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during winter. It disappears from the mainland in the spring 

 and probably breeds on some of the Straits Islands, the young 

 birds found here in the autumn coming most hkely from that 

 locality. In his Handbook Gould alludes to a migration of 

 this species observed by him at George Town on the 15th 

 of May, which is about the time they would be arriving on a 

 sputhern migration from their breeding-grounds. This bird 

 ranges tlu'ough Australia from Victoria to Queensland and 

 Western Australia, and is hkewise found on the north coast 

 of the continent and in southern New Guinea, It has not 

 been recorded from the far interior of Australia, but doubtless 

 occurs in Riverina. Eastward in the direction of Polynesia, 

 besides being found in New Zealand it has been met with in 

 Norfolk Island, whence Dr. Kamsay informs me young birds 

 have been sent to the Sydney Museum. 



32. iEoiALITIS MONACHA. 

 (Hooded Dottei"el). 



Charadrius monachus^ GeofF., Mus., Paris. 



^gialitis monacha, (GeofF.), Gould, Handb. B. ofAustr., p. 231., 

 (1865) ; Ramsay, List Austr. B., p. 69, (1888). 



This handsome Dotterel, which is essentially an Austrahan 

 species, ranges from the southern parts of the Queensland 

 coasts to Tasmania, where it is a common bird resident chiefly 

 on the ocean beaches. In the former locality it has been 

 met with at Wide Bay, and further south, on the shores of 

 New South Wales and Victoria, it is common. It is also 

 recorded in Dr. Ramsay's list from South and West Aus- 

 tralia, but how far north it extends in the latter colony is not 

 specified. As further exploration on the west coast of the 

 continent is proceeded with it will no doubt be observed as 

 far north as the Kimberly coast. It is pretty evenly dis- 

 tributed all round the coast of this colony, and is found on 

 the beaches of Bass Straits islands. 



33, iEoiALITIS NIGRIFRONS. 



(Black-fronted Dotterel) . 



Charadrius nujrlfrons^ Cuvier, Mus., Paris. 



JEqialitls 7iujnfrons, (Cuv.), Gould, Handb. B. of Austr., ii., p. 

 233, (1865) ; Ramsay, List Austr. B., j). 19, (1888). 



This elegant little Dotterel, which, like the last species, is 

 confined to Australia, has a more northerly range than the 

 Hooded Dotterel, but does not stray so far south, as it has 

 not yet been observed in Tasmania. The most northerly 



