THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, 



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SNIPE AND WOODCOCK. 



There are, in various parts of Australia, birds that in a 

 general way bear a great likeness to our English Wood- 

 cock and Snipe. There is also a Whimbrel, or Little 

 Whimbrel, to which the same remark applies. 



Family — Scolopa ridce. 

 Genus — 



1. Scolopax. 



2. Gallinago. 



3. Numoiius, 



S. aiistralis. 

 G. novm Jiollandka. 

 G. tasmaniaiis. 

 N. viinuius. 



Australian Woodcock. 

 Australian Snipe. 

 Tasmanian Snipe. 

 Little Whimbrel. 



THE GULLS 



Have some well-known representatives at our antipodes, 

 several of which have bred freely in the Gardens of the 

 London Zoological Society. 



Fam i ly — La ridcc. 

 Genus — 

 Lams. L. novcc hollandicc. Jameson's Gull. 



L. bulleri. Buller's Gull. 



L. doiniiiica7uis. Large Black and 



W^hite Gull. 



The two last are found in New Zealand, and the first in 

 the south-eastern parts of Australia, and in Tasmania, or 

 rather on the coasts of both countries. 



Buller's Gull is a small bird, about 15 inches in 

 length. The bill is black, and the head, neck, and lower 

 parts white, faintly tinged with lead blue, deepening to- 



