_Scolopax madagascariensis_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, 1766,
p. 242. (Type locality, Madagascar, error = Manila, Philippine
Islands, _fide_ Stresemann.)
_Numenius cyanopus_ Hartert, Novit. Zool., 5, 1898, p. 65 (Guam);
Seale, Occ. Papers Bernice P. Bishop Mus., 1, 1901, p. 35
(Micronesia); Safford, Osprey, 1902, p. 67 (Marianas); _idem_, The
Plant World, 7, 1904, p. 266 (Guam); _idem_, Contr. U. S. Nat.
Herb., 9, 1905, p. 80 (Guam); Cox, Island of Guam, 1917, p. 21
(Guam); Hartert, Vögel pal. Fauna, 13-14, 1921, p. 1645 (Guam);
Kuroda, in Momiyama, Birds Micronesia, 1922, p. 45 (Guam);
Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 192 (Guam).
_Numenius madagascariensis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed.,
1942, p. 214 (Guam); Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 40
(Micronesia); Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 107, no. 15,
1948, p. 51 (Guam, Ngesebus).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in eastern Siberia. Winters from
Malaysia east to Australia and Melanesia. In Micronesia: Mariana
Islands--Guam; Palau Islands--Peleliu, Ngesebus.
_Remarks._--The Long-billed Curlew is a regular visitor to western
Micronesia, especially to the Palau Islands. It is apparently a less
common migrant in the Marianas, although it has been recorded from Guam.
At Guam, the NAMRU2 party observed a single bird on June 6 and two on
October 3 at tidal beaches. At Peleliu these large curlews were seen on
several occasions between September 9 and 16, 1945. They were found
usually as singles feeding on tidal flats in company with other
shorebirds.
=Limosa lapponica baueri= Naumann