NO. 1144. BIRDS OF riJE KURIL ISLANDS— STEJNEGER. 279 



Kuril islands, with a Kuriliaii name, Tac^liaiciin.' There is scarcely 

 a doubt that the statement is erroneous, beiug probably based upon 

 some of Merck's mislabeled specimens. 



31. ARENARIA INTERPRES (Linnaeus). 92. 



Collected by Mr. Snow at the Kurils,^ ami Seebohm thinks it prob- 

 able that they breed there; he had two specimens from that locality l)y 

 Snow.' I only saw a small Hock on Srednoi Flat Jfock, Auj4ust 24, 

 189(>. 



32. CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA (Linnaeus). 91. 



Here enumerated solely upon the statement of Seebohm that the 

 Gray Plover passes the Kurils, Japan, and the LooChoo islaiuls in 

 sonu'. numbers on the spring and autumn migration.* I am not aware 

 of si)ecimens having been recorded. 



33. CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS FULVUS (Gmelin). 84. 



The same remarks apply to this species. Seebohm says: The Asiiitic 

 Golden Plover passes the Kurils, the Japanese islands, and the Loo- 

 Ghoo islands in great numbers both on the spring and tlie autumn 

 migrations.'' 



34. AEGIALITIS MONGOLA (Pallas). 88. 



SiiKte Merck obtained this bird in the Kurils during Billings's expedi- 

 tion ''it has been observed thereby Snow, and specimens are in the 

 Hakodate Museum" and one, a female, in the British Museum,'' 



35. GALLINAGO GALLINAGO (Linnaeus). 117. 



Blakiston and Pryer give the common snipe as occurring in Iturup, 

 probably on Hlakiston's authority." I myself saw one on that island at 

 Shana, on Septendjer (>, 189G. 



36. GALLINAGO MINIMA (Briinnrich). 119. 



Observed by Blakiston on Iturup.'" 



37. GALLINAGO AUSTRALIS (Latham). iiG. 



Snow enumerates this species without particulars." It i)robably 

 occurs on the most southern islands. 



' Zoogr., II, p. 131. 

 2]51:ikiston :ind Pryer, p. lOii. 

 'B. Jap. Emp., p. 332. 

 ■"Idom, 1). 304. 

 ^' Idem, p. 303. 

 '■Pal law, Zoogr., II, p. 136. 

 '^Blakistou and Pryer, p. 108. 



**.S<!cbolini collection; Sharpen, Cat. 15. Hrit. Mns., p. 226. 

 "Blakiston ;ind Pryer, ]». 111. 

 '"Idein, p. 11.^. 

 "Notes Knril Is]., 1890, p. 3.^^. 



