APPENDIX. 353 



Page 3G. Add :— 



Recurvirostra novae-hoUandise, F. 



Recurvirostra rubricollis, Gould, Handb. Birds Ausfr. ii. p. 249 (1865) ; 



North, Nests S,- Egys Austr. Birds, ^. 309, pi. xvii. fig. 1 (1SS9). 

 Himantopus rubricollis, Seebohni, Geoyr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 292 



(1887). 

 Recurvirostra novffi-hollandiae, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 333 



(1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 157 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 4' Hc/ys 



Austr. Birds, ii. p. 804, pi. 23 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Avocet appear to be indistinguishable 

 from those of E. avocetta. Two examples measure respectively : 

 1-9 by 1-4; 1-9 by 1-35. 



2. Yandembah, N. S. Wales, 18th Aug. Crowley Bequest. 

 (A. J. North). 



Page 36. Add :— 



Nuinenius arquatus. 



Numenius arquatus liueatus, 7\wz. Fmm. Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 938 

 (1893). 



1. Eastern Siberia {Dyboivski). Crowley Bequest. 



Page 38. Add :— 



Numenius longivostris. 

 Another example is of very large size, measuring 2*8 by 1-9. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



Page 38. Add :— 



Numenius phseopus. 



2. Iceland ( W. Proctor : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 5. Iceland ( W. P. : Trisfrmn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Lapland {H. W. Wheelwriyht : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Pago 40. Add: — 



Limosa limosa. 



1. Orkney Islands, June {Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll). 



2. Bodo, Norway (//. B. Tristnan). Crowley Bequest. 



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