_Totanus tenuirostris_ Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13, pt.
1, 1821, p. 192. (Type locality, Java.)
_Calidris tenuirostris_ Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 107,
no. 15, 1948, p. 54 (Peleliu).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northeastern Siberia. Winters from
India east to Malaysia and Australia. In Micronesia: Palau
Islands--Peleliu.
_Specimens examined._--Four males from Palau Islands, USNM--Peleliu
(Sept. 16).
_Remarks._--The Asiatic Knot was observed and obtained by the NAMRU2
party at Peleliu in September, 1945. Flocks containing fifteen to twenty
birds were noted at the tidal flats of Akarakoro Point on September 8
and 16. The birds appeared to remain apart from other shore birds in
this area.
=Erolia minuta ruficollis= (Pallas)