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birds were, so that his discovery gives no clue to the breeding- 

 grounds of the species — a ]ioint of special interest. From 

 the fact of the bird not breeding on the coast of West 

 Australia in the summer it may be inferred that it resorts to 

 the region round tlie large lakes of the interior, such as 

 Lakes Earle, Austen, and others, where it probably breeds in 

 the early spring during the rains and then migrates to the 

 coast districts. In Tasmania it is said to have occurred as a 

 rare straggler, having been procured in the south. I have 

 not received evidence of its occurrence on the north coast, but 

 it may be met with on some future occasion in localities such 

 as the mud-flats on the Taniar or near Port Sorell. 



22. HiMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. 



(Australian Stilt). 



Hit7ianto}ms leitcocephahis, Gould, P.Z.S. to 37, p. 26, Handb. B. of 

 Austr., ii., p. 246, (1865) ; Ramsay, List Austr. B., p. 20,(1888). 



This Stilt, which is an inhabitant of every colony in Australia, 

 ranges from Tasmania northwards through the Continent to 

 Malayana and the Phili]ipines, in which group it has been 

 met with in the island of Mindano ; it has also occurred 

 there in Billiton. It is a resident bird in Australia, but 

 apparently migrates in parts during the autumn and winter 

 season of this hemisphere towards the Malay Archipelago, 

 where it has been found in New Guinea, Amboyna, Ternate, 

 and Celebes, affecting the latter island from August till 

 October, during which time it breeds there, according to 

 Rosenberg. It is likewise met with in Java, Borneo, 

 Timor, and Sumbawa. In the Philippines, which constitute 

 its northern limit of range, it is met by its near ally 

 H. caudidus, which strays southward as far as that group 

 from the Indian region. In Australia the Stilt is found along 

 the extreme north coast and in the Kimberley district, down 

 the east and west sides of the continent to Victoria, and in 

 Tasmania as a straggler. It ranges into the interior of the 

 continent, from whence it is recorded in Dr. Ramsay's list, 

 and I learn that it was recently procured on the overland trip 

 by Dr. Ziest, of the Adelaide Museum. I have myself seen 

 it in numbers in Riverina at the latter end of August, and am 

 of opinion that it breeds there. In New Zealand it is a 

 resident species, and according to Buller is a common bird in 

 the middle and southern portions of the colony, appearing 

 often in large flocks in the vicinity of Napier, 



