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, July 25, 1896, 
p. 589 (Tagdumbash Pamir, central Asia). 
Seven specimens: 
Adult female, No. 171015, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Mata, August 29, 1899. 
Length, 190.5 mm. 
Immature male, No. 171034, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Kelong, August 30, 
1899. Length, 197mm. ‘Feet blackish slaty; bill black.” 
Immature male, No. 171035, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Kelong, August 30, 
1899. ‘‘Feet dark slaty; iris dark brown.” 
Male in juvenal plumage, No. 171018, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Mata, 
August 29, 1899. Length, 203 mm. 
Female in juvenal plumage, No. 171016, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Mata, 
August 29,1899. Length, 216 mm. 
Female in juvenal plumage, No. 171014, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Mata, 
August 29, 1899. Length, 190.5 mm. 
: Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc., No. 41, January, 1904, p. 80. 
2 ¥or this change of specific name, see Mathews, Y mu, vol. 16, July, 1916, p. 34. 
3 See Mathews, Birds Australia, vol. 3, pt. 1, Apr. 2, 1913, pp. 81-84. 
