_Tringa subminuta_ Middendorff, Reise Nord. und Ost. Siberien, 2,
Th. 2, 1853, p. 222, pl. 19, fig. 6. (Type locality, Western slopes
of the Stanovoi Mountains and mouth of the Udá.)
_Pisobia minutilla subminuta_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev.,
1932, p. 192 (Koror).
_Calidris minutilla subminuta_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed.,
1942, p. 215 (Koror); Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 45
(Palau).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northeastern Asia. Winters south to
India and east to Malaysia. In Micronesia: Palau Islands--Koror.
_Remarks._--The Least Sandpiper has been recorded in the Palau Islands
by the Japanese investigators. It is probably an uncommon visitor to
this area.
=Erolia melanotos= (Vieillot)