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5-'. Black-fronted Dottrel. JL^ialitix nii^yifyoiis (E/seya m. melunops). 



kcsidciil. ComniDU on the shores of all tlie fresli-walcr swamps 

 AvlKTc\cr these are not covered with rushes or tea-trees. The birds, 

 which breed in the district, are probably reinforced during the winter 

 by the arrival of others from further north or cast. 



5.^ White-headed Stilt. Himantopus leucoceplialus {H . /., sub-sp. ?j 

 — Winter \isitor. Small parties occur on the swamps in winter, but 

 1 know ot no record ot Iheir lueeding in the district. 



54. Banded Stilt. Cladovhynchus pedoralis (C. leucoceplialus). — 

 Winter visitor. Visits the salt lakes on Rottnest in large flocks in 

 winter, and is hence commonly known as the " Rottnest Snipe.'' 

 Occurs less frequently on the swamps on the mainland. 



55. Red-necked Avocet. Recurviroslra rubricollis (I-i. novcr- 

 liollandicB). — Winter visitor. Like its two allies, is met with aVwut 

 the swamps in the winter, and sometimes visits Rottnest. 



56. Australian Curlew. Numenius cyanopus. — Summer visitor. 

 A few are usually to be seen on the shores of the Swan River in 

 summer, also on the ocean beaches and sometimes on swamps. 



\j . Common Sandpiper. Actitis hypoleucus (^A. h. auritus). — Summer 

 \isitor. A few may usually be seen about the banks of those portions 

 of the Swan River where there are rocks. They also visit the 

 swamps. They leave for their northern breeding-grounds late in 

 April, and some are back again by September. 



58. Greenshank. Glottis nebularius (G. n. glottoides). — Summer 

 visitor. Occasionally met with on the estuaries. 



59. Wood-Sandpiper. Rhyacophilus glareola {R. g. affinis). — • 

 Occasional summer visitor. A specimen shot on the Canning River 

 at Kelmscott in February, 1900, is the only record for the district 

 (Emu, XV., p. 27). 



60. Little Stint. Pisohia ruficollis (P. minuta ruficollis). — Summer 

 visitor. Common on the ocean beaches, especially at Rottnest, also 

 sometimes seen on the Swan River and the freslt-water swamps. 



Cm. Sharp-tailed Stint. Pisobia acuminata {Limnocinclus acuminaf us). 

 — Summer visitor. Not so common as its smaller relative. 



62. Curlew Sandpiper. Ancylochilus subarquatus (Erolia fevruginea 

 cliinensis). — Summer visitor. Frequently met with at Rottnest. 



62,. Australian Painted Snipe. Rhynchcea australis (Rosiralula 

 australis). — Occasional visitor. Specimens from Herdsman's Lake and 

 ti'om Pinjarrah are in the W.A. Museum. 



64. Southern Stone-Plover. (Edicnemus grallarius {Burliiniis niagiit- 

 rosiris broomei). — Resident. Still fairly common except in the 

 immediate vicinity of the capital. 



05. Australian Bustard. Choriotis australis [Austrolis a. australis'. 

 — Resident. A few probably still breed in the district, but most ot 

 those now obtained are visitors from further inland. 



66. Straw-necked Ibis. CarpJiibis spiiiicollis. — Resident. This 

 S))ecies ap])ears lo have reached the district from the north only 

 within recent jears. It is now fairly common on the swamps and 

 about the Swan River. There is as yet no record of its breeding, 

 and it is possible that some of the birds go north again to breed each 



