Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 179 



Tkinga subarquata Giildeust. 



Ancyloc hihts subarquatus Math, p 28. 



a, b. Adult. Carnarvon, 6th Aug. 



Iris blackish-brown ; bill olivaceous-brown ; legs dark 

 olivaceous, tinged with brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 8'25-8*5 inches. 



[The Curlew-Sandpiper is gregarious and was plentiful 

 around Carnarvon. — G. C. S~\ 



Heteropygia acuminata Horsf. 

 Heteropygia aurita Lath., Math. p. 28. 



a. ? . Kalgan, 28th Feb. 



b. ? . Lavcrton, 20th Oct. 



c-e. S ? • Beechlaud, 24th-26th Jan. 



I lis blackish-brown ; bill slate-brown, darker above ; legs 

 of a pale olive-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 8-9 inches. 



[The Eastern Pectoral Sandpiper is at times gregarious 

 and is occasionally met with far inland. — G. C. S.~j 



Teinga kuficollis Pall. 



Pisobia ruficollis Math. p. 28. 



a-f. ? . Kalgan, 8th-27th Feb. 



y. $ . Albany Harbour, 29th March. 



h-k. ? . Bernier Island, 8th July. 



/. Adult. Carnarvon, 4th Aug. 



Iris very dark brown ; bill black ; legs olivaceous-black. 



[This little Stint was very plentiful both on the sea-coast 

 and on the tidal estuaries. It is a gregarious species, and was 

 often met with in large flocks, occasionally in company with 

 equally large flocks of jEgialitis rvficapilla and other 

 Waders.— G.C. S.] 



Glottis nebularius Gunn. 



Glottis nebularius Math. p. 27. 



u-c. <J ? . Big Grove, 7th & 26th Mar. 



d-e. S ? - Beechland, 26th Jan. & 4th Feb. 



Iris very dark brown ; bill of a slate-colour, darker 

 towards the extremity ; legs pale ochre-yellow, tinged with 

 slate-colour. 



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