1917-] Dirk Hartog Island and Peron Peninsula, 577 



Arenaria interpres oahuensis. 



A few Turnstones were seen on the east coast of Dirk 

 Hartog towards the end of May, 1916. One was shot out 

 of a party of three. 



HaBmatopus ostralegus longirostris. 



The Pied Oystei'catcher was common on the sandy heaches 

 both at Dirk Hartog and the Peron. The residents frequently 

 shoot them for cooking purposes. 



Hasmatopus niger bernieri. 



Tiie Western Black Oystercatcher was not so numerous 

 either on Dirk Hartog or the Peron as the Pied Oyster- 

 catcher, and, as usual, was generally found on rocky 

 beaches. 



Zonifer tricolor gwendolenae. 



Black-breasted Plover were, on several occasions, seen and 

 heard, out of gun-shot, on a fairly open hard flat at about 

 the middle of Dirk Hartog Island. No examples were 

 obtained. This species was not observed on the Peron. 



Squatarola sqnatarola hypomelus. 



A good many Eastern Grey Plover were seen on the 

 beach at Dirk Hartog, during my second visit there, early 

 in October, 1916 ; also on the beach and at the big mangrove 

 lagoon on the Peron later on in the same year. 



Pagoa leschenaultii. 



The Large Sand-Dotterel was not nearly so common on 

 Dirk Hartog as it is about Carnarvon and Point Cloates. 

 A few odd birds only were seen, in May and October, and 

 some on Peron in December. 



Leucopolius ruficapillus tormenti. 



A few Pale Red-capped Dotterel were seen on Dirk 

 Hartog at the end of May. 



Numenius cyanopus. 



Australian. Curlew were noted both on Dirk Hartog and 

 the Peroi from earlj^ October and during the next three 

 months. 



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