AUSTRALIAN LIMICOL^. 941 



27. Eudroraias verediis, Gould. 



28. iEgialitis geoffroyi, Wagler. 



29. -iEgialitis mongolica, Pallas. 



30. ^gialitis masters!, Ramsay. 



31. jEgialitis bicincta, Jard. cV' Selh 



32. iEgialitis monacha, Geoff. 



33. ^gialitis nigrifrons, Cuv. 



34. ^gialitis ruficapilla, Temm. 



35. jEgialitis hiaticula, Linn. 

 (?) iEgialitis jerdoni, Legge. 



36. Erythrogonys cinctus, Gould. 



37. Lobivanellus lobatus, Lath. 



38. Lobivanellus miles, Bodd. 



39. Sarciophorus pectoralis, Cuv. 



Family CEdicnemidcB : 



40. Esacus magnirostris, Geoff. 



41. CEdicnemus grallarius, Lath. 



Family Glareolidce : 



42. Glareola grallaria, Temm. 



43. Glareola orientalis. Leach. 



Family Hamatopodidce : 



44. Haematopus longirostris, Vieill. 



45. Hsematopus unicolor, Wagler. 



46. Haematopus ophthalmicus, Castl. S^ Mams. 



In the above hst ^. jerdoni (mihi) is inserted on Dr. 

 Ramsay's authority, who, however, only doubtfully includes 

 it in our avi-fauna as a species fi-om New Guinea not yet 

 properly identified. Being found on the Papuan south coast 

 entitles it to a place among Australasian birds. 



Fam. Scolopacidae. 



1. Rhynch^a australis. 



(Australian Painted Snipe). 



Hynchaa australis, Gould, P.Z.S., pt. 5, p. 155 ; Ranisiiy, List 

 Austr. B., p. 20, (1888). 



This handsome bird, which forms a link between the 

 Snipes and some members of the Rail family, was considered 

 by Gould to be a summer visitant to New South Wales, and 

 is recorded by him as plentiful in the Upper Hunter district. 

 Dr. Ramsay notes its most northern locality as Rockingham 



