b CHAEADRIID^. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Australia ( Wihon). Gould Coll. 



1. Troughton Island, N.W. Australia. Lieut. G. Oliver [P.]. 



2. Port Essington, N. Australia. Capt. Chambers [P.]. 



2. Claremont Islands {Capt. Stanley). Vov. II. M.S. 'Rattlesnake.' 

 1. Howick Islauds, May (J. Mac- Gould Coll. 



gillivray). 



3. Moreton Ba}', N.E. Australia. Gould CoU. 



1. Moreton Bay, N.E. Au.stralia. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A.Philbrick,Esq.,Q.C. [P.]. 



1. IslandnearCapeFlinders, 12tli Aug. Gould Coll. 



{J. Macfiillivrai/). 



2. Cape Barren Island, Bass Straits, Gould Coll. 



28th Oct. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



HaBmatopus leucopus, Gam. 



Hsematopus leucopus, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 156; Scl. ^- Salv. Zool. 



' Chullencier' Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 108 (^1880) ; Seebohm, Geo(p: Distr. 



Charadriiclce, p. 306 (1887) ; Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 113 



(1896); id. Hand-l. i, p. 147 (1899). 

 Haematopus, sp., Scl. Zool. ' Challei^ger ' Krped. ii. pt. viii. p. 151 (1880). 



The eggs of the Falkland-Islands Pied Oyster-catcher have Ihe 

 ground-colour slightly darker than that of the eggs of //. ostrahgus, 

 but do not otherwise differ from them. They measure from 2-2 to 

 2-45 in length, and from FS to 1-65 in breadth. 



The eggs of an Oysfcr-catcher taken by the 'Challenger' Expe- 

 dition on the Falkland Islands, and not satisfactorily authenticated 

 at the time, are undoubtedly those of the present species ; the eggs 

 of //. ater, the second species of Oystercatcher inhabiting the same 

 islands, being of quite a different type. 



3. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Gould Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands ( C. C. A.) Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Falkland Islands. McCormick Bequest. 



2. Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



4. Falkland Islands. Purchased. 



Haematopus palliatus, Temm. 



Ha3matopus palliatus, Baird, Brewer ^- Ridyiv. Water Birds 2S\ Am. i. 

 p. 112 (1884) ; Seebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadriida, p. 305 (1887) ;' 

 James, Neiv List of Chilian Birds, p. 11 (1892) ; Shmpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxiv. p. 114 (1896) ; id. Iland-l. i. p. 147 (1899). 



The eggs of the North- American Pied Oyster-catcher have a much 

 paler ground than those of H. ostralegus, but do not otherwise 

 differ from them. They measure from "2-1 to 2-53 in length, and 

 froui 1-5 to 1-6 in breadth. 



1. North America. Old Collection. 



3. Plog Island, Virginia {Dr. Hitz: Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smiths. I/ist.). 



2. Hog Island, 1st July ( TV. E. D. Princeton Univer.sitv, N.J. fE.!. 



Scott). •' '- -' 



