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Westward of the Atlantic it has been found only in 

 Greenland. 



19. NUMENIUS MINOR. 

 (Little Curlew). 



Nnmenius minor^ S. Miiller and Schlegel, Verliaiid, Nat. Geschichte, 

 ]). 110, (1839-44); Gould, Ilamlb. B. of Auatr., ii., p. 280, 

 (1865) ; Ramsay, List Austr. B., j). 20, 1888). 



The Little Curlew is a migrant from Eastern Siberia, passing- 

 down the coasts of China on its way from that region and 

 returning thither in April, during which month Swinhoe 

 records it as fairly common at Shanghai. It has likewise 

 recently Ijeen procured at Yokohama in October, so that it 

 doubtless remains in small numbers during the summer in 

 Japan. In the Malay Archipelago it has been found on 

 migration in Celebes, the Aru Islands, and Amboyna, but I 

 find no record of its occurrence in New Guinea, though it 

 most likely frequents the west coasts of that island which are 

 tolerably contiguous to the afore-mentioned islands. In 

 Australia Gould procured it at Maitland (New South Wales) 

 in the month of April, and sjieaks of it as being found at 

 Port Essington. It is noted by Dr. Eamsay from the Gulf 

 of Carpentaria, the Wide Bay District, the Clarence River 

 District, Victoria, South and West Australia ; it would appear 

 tlierefore to pass round the entire coast of Australia during its 

 " winter " wanderings. There is no record of its presence in 

 New Zealand or in the Polynesian region. The migratory 

 path of this species is shown by the above sketch to be a 

 narrow one, as it has not been met with in the Philippines, 

 passing no doubt through the Moluccas and Celebes, and 

 perhaps along the north-east coast of Borneo (though not 

 yet recorded from that island) to the coast of China. 



Fam. Chardriidae. 



20. ReCURVIROSTRA NOV^ HOLLANDIiE. 

 (Australian Avocet). 



Recurvirostra nova hollandice^ Vieill, Nov. Diet, of Hist., Nat., iii., 



p. 103, (1888). 

 Rerurrirostra rubricoUis, Temm, Man. d'Orn., ii., p. 592, (1820) ; 



Gould, Handb. B. of Austr., ii., p. 249, (1865) ; Ramsay, List 



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



This handsome Avocet inhabits the continent of Australia 

 from north to south, and is an occasional straggler to Tasmania, 

 New Zealand, and Norfolk Island. Mr. Campbell writes me 

 that it has been procured in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and \t 



