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Limnocinclus acuminatus. 



Sharp-tailed Stints were common in mangroves on the 

 Peron in November and December. 



Erolia ferruginea chinensis. 



Eastern Curlew Sandpipers were seen, in company with 

 other waders, on the mud-jflats of tlie large mangrove lagoon 

 on the Peron. 



Burhinus magnirostris broomei. 



Western Stone-Plovers were not uncommon on Dirk 

 Hartog, but, as usual, were rarely seen in daytime, although 

 their wailing notes were heard at most of my camps ; I was 

 anxious to obtain specimens of these birds, as their foot- 

 prints appeared to be unusually small. No specimens, 

 however, were obtained, although one camp-out was made 

 on purpose to attain this object, at a locality where the 

 station employees said these birds were often seen. Not one 

 of these birds was observed on the Peron, although they 

 occur there. 



Austrotis australis derbyi. 



Northern Bustards were plentiful both on Dirk Hartog 

 and the Peron. 



Demiegretta sacra. 



A few Reef-Herons of both the blue and white forms 

 were seen on Dirk Hartog Island and the Peron. 



Hypoleucus varius pertM. 



Pied Cormorants were abundant on Dirk Hartog Island 

 and the Peron, and when sailing across Denham Sound, 

 between the above-mentioned localities, numbers of the 

 birds were seen fishing all the way across (the distance from 

 shore to shore is from 15 to 20 miles). 



Catoptropelecamis conspicillatus westralis. 



One or two Pelicans were occasionally seen fishing in 

 the shallow sea at Dirk Hartog Island, and hundreds were 

 observed in the large mangrove lagoon on the Peron. Years 

 ago Pelicans bred in a "rookery^' on Pelican Island in 

 Shark's Bay, and probably still do so. 



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