NO. 15 BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC WAR AREA liAKliK 9 



POLIOLIMNAS CINEREUS LEUCOPHRYS (Gould) 



Porzana Icucophrys Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847, p. i2i- (Port 

 Essington and northern Australia.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — i male, September 15, 



This single specimen has been compared with the large series of 

 rails in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History 

 and appears to belong to the race P. c. Icucophrys. It is similar to 

 birds of this race from New Guinea and New Britain in coloring of 

 the upper parts and in ventral coloration except that the under tail- 

 coverts and sides are darker brown than in most of these individuals, 

 and the occiput has a more brownish-olive tinge. The measurements 

 of the bird are : wing 95, tail 52, exposed culmen 23.5, tarsus 36. 



This bird differs from examples of the race P. c. mccki (Hartert), 

 from St. Matthias Island, in being much paler below and having a 

 longer bill. It is darker and larger than a male from Samoa of the 

 race P. c. tannensis (Forster). 



To my knowledge this is the first record from the Solomon Islands 

 of this widely distributed species. It was taken by Necker at a fresh- 

 water swamp, where rails and dabchicks also were observed. 



PLUVIALIS DOMINICA FULVA (Gmelin) 



Charadrius fiilvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 687. (Tahiti.) 



Bougainville Island : Cape Torokina — i male, i female, January 

 10; Jaba River — i male, 2 females, September 26, 27. 



Birds taken in September were in breeding plumage. Beginning 

 in September shore birds were seen in large numbers ; they were on 

 beaches and air strips. 



CHARADRIUS LESCHENAULTII Lesson 



Charadrius Leschenaultii Lesson, Diet. Sci. Nat., ed. Levrault, vol. 42, 1826, 

 p. 36. (Pondichery, India.) 



Bougainville Island : Jaba River — i female, September 26, 

 The specimen is in winter plumage. 



ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS (Linnaeus) 



Tringa Hypoleucos Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 149. (Europe, re- 

 stricted type locality, Sweden.) 



Bougainville Island : Cape Torokina — i female, i unsexed, Janu- 

 ary 10; Jaba River — i female, September 26. Guadalcanal Island: 

 Doma Cove — i female, December 10. 



