30 CHAEADBIID^. 



p. a37 ; Camjyhell, Nests 4'- Eggs Anstr. Birds, p. 64 (1883) ; NoHh, 



Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 304 (18f^9). 

 Cliaradrius ni^rifrons, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Ckaradriida, p. 138 



(1883). 

 ^gialitis melanops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 300 (1896) ; id. 



Hnnd-l. i. p. 155 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-fronted Sand-Plover are much smaller than 

 those of ^. ]pecuaria and ^. sanctce-heleme, and they are distinctly 

 pyriform,but otherwise they hardly differ from them. The ground- 

 colour is of a clear pale yellowish buff, and this is very thickly 

 covered with a multitude of dark brown specks, streaks, and 

 involved lines, together with some clouds of pale purple, underlying 

 the others and very conspicuous. Specimens measure from 1'04 to 

 1-16 in length, and from -8 to -85 in breadth. 



1. New South Wales. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 3. Bell Eiver, N. S. Wales, 14th Dec. Seebohm Coll. 



(E. P. B(imsay'). 



3. Bell River, 14th Dec. (^. P. ^.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Namoi Eiver, N. S. Wales (GomW). Gould Coll. 



2. Namoi Eiver, 27 ih Dec. ( Wilson). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Gippslaud, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.C. 



[P.]. 



.ffigialitis cucullata ( V.). 

 (Plate I. tig. 1, Plate II. fig. 1.) 



.(Egialites mouacha, Goidd, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 231 (1865) : 

 Campbell, Nests S,- Eggs Amtr. Birds, p. 54 (1883). 



Charadrius monachus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 127 (1887). 



^gialitis monachus, North, Nests i^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 304 (1889). 



^gialitis cucullata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds' B. M. xxiv. p. 302 (1896) ; id. 

 Sand-l. i. p. 155 (1899). 



The eggs of the Hooded Sand-Plover are of a regular, but rather 

 broad, oval form and gloss-less. They are of a pale buff colour, 

 marked all over with spots and small blotches of black and under- 

 lying pale purple. Some of the markings are streaky and others 

 resemble scrawls. Six examples measure from 1"35 to 1-46 in 

 length, and from 1-04 to 1-1 in breadth. 



2. Australia ( Wilso7i). Gould Coll. 

 2. Tasmania. (C. Goidd). Gould Coll. 

 1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 

 1. Flinders' Island, Bass Straits Gould Coll. 



{Br. Bagner). 



Genus THINORNIS, Grag. 



Thinornis novae-zealandise (Gm.). 



Charadrius novfe-zealandije, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidcp, p. 128 



(18b7). 

 Tbiuoruis novae-zealandite, Potts, Zool. 1885, p. 422; Bnller, Birds ^cw 



