AVIFAUNA OF LAYSAN. 



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6. CHARADRIUS FULVUS, Gm. 



KOLEA (Sandwich Islands). 



Fulvous Plover, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. 1, p. 211 (1785). 



Charadrlus fulvus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 687 (1788) (Tahiti) j Dole, Proc. Bosfc. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 301 

 (18G9) ; id. Hawaii. Almanac, 1879, p. 50 ; Seeb. Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 99 (1887) j Wils. Av. Hawaii, 

 pt. iii. (1892). 



Charadrlus dominicus fulvus, Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1880, p. 198; Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 

 pp. 80 & 126 (Kauai). 



The Pacific Golden Plover has heen known to frequent the shores of the Sandwich Islands 

 almost since their discovery, and it was also frequently observed by Mr. Palmer on most of 

 the small islands visited on his trip to Laysan and on Laysan Island itself. 



It is very interesting that the Asiatic form and not the American one (Charadrlus 

 dominions, Mull.) is found on these islands and also on the Hawaiian Islands. 



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