Mr. E. P. Ramsay on Birds breeding near Sydney. 445 



No. 29, Numenius, about the size of N. longirostris, but with 

 shorter bill, smaller than N. major or N. arcuatus. It is not 

 stated, however, whether this species has a white or a barred rump. 

 If the latter, it would then be the N. australis, Gould, which is 

 common in North China and Amoorland, and which we should 

 expect to find in Japan en route to Australia. The Numenius 

 tahitiensis with the barred rump, allied to N. phaopus, procured 

 from Hakodadi, and noted in Perry's 'Expedition,' vol. ii.p.228, 

 is very probably the same as the N. uropygialis, Gould, of Aus- 

 tralia, which occurs throughout the Indian Archipelago, the 

 Philippines, and Formosa. In the latter island, as I have reason 

 to believe, it breeds. 



The two remaining birds of Cassin's list are also new to the 

 Hakodadi locality — Limosa lapponica, L., and Hcematopus ostra- 

 legus, L. The latter bird is well known from Amoorland and 

 China ; but the record of the former is certainly interesting, if 

 really correct. The long-legged Limosa melanura, L., occurs 

 plentifully in India, and its range has been traced across Eastern 

 Asia into Australia ; but the short-legged form is not noted as 

 an Indian bird. In China we get only the closely allied L. uro- 

 pygialis of Australia, which is always to be distinguished by its 

 barred instead of white rump. I suspect, therefore, on closer 

 examination it w^ill be found that the Hakodadi specimens are 

 of the Australian species, which probably, with the Curlew and 

 Snipe, breed in Mantchurian latitudes, and, returning to winter 

 in Australia, touch at the Japanese shores. 



XXXVI. — Notes on Birds breeding in the Neighbourhood of 



Sydney. By E. P. Ramsay, Esq., of Dobroyde. 



[Continued from p. 180.] 



4. The Rock- Warbler {Origma rubricata, Gould, B. Austr. 

 iii. pi. 69). 



This bird may always be found in the neighbourhood of gul- 

 lies and ravines, especially where there is running water. It 

 seems to give preference to the rocky side of steep gullies, where 

 it may be seen running over the rocks uttering its shrill cry, 

 entering into the crevices under the low shelving rocks, and 



