( 200 ) 

 2S. Sterna fuliginosa (im. 



Sterna fuliginosa Gmelin. .Si/s/. .Wat. i. p. (JOu (1788 : ex Buffon, Forster, Latham, etc. " Hab. in 

 mari atlantico, americano, indico, australi septentrionali . . .''). 



5 cf cJ, o ? ?, Bedont Island, N.W. Australia, 2U to 2>i. v. 1901 (Nos. R. 1(5 to 

 R. 25). 



There are no doubt subspecies also of this bird, but 1 cannot at present discuss 

 them satisfactorily. 



Man}- eggs were taken. 



J't. Anous stolidus pileatus (.Scop.). 



(Cf. Nov. Znnl. I'.IOI), p. !•.■) 



Apparently the Australian form is the same as that of the North Pacitie. 

 Sometimes the forehead is very white. 



G cJc?, 4 ? ?, Bedont Island, N.W. Australia, May I'.Hjl (Nos. R. to R. 15). 

 This bird had also eggs during the visits. 



:iii. Larus novaehoUandiae Steph. 



Lurtix iiomeliollamliae Steph., in Shaw's Geii. Znot. xiii. pt. i. p. 19G (18'2G : ex Latham). 



1 6 juv., Lewis Island, N.W. Australia, 27. vi. 19U1 (No. R. 185). 

 :M. Haematopus unicolor fuliginosus (ionld. 



[Ilaemal'ipus nnirolur Wagler, /.</.s, iH'i'i, p. l.'io (ex Forster's MS., loc. New Zealand).] 

 Haematopus fuliginosus Gould, B. Australia vi. pi. 8 (1840 : Australia). 



It seems to me that Anstralian specimens of the black Oyster-catcher can 

 easily be distingnished by their bills being much stouter and more rounded in 

 front on the culmen, not so sharp, knife-lilce, as in //. unicolor from New Zealand. 



?, Lewis Island, N.W. Australia, 1. vii. luo:^ (No. R. 188). 



3v!. Haematopus longirostris Vieill. 



Ilaematnpns longirostris Vieill<it. Xour. Diet, d'llist. Nat. xv. p. 410 (1817 : Australia). 



1 cT, 2 ? ?, Lewis Island, N.W. Australia, 24. vi., 3, 5. vii. IWl (Nos. R. 182 

 to R. 184). 



1 ?, Port Headland, 5. viii. lOol (Nd. U. 225). 

 " Iris red, legs pink." 



33. Erythrogonys cinctus Gould. 



Krijthrogoitgsi liu.lus Gould, /'. Z. .S. J8.'!7. p. \M. ('-In Novil C:imhii.'"i Australi "). 



<J, South Alligator Kiver, November 1902 (No. 900). 



34. Lobivanellus miles (Bodd.). 



Tringa miles Boddaert, TaU. I'l, hint. p. 01 (1785: ex Buiroii A- Brisson. Locality cironeouslj- 

 Louisiana ! We may accept Australia as the typical locality.) 



8 J ? ad., .South Alligator River, IT, 30. x. 1902, 12. xi. 19ii2, 24. viii,, 

 11. i.\. 1903 (No-. 913 to 91(;, 1042 to 1044, 1743). 



