54 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANKOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I07 



Bay. Weights of four males from Guam and Rota are 77-79 (92), 

 of one female from Guam 90. 



GALLINAGO MEGALA Swinhoe 



Galllnago mcgala Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 343- (Between Takoo and Peking, 

 China.) 



Palau Islands: Angaur Island — i female, September 21. 

 Several snipe were found in marshy areas at a small fresh-water 

 lake on Angaur Island. 



CROCETHIA ALBA (Pallas) 



Trynga alba Pallas, in Vroeg's Cat., 1764, Adumbr., p. 7. (Coast of the North 

 " Sea.) 



Ulithi Atoll: Pau Island — i male, August 21. 



A small flock of sanderlings was seen on a beach at Ulithi. 



CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS (Horsfield) 



Totanus tenuirostris Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, pt. i, 1821, 

 p. 192. (Java.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Akarakoro Point — 4 males, Sep- 

 tember 16. 



A flock of 20 of these birds was found at a tidal flat on Peleliu 

 Island. Stomachs contained small shells. This is apparently the first 

 record for this species in Micronesia, 



CALIDRIS MINUTA RUFICOLLIS (Pallas) 



Trynga ruficollis Pallas, Reise Versch. Prov. Russ. Reichs, vol. 3, 1776, p. 700. 

 ("Circa lacus salsos Dauriae campestris" = Kulussutai, southern Transbai- 

 kalia, fide Ridgway, 1919, p. 292.) 



Rota Island : Sosan Isthmus — i female, October 20. Palau Islands 

 (Peleliu Island) : Akarakoro Point — 4 males, 10 females, September 

 6, 8, 12, 14; Angaur Island — i female, September 21. 



This species was numerous on the Ijeaches at Peleliu Island. One 

 female from Rota weighed 24.5. 



CALIDRIS ACUMINATA (Horsfield) 



Totanus acitminatus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, pt. i, 1821, 

 p. 192. (Java.) 



Guam Island: Pati Point — i female, September 17. Palau Islands : 

 Angaur Island — 2 males, i female, September 21. 



