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CHARADRIID.E. 



Mtts. Gen. xviii. p. 326 (1882) ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. iii. p. 309 

 (1882) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, pp. 225-234 ; Rumsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 1099 (1887), ii. p. 172 (1888: Derby, N.W. 

 Australia) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 20 (1888 : Australia gene- 

 rally, except Cape York) ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 283 

 (1888) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1889, p. 558 (Ferguson Isl.) ; North, Nests $ 

 Eggs Austr. B. p. 310 (1889) ; Salvad. Agq. Orn. Papuasia etc. 

 iii. p. 201 (1891) ; Legge, Proc. Austr. Assoc! 1892, p. 29. 



Himantopus melanopterus (nee Temm.), S. Mull. Verh. Land- en 

 Volkenk. p. 22 (1839-44: New Guinea) ; JRosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. 

 Nederl. Ind. xxv. p. 255 (1863) ; id. J.f. O. 1864, p. 137. ' 



Himantopus novse kollandise, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 421 (1856). 



Himantopus rufipes {nee Bechst.), Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 28 

 (Luzon). 



Himantopus autumnalis (nee Hasselq.), Wald. Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. 

 p. 228 (1875: Philippines). 



Adult. General colour above glossy black, including the wings ; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts white ; tail white, washed 

 with smoky brown on the centre feathers and on the outer webs of 

 the outer ones ; head all round pure white, as also a very broad 

 collar extending round the hind-neck above the mantle ; hind-neck, 

 from the nape down to this white collar, black ; entire under surface 

 of body white ; under wing-coverts black ; axillaries white : " bill 

 black : legs and feet deep pink flesh-colour, becoming red after 

 death ; iris pink, margined externally with a deep red ring " (J. 

 Gould). Total length 14-5 inches, culmen 2-5, wing 9-4, tail 2-3, 

 tarsus 4 - 5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male and almost as black on the 

 back. Total length 14 inches, culmen 2-4, wing 8-4, tail 2*4, 

 tarsus 4-15. 



Young. Brown on the upper back and inner secondaries ; the 

 hind-neck, from the nape to the mantle, ashy grey, mottled with 

 dusky sub-terminal bars to the feathers ; crown of head dull ashy 

 grey ; lores and fore part of face white like the under surface of 

 the body. 



Bab. Australia, extending to New Guinea and the Moluccas. 



a, b. Ad. etimin. 

 sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d, e. Ad. et juv. 

 sk. 



/. J ad. sk. 

 g. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i, k. Ad. sk. 

 I. Ad. sk. 

 m. Ad. sk. 

 n. c? ad. sk. 



o, p, q. 6 2 ad- 



et imm. sk. 

 ;•. Ad. sk. 



Australia. 



Lachlan River, N.S.W. 

 South Australia. 



South Australia (J. Gould). 



South Australia. 



Queensland. 



Brisbane (J. T. Cockerell). 



Cape York. 



Cape York. 



Port Essington. 



N.W. Australia (W. H. 



Bowyer Bower). 

 Saibai," S.E. New Guinea. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Lord Leigh [P 

 Capt. Sturt [P. 



Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 Sir D. Cooper. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



[O.l 

 Capt. Bowyer Bower 



[P.]. 

 Rev. G. McFarlane 



[C.]. 



