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DilTcrs fVinn II. I. loiHjiroMri.s in its smaller win!.': ".'"^^ iniu. Tyjiiciil birds 

 measure : wing 282 — 287 mm. 



Type : Cooktown, North Queensliuul. Xo. SoTii. 

 Ransc : North Qneensland. 



isC). Haematopus longirostris picatiis. 



lliieinalii/>ii.t jiioiliix King, Sarceij /nlertro/i. OiksI-i Ak^/i: p. 420. IS^ii; Xorth-West Australia 

 (Pt. Torment). 



Niirth- Western Pied Oyster Catcher. 

 Mathews, llanclliAf No. 144 (pars). 

 J{ange : North-West Aiistrali:i.. 



187. Haematopus unicolor fuliginosus. 



JIneniatn/MS fiilighmxii ; Gould, Bird-i Aii^liifl. vol. iv. pi. .S. 184.'j : Tisrn.inia. 



Black Oyster Catcher. 



Mathews, Hamllixt No. 145 (pars). 



Range : Victoria, New Sonth Wales, Tasmania, South Australia. 



188. Haematopus unicolor opthalmicus. 



Ifiipmiiln/iiii oplhahnicusi Castelnau & Ramsay, Priw. Linn. Soc. N.S.]V. vol. i. p. .'i8,'j. 187ii : North 

 Queensland. 



Bare-eyed Black Oyster Catcher. 



Mathews, Ilandli.'if No. 145 (pars). 



Range : North Qneensland, Northern Territory, North-West Australia. 



IS'.i. Haematopus unicolor bernieri snbsp. n. 



AVestralian Black Oyster Catiher. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 145 (pars). 



Differs from //. ii. ftdiqinoxu.'i in its browner coloration and in having a shorter 

 wing and longer tarsus : wing 2(j.3, tarsus .jB ; typical bird's wing 297, tarsus 51. 

 Type : Bernier Island, ^Vest Australia, No. 3844. 

 Range : West Australia. 



Genus ERTTHBOGOITYS. 



Erythrof/onys Gould, Sy«o;).s. /?/)y/s .ImsVi-. pt. iv. pi. 7?>. IS'.M. 

 Type (by monotypy) : E. cincf/i-s Gmild. 



I'.Hi, Erythrogonys cinctus cinctus. 



EnjlJiror)oiii/s ciiirliis Gould, .^i/iinji^. Binh .iuslr. pt. iv. pi. 7:>. \KW : New South Wales. 



Synonym : 

 Vanellus rufii-eiiter Lesson, " EcIi-j da .Mnmle savunt p. 207. 1H44": renamed (iould's Bird (New 

 South Wales). 



Red-kneed Dottrel. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 140 (]iars). 



Range : New South Wales. 



