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Stercorariidae. 



* Stercorarius pomarinus (Temm.). — One adult d', July 6, 1914. 

 Sakachama. 



Charadriidse. 



Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scop.)- — Three adults, two males 

 and a female, May 20 and 27, 1914. Sakachama. 



* Tringa stagnatilis horsfieldii (Sykes.). — Two adult males. May 14, 

 1914. Sakachama. 



As Mathews suggests, eastern birds do appear to be just perceptibly 

 paler than western ones. 



* Tringa glareola (Linn.). — Five adults, both sexes, May 21 and 29, 

 1914. Sakachama. 



Heteractitis brevipes (Vig.). — One adult 9, May 16. Sakachama. 



Actitis hypoleucus (Linn.). — Two adults, cf and 9, July 6, 1914. 

 Sakachama. Eastern and western specimens appear to us quite alike. 



Pisobia minuta ruficoUis (Pall.). — - Ten adults, seven males and 

 three females. May 15-18. Sakachama. 



Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieillot). — Eight adults, both sexes, 

 May 14 to 18. Sakachama. These skins, topotypes of the subspecies, 

 represent a different form from the American Dunlin to which it has lately 

 been referred by American ornithologists. 



Gallinago stenura (Kuhl.). — One adult 9, May 29, 1914. Saka- 

 chama. 



Lobipes lobatus (Linn.). — Two adult females, May 27, 1914. Saka- 

 chama. 



Ardeidae. 



*Ixobrychus sinensis sinensis (Gmel.). — Two adults, cT and 9, 

 June 25, 1914. Sakachama. 



These two skins agree closely with our specimens from China. 



Anatidse. 



Anas plat3rrhynchos Linn. — Three adult females, and one young, 

 May 11 and June 30. Sakachama. 



Nettion crecca (Linn.). — Four adults, two males and two females, 

 June 4. Sakachama. 



* Dafila acuta acuta (Linn.). — Two adult males, May 12. Sakachama. 

 The American Sprig-tail has been formally separated by Reichenow, 



Ornth. Monbr. Vol. IX, p. 17-18, 1901, under the name Anas acuta ameri- 

 cana (Bp.). The American bh-d is slightly different from the Eurasian, 

 D. acuta acuta, besides the characters mentioned by Reichenow the Ameri- 

 can form has in the adult male plumage a longer tail. It also averages 

 larger than the Old World Sprig. 



