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No. 53. TuRNix VELOX (Swift-flying Turnix). 



Heniipodius velox, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1840), p. 150; id., 

 *Bds. Austr., fol , vol. v., pi. 87 (1848); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S.W., vol. XL, 2nd series, p. 171 (1887). 



Ticrnix velox, North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 286 

 (1889); Grant, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. XXII., p. 553 (1893). 



An adult male and female. Camp about five miles from the 

 junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. T. leucogaster, 

 described by me in the report of the Horn Expedition from a 

 single specimen, may prove to be only a very bleached young 

 bird of this species. 



A set of three eggs of T. velox are of a pale-brownish-white 

 ground colour, which is almost obscured by numerous minute 

 reddish-brown and violet-grey freckles uniformly distributed over 

 the surface of the shell. In one specimen the ground colour is 

 almost a clear white, rendering the markings very distinct. 

 Length, (A) 0-91 x 074 inch, (B) 0-91 x 0-7 inch, (C) 0*88 x 0-71 

 inch. Another set of two are slightly more pointed at the smaller 

 ends, and have the pale-brownish-white ground colour thickly 

 covered with very small indistinct markings of a slightly-darker 

 hue. These specimens have a washed-out appearance, and look 

 as if they had been exposed to the sun's hot rays for a long time. 

 Length, (A) 0-92 x 0-72 inch, (B) 0-92 x 0-7 inch. 



No. 54. Erythrogonys cinctus (Red-kneed Dotterel). 



Erythrogonys cinctus., Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 155; 

 id., Bds. Austr, fol., vol. VL, pi. 21 (1848) ; Ramsay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. II., 2nd series, p. 171 (1887); North, 

 Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 307, pi. 16, fig. 5 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. XXIV., p. 125 (1896). 



Two adult males and two females. Swamp at the rear of the 

 telegraph office, about five miles from the junction of the Fitzroy 

 and Margaret Rivers. The crown of the head of adult females is 

 bronzy-brown, like the back, but it becomes darker as the birds 

 get older, and very old females can hardly be distinguished from 

 the male. This species is represented in the Australian Museum 

 by numerous examples from all parts of the Continent, except 

 Queensland. 



[These handsome little waders made their appearance at the 

 swamps near the Fitzroy River immediately after the rainfall. 

 They were found in small flocks, and frequently in company with 

 the Marsh Sandpiper.] 



No. 55. Tringa acuminata (Marsh Tringa). 



Totanus acuminatus, Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. XIIL, p. 

 192 (1821). 



