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low, and with a large oval spot of white on the inner web, at the tip 

 of all but the two centre feathers ; surface white broadly striped 

 ■with black, the black predominating on the breast and the white on 

 the abdomen ; irides white ; bill and feet black. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Totai length, 7 inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 3į ; tail, 3į; tarsi, į. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to the M. JNovce-Hollandice, but differing 

 from that species in the stouter and mere lengthened form of the 

 bill, and in having the \vhite patch on the face much less defined. 



LiMOSA Melanuroides. Capite, et corpore superiore griseo-fuscis ; 



primariis secondariisgue ad basin et tectricibus alte majoribus ad 



apicem albis, colore, expansd pennd, tanguam fascid apparente; 



tectricibus caudte superioribus albis ; caudd atrd, nisi rectricibus 



lateralibus duabus ad basin albis. 



Head and all the upper surface greyish bro-wn, -vvith a small streak 



of black down the centre of the feathers ; -vvings dark brown ; shafts 



Avhite ; base of the primaries and secondaries and tips of the greater 



coverts white, forming a band when the ^ving is expanded ; upper 



tail-coverts white, forming a conspicuous mark ; tail black, \vith the 



exception of the two lateral feathers on each side, \vhich are white 



at the base and black at the tip ; neck, breast and flanks greyish 



brown ; abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; irides brown ; bill 



greenish grey, becoming paler on the sides of the upper mandible ; 



legs and feet greenish grey. 



Totallength, 13 inches; bill, 3f; wing, 7|; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, 2|. 

 Hab. Port Essington. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to, but differing from, the Limosa melą- 

 nura of Europe in its much smaller size. 



