2. H^MATOPUS. 



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Adult male. Similar to //. ostralegus, but having no white on the 

 inner webs of the primaries ; the back glossy black like the head, 

 and the edge of the wing black ; lower back and rump pure white, 

 like the upper tail-coverts, the latter broadly tipped with black ; 

 some of the inner secondaries edged with white, but none of them 

 entirely pure white : " bill and eyelash deep orange-scarlet ; feet 

 light brick-red; iris crimson " (J. Gould). Total length 17 inches, 

 culmen 3*4, -wing lOl, tail 4, tarsus 1*95. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 17 inches, 

 culmen 3-4, wing 10-5, tail 4-4, tarsus 2-05. 



ffab. Australia, New Zealand, and the Papuan and Moluccan 

 Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



d. 3 ad. sk. 



e. Juv. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 

 g, h. Ad. sk. 

 i, k. Ad. st. 

 /. Ad.sk. 

 m. Ad. sk. 

 n. Ad. sk. 

 o. Ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 



q. Ad. sk. 



r. $ ft d- s k- 



s, t. Ad. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 

 v. Skeleton. 



w, X. Skulls. 



New Zealand. 

 Oomaru, N. Z. 



Hummock Is]., Bass' Straits 

 (F. M. Rayner). 



Green Island, Bass' Straits. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



New South Wales. 



S. Australia. 



S. Australia. 



S. Queensland. 



Queensland (J. T. Cockerel!) . 



Duuk Island, N.E. Australia 



(J. MacgUlivray). 

 Sandy Island, N.E. Australia 



(J. B. Jukes). 

 Wednesday Island, Torres 



Straits {Dr. Coppinger), 

 Port Essington. 

 Aru Islands. 



New Zealand Co. 



Hume Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



Purchased. 

 Old Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



AustralianMuseuni[P.~L 

 Dr. Woodward [P.]. 

 Sir G. Grev [P.J. 

 Tweeddale'Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Voy. H.M.S. 'Rattle- 

 snake.' 

 Toy. H.M.S. 'Fly.' 



"Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



Capt. Chambers [P.]. 



Wallace Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Chal- 

 lenger.' 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Rattle- 

 snake.' 



4. Haematopus leucopus. 



Haematopus leucopodus, Gam. Am/, des Set. Nat. vii. p. 47 (1826 : 



Falkland Islands) ; Bidyiv. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 182 (1887). 

 Oatralega leucopus, Gam. §• Less. Voy. Coquille, i. p. 721 (1820) ; 



Leas. Man. d'Om. ii. p. 301 (1828) ; id. Traite, p. 548 (1831). 

 Haematopus luctuosus, Cut: Reyne Anim. i. p. 504 (1829); Schl. 



Mus. Pai/s-Bas, Cursores, p. 74 (1865: Falkland Is.): Gray, 



Hand-l. B. Hi. p. 21, no. 10058 (1871). 

 Haematopus arcticus, Jard. ed. Wilson's Amer. 0>"n. iii. p. 35, pi. Ixiv. 



fig. 2 (1832) ; id. $• Selbi,, III. On,, pi. 125 (1833) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. 



p. 547 (1847) ; Bp. C. B. xliii. p. 420 (1856) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



iii. p. 21,no. 10061 (1871). 

 Haematopus leucopus, Gray, List Gralhe Brit. Mus. p. 72 (1844 : 



Tierra del Fuego) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 547 (1847) ; Set. P. Z. S. 



1860, p. 386 (Falkland Is.) ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 156 (Falkland 



Is., breeding): <SW. >y 8alv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 143 (1873); 



iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 437 (Penguin Lai.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, 



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