The. POBSP has seen the species on each visit to Lisianski. About 300 
birds were present in March 1963, &nd about 1000 in March 1964. Only 200, 
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mostly along the beaches, were noted for August 1964, but 1000 were 
estimated to be present the following month when flocks of 250 and 600 vere 
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observed. In March 1965 about 2000 birds vere estimated to be on the 
island. Small flocks vere found on the beaches, and many small flocks and 
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individuals vere seen throughout the vegetated interior. About 200 birds 
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vere present vhen the island vas visited In July 1965* 
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Range: Breeds from northern Alaska, Victoria and Ellesmere Islands, northern 
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Greenland, Iceland, northern ScandaniaVia, Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, and 
the Nev Siberian Islands 1 South to the Yukon delta. King William Island, 
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Boothia Peninsula, Southampton and Baffin islands, central Greenland, 
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Western Norway, and islands in the Baltic Sea; also the northern Siberian * 
coast to the Bering Sea. Winters from central California, the Gulf coast, 
South Carolina, and the Bahamas south to central Chile and southern Brazil; 
also from the British Isles, the Mediterranean, south coast of western Asia, 
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and the Hawaiians south to southern Africa and India, the East Indies, 
Australia and New Zealand. (AjDU Check-list of North American Birds, 1957) * 
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POBSP Specimens ; TJSMM 494143, ?, ovary 3 x 1,5 mm., 22 August 1964. 
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Bristle-thighed Curlew ( Numenlus tahitiensis ) 
Current Status : ' Regular migrant. 
Prior Records s The species Is not mentioned by Isenbeck, (KLttlitz, eg. cit .) 
and a few birds vere seen by Palmer in late June I 89 I (Rothschild, 1893-1900). 
One was Seen along the shore hy Munter (op. cit .) in March 1915. Wetmore 
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(unpub. notes, 1923) saw a maximum of four in May 1923. About 35 birds 
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vere seen by Richardson (pers. comm.) in March 1954. 
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