| | | PAGE | | Introduction | 5 | | Description of Micronesia | 5 | | Climate | 8 | | Soils | 9 | | Surface water | 9 | | Vegetation | 10 | | Gazetteer of the Islands of Micronesia | 11 | | Mariana Islands | 11 | | Palau Islands | 13 | | Caroline Islands | 14 | | Marshall Islands | 15 | | Ornithological Exploration in Micronesia | 16 | | Check-list of the Birds of Micronesia | 21 | | Discussion of the Avifauna | 28 | | Oceanic Birds | 28 | | Inshore Oceanic Birds | 29 | | Offshore and Pelagic Oceanic Birds | 30 | | Faunal Components | 30 | | Migratory Shore Birds | 32 | | Original Homes of the Shore Birds that Visit Micronesia | 32 | | Routes of Migration | 34 | | Populations of Shore Birds in Micronesia | 37 | | Land and Fresh-Water Birds | 42 | | Polynesian Component | 44 | | Melanesian Component | 44 | | Moluccan and Celebesian Components | 45 | | Philippine Component | 45 | | Palearctic Component | 46 | | Speciation | 48 | | Time of Colonization | 50 | | | Factors Causing Dispersal | 52 | | Analysis of Speciation | 55 | | Conservation of t
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