BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 409 
Palmerston and Hervey islands); Mariana (Marianne) group; New 
Caledonia. 
[Scolopax] tahitiensis Guuxin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 656 (island of Tahiti 
Society group, South Pacific Ocean; based on Otaheite Curlew Latham, 
Synopsis Birds, iii, pt. 1, 1785 122; see Stejneger, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., x, 
1887, 83, 84).—Turton, Syst. Nat., i, 1806, 393. 
Numenius tahitiensis SrepHens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., xii, pt. 1, 1824, 32.—Bona- 
PARTE, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 507—-Gray, Cat. Birds Trop. Is., 1859, 49 
(Society Islands; Cook Islands; New Caledonia; Hawaiian Islands; Christmas 
Island).—Finscu and Harriavus, Faun. Centralpolynesiens, 1867, 175.—Ripe- 
way, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 201 (Cat. N. Am. Birds, no. 562); Nom. 
N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 562.—Nrtson, Arctic Cruise ‘Corwin’ in 1881 (1883), 
90 (St. Michaels, Alaska, 1 spec., spring of 1880); Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, 
1887, 121, pl. 9 (St. Michaels) —Barrp, Brewer, and Ripeway, Water Birds 
N. Am., i, 1884, 324.—AmericAN OrnitHoxoaists’ Union, Check List, 1886, 
and 2nd ed., 1895, no. 268; 3rd ed., 1910, p. 125.—TownseEnp (C. H.), Auk, 
iv, 1887, 12 (Kowak: River, n. w. Alaska, 1 spec.); Cruise ‘Corwin’ in 1885 
(1887), 91 (Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, 1 spec., Aug. 26).—SrEBoum, Geog. 
Distr. Charadriide, 1887, pp. xxii, 332.—Lester, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 
1891, 299 (Phoenix Island).—Wie.esworrs, Abh. K. Zool. Mus. Dresden, 
1890-91 (Aves Polynes.), 66 (Marianne, Society, Marquesas, Paumotu, and 
Fanning Islands; Hervey Island).—Wmson and Evans, Aves Hawaiienses, 
pt. iii, 1892.—Rotuscuip, Avif. Laysan, pt. i, 1893, 17—Enxiot, N. Am. 
Shore Birds, 1895, 161, pl. 50.—Suarps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 367 
(Canton Island, Phoenix group; Molokai, Hawaiian group), 754 (Samoa; 
Phoenix Island)—Hznsuaw, Birds Hawaiian Is., 1902, 91 (all islands of 
group, Sept. to spring).—Fisuer (W. K.), Bull. U. 8. Fish Com. for 1903, 
35, pl. 8, fig. 42 (Laysan, migrant). 
N[iumenius] tahitiensis Viemuor, Tabl. Enc. Méth., iii, 1823, 1157.—Gray, Gen. 
Birds, iii, 1847, 569.—Ripeway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 171.—Bryan, 
Key Birds Hawaiian Group, 1901, 28. 
[Numenius] tahitiensis Forses and Rosinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 
1899, 69 (Palmerston Island; Fanning Island; Marquesas Islands). 
Numenius tahitensis Vierutot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., viii, 1817, 308. 
(?) [Numenius] taitiensis LatHam, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 711. 
Numenius taitensis Couns, Check List, 2nd ed., 1882, no. 647. 
N[umenius] taitensis Couns, Key N. Am. Birds, 2nd ed., 1884, 646. 
Numenius femoralis PEaue, Zool. U. 8S. Expl. Exped. (Wilkes), 1848, 233, pl. 66, 
fig. 1 (Vincennes Island, Paumotu group, Pacific Ocean; coll. U. 8. Nat. 
Mus.).—Harrnaus, Achiv fiir Naturg., 1852, 120; Journ. fiir Orn., 1854, 
170 (Paumotu group).—Cassin, Orn. U. 8. Expl. Exped. (Wilkes), 1858, 316, 
pl. 37 (Vincennes Island, Paumotu group).—Gray, Cat. Birds Trop. Is., 1859, 
50 (Paumotu group).—Rineway, Am. Nat., viii, 1874, 435 (Fort Kenai, Alaska, 
1spec., May 18, 1869).—Covuss, Check List, 1873, App., p. 135, no. 442 bis; Bull. 
U.S. Nat. Mus.. no. 7, 1877, 19 (Palmyra and Christmas islands).—SrTrEeETs, 
Am. Nat., xi, 1877, 71, in text (Christmas Island); Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
no. 7, 1877, 19 (Palmyra Island, Fanning group, very abundant).—Finscu, 
This, 1880, 220, 331 (Jaluit, Marshall Islands), 432, 433 (Gilbert Islands).— 
TristRaM, Ibis, 1881, 251 (Marquesas Islands); 1883, 47 (Fanning Island).— 
SresNEGER, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 83 (Kauai Island, Hawaiian 
group; crit.); xi, 1888, 97 (Niihau and Kauai islands). 
[Numenius] femoralis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 579. 
