350 



GALLO-GRALL^. 



Haematopus palliatus. 



Hcemaiojms jKiUiatits, Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p, 532 (1S20). 



Hab. Temperate and tropical coasts of North America to 

 South America. 



1732. Sternum of female (Sm. no. 6769). 



Presented hy the Smitlisonian Institution. 



Haematopus fuliginosus. 



Hcematojnts fidi(jinosus,(JiOiild, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 217 (1865). 



The Sooty OYSTEn-CATcnER. 



Ilab. Southern Australia and Tasmania. 



1733. Skeleton. 0. C. 1344 e. Gould Collection. 



1734. Dried head. 0. C. 1346. Ilunterian. 



1735. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. 



From the Zoological Gardens. 



Family SCOLOPACID^. 



Genus RECURVIROSTRA. 



Linnteus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 250 (176G). 



Recurvirostra avocetta. 



liecurvirostra avocetta, Linnaeus, Syst. Xat. i. p. 256 (1766). 

 Ilimantopas avocetta (L.), Secbohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 74(1885). 



The Common Avocet. 



Hah. Temperate and Tropical portions of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa. 



1736. Skeleton. South Collection. 



1737. 1738. Skulls, with horny sheaths to the mandibles. 0. C. 



1289 B, 1289 c. 



Recurvirostra rubricollis. 



Recurvirostra ri'.bricollis, Temmiuck, Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 592 (1820) ; 

 Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 249 (1865). 



The Ued-necked Avocet. 



JIah. Southern Australia. 



