690 CHAEA.DKIID2E. 



2. Rostratula australis. 



Rhynchsea australis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 155; id. B. Austr. vi. 



pi. 41 (1842) ; Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 108 (1844) ; id. 



Gen. B. iii. p. 585 (1846) ; Start, E.rped. Centr. Austr. ii. App. 



p. 50 (1849); Reichenb. Grail, tab. lxx. figs. 999, 1000 (1850) ; 



Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 579 (185(3) ; Gould, Handb. B. Avstr. ii. p. 274 



(1865); Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 54, do. 10358 (1871); Ramsay, 



P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 339 (N.E. Queensland) ; Biggies, B. Austr. ii. 



p. 100, cum fig (1877) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 



p. 190 (1877); Masters, op. cit. (2) i. p. 882 (1887: eg°rs) ; 



Ramsay, I. c. pp. 1060-61; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 20 (1888: 



Rockingham Bay ; Wide Bav Distr. ; Richmond & Clarence R. 



Distr. ; N. S. W. ; Interior : Victoria & S. Australia ; W. & S.W. 



Australia) ; North, Nests 8f Egqs Austr. B. p. 311, pi. xvi. fig. 3 



(1889) ; Cox 8r Hamilton, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 420 



(1890: Mudgee Distr.); Legge, Proc. Avstr. Assoc. 1892, p. 6 ; 



Campbell, Proc. Austr. Assoc. 1893, p. 442. 

 Gallinago (Scolopax) australis. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



vii. p. 57, pi. iii. fig. 15 (1882: eg*). 

 Rostratula australis, Stejn. Stand. Nat. Hist. iv. Birds, p. 110 



(1885). 



Adult female. Similar to trie female of R. capensis, but with only 

 a little chestnut on the hind-neck ; the sides of the face and throat 

 sooty black : " bill pale green at the base, passing into brownish 

 horn-colour at the tip ; legs pale green ; iris rather dark hazel " 

 (J. Gould). Total length 95 inches, culmen 1*7, wing 5-9, tail 1*8, 

 tarsus 1-7. 



Adult male. Similar to the male of R. capensis, but larger. 

 Total length 9'5 inches, culmen 1*75, wing 5 - 5, tail D9, tarsus 1-55. 



Hah. Australia. 



a, b. $ ad. et imm. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 

 sk. 



c. J ad. sk. Australia. Seebohm Coll. 



d. S ad. p k. Australia. Sir E. Home [P.]. 



e. g ad. sk. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



f. 2 imra. ; g. $ Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 

 ad. sk. 



h-l. (S 2 ad. sk. Queensland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m. 2 ad. st - New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. 



n, o. <$ 2 ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



p. 2 ad. sk. Sydney, New South Wales. Seebohm Coll. 



q. S ad. sk. Bass River, South Australia Seebohm Coll. 



(Marshall). 



3. Rostratula semicollaris. 



Chorlito golas obscura y blanca, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 323 (1805). 

 Chorlito cabeza y cuello obscuros, Azara, torn. cit. p. 325. 

 Totanus semicollaris, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vi. p. 402 (1816, 

 ex Azara) ; id. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 11G0 (1823). 



