Vol. II 

 1902 



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c. Female. No rufous on face, but a flush upon the brown 

 chest-band. 



d. Female. Centre of chest white, sides light brown. 



100. OCHTHODROMUS VEREDUS (Gould), Oriental Dottrel. 



Charadrius veredus, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. vi., pi. 14 (1848). 

 Ochthodromus veredus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxiv., p. 232 

 (1896). 



Three females, 17/10/01, 18/10/01, 4/11/01. 



They have broad cream foreheads ; throats and chests uniform 

 pale ruddy-brown. 



lOi. .^GIALITIS RUFICAPILLA (Temminck), Red-capped Dottrel. 



Hiaticiila ruficapilla, Gould, Birds Aust., foL, vol. vi., pi. 17 (1848). 

 j-Egialitis ruficapiila, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxiv., p. 286 

 (1896). 

 Adult female, 2/9/01 ; immature male, 22/11/01. 



[Nest with two eggs, 2/9/00. The bird ran and trailed its 

 wings. I walked rapidly after it, but it would not fly. When 

 it gained a few yards it lay flapping and struggling as if in 

 death agony until I nearly reached it. Then it went on again. 

 Like other birds, its manner is to draw one away from the nest. 

 One egg was addled, the other " chipped," as I was coming 

 home. The Derby Marsh is in season a great place for water 

 birds, but not just now. The Marsh is an extensive level plain, 

 covered with i to 2 inches of salt water at spring tides. After 

 this it is a dusty plain, with salty sand, that nearly cuts into 

 the eyes.] 



102. /Egialitis melanops (Vieillot), Black-fronted Dottrel. 



Hiaticula nigrifro7is, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. vi., pi. 20 (1848). 

 jEoialiiis melanops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxiv., p. 300 

 ' (1896). 



One adult female, 6/2/00. 



[As with the preceding "species, it will try to draw you away 

 from its nest, but mostly by running, and that remarkably fast. 

 Eggs were found on 13th January, 1900.] 



103. HiMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS fGould), White-headed 



Stilt. 



Hiniantopus leucocepJialus, Gould, Birds Aust. , fol. , vol. vi., pi. 24 

 (1848) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxiv., p. 317 (1896). 



Adult males, 1/2/00, 14/4/01. 

 Immature male, 1/2/00. 



[I saw on 6/12/00 a large flock on a sandbank in the middle of 

 the river at Breakaway.] 



104. Helodromas OCHROPUS (Temminck), Green Sandpiper. 



Helodromas ochropus, Gould, Birds Eur., fol., vol. iv., pi. 315, fig. i 

 (1837) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxiv., p. 437 (1896). 



