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Frencli Colony and the New Hebrides. It has also been 

 obtained in the Solomon Gronj), and may possibly extend 

 eastward as a straggler to Fiji. 



41. Q^DICNEMUS GRALLARIUS. 



(Australian Thicknee). 



Charadrius grallnr'inx, Latli, Iiid. Orn. Suppl., p. 66, (1800). 

 CEdicneiniis qr-allarius, (Liitli), Gould, Ilandb. B. of Austr., ii., p. 

 210, (1865) ; Ramsay, List Austr. B., p. 19, (1888). 



The Australian Stone Plover, or Thicknee, is a widely 

 distributed and resident species on the Australian Continent, 

 but does not cross the Straits to Tasmania. It is found on 

 the plains of Victoria and in the Mallee scrubs of the Murray 

 Districts, and ranges northwards from Riverina into the 

 interior, and through New South Wales into Queensland and 

 along the north coast to Port Darwin. It is found in South 

 Australia and extends thence westwards into West Australia, 

 in which colony it has been met with as far north as Derby. 

 It has not been observed in South New Guinea, the north 

 coast of Australia lieing as yet the limit of its known range. 



Fam. G-lareolidae. 



42. Glareola grallaria. 



(Australian Pratincole). 



Glarecla grallaria^ Temm., Man. d'Orn., vol. ii., \). 50,3 ; Gould, 

 Handb. B. of Austr., ii., p. 243, (1865) ; Ramsay, List Austr. 

 B., p. 20, (1885). 



This fine Pratincole, or Swallow Plover, is a resident species 

 in Austraha, but may be said to wander over the continent to 

 some extent, appearing in sundry localities at uncertain times. 

 It is no doubt resident in the northern parts of the interior 

 and also in Central Austraha, where it was procured recently 

 by Dr. Zietz, of the Adelaide Museum; from this region it 

 wanders evidently southwards into New South Wales, the 

 Riverina District, parts of Victoria, and the southern portion 

 of South Austraha. Mr, Campbell has met with it in Victoria, 

 and I have seen it on the Riverina Plains in the month of 

 November. It probably ranges from South Australia into 

 the arid districts to the north of the Bight, and thence into 

 West Austraha. in the northern parts of the continent it 

 has been observed, according to Dr. Ramsay, at Wide Bay, 

 Cape York, Port Essington, and Derby, and Mr. Campbell 

 writes me that it has been procured on the Gulf of Carpentaria. 

 It has not yet been recordecl from New Guinea, but it is found 



