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24-'. Trachelia pratincola maldi varum. 



Ularfohi iimlilivarum Latham and Davies, FuminJii Iiidivt. p. 11. 1795 : Open sea near the Maldive 

 Islands. 



Synonyms : 



((?. coromaiula, G. madraspakina were also given at the same time and place.) 

 Glarenla orienhilis Leach, Trans, Linn. Soc. {Limil.) vol. xiii. p. l.!'_'. 1820 : Java. 



Oriental Pratincole. 



Mathews, ffanrnist No. 189. 

 Range : Australia. Estralimital. 



Family BURHINIDAE. 



Genus BURHIITUS. 



Burhimm lUiger, Prntlromns, p. 250. 1811. 



Tv|)e Hiy monotypy) : B. mnyiiiro-ttria (Latham). 



243. Burhinus magnirostris magnirostris. 



Charadriuis magnirostris Latham, IiuUx Orn. Siippl p. Ixvi. 1801 : New South Wales. 



Synonyms : 



Charadrius grallarius Latham, Indfx Orii. Sii/i/il. p. Ixvi. 1801 : New South Wales. 

 Charadrim fnirinUus id., ib. p. Ixvii : New South Wales. 



Ofdicnemus loiigipi-s Vieillot, Noiir. Did. d' Flixt. Nat. vol, xxiii. p. 232. 1818 : New South Wales. 

 Burhinus novaehollandiae Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zivil. vol. xiv. p. .342. 182() : New South Wales. 

 Chartvlrius giganleus Wagler, liis. p. G48. 1829: New South Wales. 



Australian Stone Plover or Curlew. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 190 (i)ars). 

 Range : New South Wales, Victoria. 



244. Burhinus magnirostris rufescens subsp. n. 

 Little Stone Plover. 



Mathews, IIandU.it No. 190 (pars). 



Differs from B. m. magnirosfriii in its smaller size and more rufous 

 coloration. Wing : i 280, culm. .521, tars. 128 ; Typ. atl. S 297, culm. .')2, tars. 130. 

 Typi' .• North- West Australia (Parry's Creek), No. 577. 

 Itauge : North -West Australia, Northern Territory. 



245. Burhinus magnirosti"is ramsayi subsp. n. 

 Synonym : 



Oedicmmm lomji^cs (not Vieillot) Ramsay, Tab. List .\ustr. Birds, p. 35. 1889: Gulf District. 



Northern Stone Plover. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 19n (pars). 



Differs from B. m. magnirosfiis in its constantly longer tarsus : c? tars. 140 ; 

 typ. <S tars. ]:J6 mm. 



Type : Queensland (Mackay), No. 0454. 

 Range : Queensland. 



