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240. Burhinus magnirostris broomei siiUsji. n. 



Western Stone Plover. 



Mathews, Hnndliit No. 190 (pars). 



Differs from B. in. niaynirostrU iu its much smalh'i- tarsus f\\h mm.). 



Type: South-West Australia (Bmomc Hill), No. 583. 



Hansrc : South-West Australia. 



Genns ESACUS. 



Esacus Lesson, Tmite d'Orn. p. 5+7. 1831. 



Type (by monotypy) : E. recurmroatrh (( 'uvicr). 



247. Esacus magnirostris neglectus suhsp. n. 



Oedlcmmua magnirostris Vieillot, Nntii: O'nl. iVHi^l. Xal. vol. xxiii. p. 'J.Sl. 1818. — I designate 

 Biuongka (Celebes) as the type-locality. 



Loug-billed Stone Plover. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 191 (pars). 



Differs from E. m. magnirostris in its smaller bill (7.3 mm.). 



Type : Lewes Island, North-West Australia, No. 4217. 



Range : North-West Australia to Queensland. 



Family OTIDIDAE. 

 Genus CHOBIOTIS. 



Choriotis Gray, Cut. Gen. Siibgen. Birth, p. 10',). 1855. 



Type (by orig. desig.) : C. arabs (Linne). 



248. Choriotis australis australis. 



Otis austmJis Gray, in Griffith's ed. Curier'a Animal Kinijilnm. llinlx. vol. iii. p. 305. 18'29. — New 

 Soutli Wales. 



Synonym : 



Otis uimtrdlasimmfi Gould, Pror. Zuol. Snc. {Lnml) 1840. p. 170. (1841) ; Tlie interior of Xew South 

 Wales. 



Australian Bustard. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 192 (pars). 



Range : Queensland, New Soutli Wales, Victoria, South Australia. 



249. Choriotis australis derbyi snbs]i. n. 



North-West Bustard. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 192 (pars). 



Differs from C. a. australis in its smaller wing and lighter upper coloration 

 (wing 540 mm.). 



Type : Derby, North-West Australia, No. 9421. 

 Range : North-West Australia. 



