_Scolopax nebularis_ Gunnerus, in Leem, Beskr. Finm. Lapper, 1767,
p. 251. (Type locality, District of Trondhjem, Norway.)
_Glottis nebularius_ Kuroda, in Momiyama, Birds Micronesia, 1922,
p. 47 (Yap); Takatsukasa and Yamashina, Dobutsu. Zasshi, 44, 1932,
p. 225 (Truk); Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 191 (Yap,
Truk).
_Tringa nebularis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 214
(Yap, Truk); Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 41 (Yap,
Truk); Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 107, no. 15, 1948, p. 52
(Peleliu).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northern Eurasia. Winters in
Mediterranean area, Africa, southern Asia, Malaysia, Australia and
Melanesia. In Micronesia: Palau Islands--Peleliu; Caroline
Islands--Yap, Truk.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 4 (1 male, 3 females) from
Palau Islands, USNM--Peleliu (Aug. 28, Sept. 14, 15).
_Remarks._--The Greenshank has been recorded at the Palau Islands and at
Yap and Truk in the Caroline Islands. It is apparently a regular visitor
to western Micronesia. It probably reaches the western Carolines as an
occasional visitor from the region of the Palaus to the westward,
rather than from the northward, since the bird has not been observed in
the Marianas.
The NAMRU2 party observed two small flocks of these birds at Peleliu in
August and September, 1945. One group of six birds was found wading in
the shallow water of a mangrove swamp on August 28. Another group of
three birds was seen on a tidal beach on September 14 and 15, where they
were observed feeding apart from other species of shore birds.
=Tringa melanoleuca= (Gmelin)