384 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



This species was obtained in considerable numbers on the 

 Norman River by Mr. Kendal Broadbent in 1875. All the 

 specimens show the same plumage and the peculiarity of having, 

 the orbits bare, but to a greater extent below than above the eye, 

 and vary a little in size. This is undoubtedly the true G. san- 

 guinea of Gould. Its range extends from Port Essington, where 

 Mr. Gould's specimens were obtained, round the Gulf of Car- 

 pentaria country, as far south as the Palmer River. 



61. Ptistes coccineopterus, Gould. 



62. Geopelia (Erytlirauchcena) humeralis, Gould. 



63. Geopelia placida, Gould. 



64. Geopelia (Stictopelia) cuneata. 



65. Synoicus cervinus, Gould. 



66. ^Edicnemus grallarius, Lath. 



The northern variety of this species is remarkable for the 

 length of the tarsi, which might be considered by some ornitho- 

 logists sufficient to constitute a distinct species, as this peculiarity 

 is constant in all the specimens obtained at the Gulf. The 

 following are the admeasurements showing this characteristic : — 



Bill, 2-2 in.; wing, 116 in.; tail, 8 in; tarsus, 5-6 in.; mid. 

 toe, 1*9 in. 



67. Lobivanellus miles, Bodd. ; Gould, Bds. Aust. VI. pi. 10- 



68. Himantopus leucocephalus, Gould. 



69. iegialitis ruficapillus. 



70. Totanus brevipes, Guv. 



Gambetta pulverulentus ; Gould, Rand-bk. Bds. Aust. II., p. 

 268, sp. 531. 



71. Tringa tenuirostris, Horsf.; Gould, Rand-bL Bds. 

 Aust. II., p. 260, sp. 526. 



72. Tringa (Limnocinclus) accuminata, Rorsf. 



73. Totanus glottis, L. 



Glottis Glottoides, Vig.; Gould, Rand-bh. Bds. Aust. II., p. 

 265, sp. 529. 



74. — H^ematopus, nov. sp. ? 



1 Rcematopus niger. Cuv. On examining the Hrematopi ob- 

 tained in North Australia, we find one which differs from all 



