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CALIDRIS FERRUGINEA (Pontoppidan) 



Tringa Ferruginciis PoNTOPriDAN, Danske Atlas, vol. i, 1763, p. 624. (No type 

 locality = Denmark.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Akarakoro Point — i female, Sep- 

 tember 6. 



One specimen was collected at a tidal flat on Peleliu. This is 

 apparently the first record for this species in Micronesia. 



LIMICOLA FALCINELLUS SIBIRICA Dresser 



Lhnicola sibirica Dresser, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 674. (Siberia and 

 China.) 



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

 This bird was collected at a fresh-water pond. To my knowledge 

 this is the first time that this species has been recorded in Micronesia. 



CHLIDONIAS LEUCOPTERA (Temminck) 



Sterna leucoptera Temminxk, Man. d'Orn., 1815, p. 483. (Coasts of the 

 Mediterranean.) 



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

 One of four terns seen at a small fresh-water lake at Angaur Island 

 was shot. The specimen is in winter plimiage. 



STERNA SUMATRANA SUMATRANA Raffles 



Sterna Sumatrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, pt. 2, 1822, p. 

 329. (Sumatra.) 



Ulithi Atoll : Losiep Island — i male, August 22 ; Mangejang 

 Island — I male, i female, i juvenile male, August 20; Potangeras 

 Island — 2 females, i juvenile female, August 15, 16. 



Terns were found in small numbers at Ulithi Atoll. A single bird 

 was seen at Peleliu Island on September 16. Stomachs of the birds 

 collected contained small fish. Some of the specimens were in molt. 

 The two terns collected at Okinawa have slightly longer wings than 

 those of the Micronesian birds. 



THALASSEUS BERGII CRISTATUS (Stephens) 



Sterna cristata Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., vol. 13, pt. i, 1826, p. 146. 

 (China and many of the southeastern islands of Asia; restricted type 

 locality, China.) 



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

 One of four crested terns seen at Bulubul Island was collected. 

 The birds were wary and difificult to approach. Stomach contents of 



