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)
Pectoral Sandpiper
Tringa melanotos Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 34, 1819, p. 462. (Type locality, Paraguay.)
Pisobia melanota Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 192 (Ponapé).
Calidris melanotos Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 215 (Ponapé).
Calidris melanota Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 45 (Ponapé).
Geographic range.—Breeds on the Arctic coast of northeastern Asia and eastward into Arctic America. Winters to South America. In Micronesia: Caroline Islands—Ponapé.
Remarks.—The Pectoral Sandpiper has been recorded from Ponapé. Bryan and Greenway (1944:114) list the species as an "accidental" visitor to the Hawaiian Islands from North America.