BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 89 
Adult male.-—Wing, 147-181.5 (165.9); tail, 58-69 (63.6); cul- 
men, 21-25 (23.4); tarsus, 39-45.5 (42.9); middle toe, 22-26.5 (23.1).* 
Adult female.—Wing, 156-187.5 (167.2); tail, 59-67 (62.5); cul- 
men, 21.5-24.5 (23.2); tarsus, 39.5-46 (43.38); middle toe, 23.5-27 
(24.1).° 
Breeding in northeastern Siberia from Liakoff Island to Bering 
Strait and along Bering Sea coast of Alaska; migrating to Hawaiian 
Islands and other islands throughout Pacific Ocean and along Pacific 
coast of Asia to Japan, Philippine Islands, Malay Peninsula and 
Archipelago, Borneo, Java, etc., as far as Australia, Tasmania, and 
New Zealand; casual or Gewistorial westward to Arabia (Musee); 
Malta, Spain, Helgoland, and British Islands. 
[Charadrius] fuluus Gmeuin, Syst. Nat.,i, pt. ii, 1789, 687 (Otaheite; based on 
Fulvous Plover Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, iii, pt. i, 1785, 211).—Laruam, 
Index Orn., ii, 1790, 747.—Turrton, Syst. Nat., i, 1806, ert Hand- 
list, iii, 1871, 14, no. 9985. 
Charadrius fulvus Vinton, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., xxvii, 1818, 139. Aili 
List Birds Brit. Mus., Gralle, 1844, 67; Cat. Birds Trop. Is. Pacific Ocean, 
1859, 47.—Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 321 (Liu Kiu Islands).— 
Finscu and Hartiavus, Faun. Central-polynes., 1867, 188; Proc. Zool. Soc. 
Lond., 1869, 548 (Tonga Islands); Journ. fiir Orn., 1870, 122 (Tongatabu; 
Vavao; Hapai), 189 (Tonga Islands; crit.) —Harriaus and Finscu, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, 8, 117 (Pelew Islands); 1872, 89, 104 (Mackenzie Is- 
lands).—Dotz, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xii, 1869, 304 (Oahu and Molokai, 
Hawaiian group).—Finscu, Journ. fiir Orn., 1870, 340 (New Zealand); 1872, 
52 (Samoa), 168 (New Zealand); 1874, 193 (New Zealand); 1880, 293 (Ponape, 
Caroline Islands), 305 (Kuschai, Carolines); Journ. Mus. Godeffr., viii, 1875, 
31 (Pelew Islands); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 775 (Eua, Friendly Islands), 
«@ Twenty-three specimens. b Eleven specimens. 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. |Culmen,| Tarsus.) Middle 
MALES. 
Ten adult males from western Alaska .........-.-.....-2---0++ 169.6 65.4 22.9 43 23.6 
Two adult males from Bering Island, Kamchatka...........-.. 155 64 22.7 42 24 
One adult male from China (Shanghai).............--.--2222++ 164 58 25 44.5 25 
Two adult males from Japan...........20..eeecceeeeeeecee eee L165 65.2| 23.7] 42.7 24,2 
Oneadult male front Phil ppiness s.c01: cveccrepecuy ccna wanes 160 59/22 41 23 
Four adult males from Hawaii.............202----0022ee cece eee 166.7 63.2! 24.7] 42.6 24.5 
One adult male from Laysan........-...-..2.22ee ees eee eee eee 168.5 61 25 45.5 24 
One adult male from Guam..........-----2202-2eeceee eee ee ee ee 162 60 22.5 44.5 23.5 
One adult male from New South Wales...........-.-----.+-0-+ 158 59 23 41.5 24.5 
FEMALES. 
Three adult females from western Alaska........-.---.-..200-+ 173.2 63.8 23.3 44 24 
One adult female from Japan.........-.--2..e eee eeeee eee cence 175.5 63.5 24.5 46 27 
One adult female from China Sea (Bunguran Island)..........- 159 61 23.5 42 28.5 
One adult female from Celebes............-2222000ee-2eeeeeeeee 167.5 62 23 43 23.5 
Three adult females from Philippines.............--...-22--0+- 160 60 23.7 42.3 23.8 
Two adult females from Hawaii...............2222-e0 ee eee eee 169.2 | 64.7 21.7 43 24 
