NO. 15 BIRDS OF THE TACIFIC WAR AREA BAKER 5 1 



22. Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Akarakoro Point — 2 males, i 

 female, September 7, 8, 12. 



Dotterels were observed on tidal flats. The stomach of a bird col- 

 lected at Ulithi Atoll contained i cc. of marine worms. 



CHARADRIUS LESCHENAULTII Lesson 



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

 p. 36. (Pondichery, India.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Akarakoro Point — i male, 6 

 females, September 6, 8, 12. 



Small flocks of these shore birds were found on tidal flats at Peleliu 

 in September, 



NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS VARIEGATUS (Scopoli) 



Tantalus variegatus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., fasc. 2, 1786, p. 92. 

 (No locality = Luzon, ex Sonnerat.) 



Guam Island : Piti — 3 females, July 26, 27 ; Ylig Bay — 2 females, 

 August 2; Inarajan — 2 males, September 19; Agfayan Bay — 2 males, 

 2 females, June 4, 6, July 24, August 2y; Achang Bay — 4 females, 

 August 27, September i, October 8; Umatac Bay — i male, Septem- 

 ber 25. Ulithi Atoll: Potangeras Island — i female, August 17. Palau 

 Islands (Peleliu Island) : Akarakoro Point — i male, 3 females, 

 September 8, 12; Asias — i male, September 14; Angaur Island — 

 2 males, 2 females, September 21. 



Whimbrels were observed on beaches, cleared areas, and grassy 

 uplands. At Guam, birds were seen in March on their northward 

 migration, the last record being on March 21. The birds returned 

 to Guam from the northern breeding grounds beginning in early 

 summer, the first record being on June i. 



Weights of two adult males from Guam are 373-435 (404), and of 

 six adult females 295-426 (384), The great variation in these weights 

 may be due to the effects of migration, 



NUMENIUS MADAGASCARIENSIS (Linnaeus) 



Scolopax madagascariensis Linnaeus, Syst, Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 242. 

 (Madagascar, error rr: Macassar, Celebes, as designated by Neumann.) 



Curlews were observed on tidal flats at Guam on October 4 and at 

 Ngesebus Island in the Palaus on September 20. 



