Vol. XVII 

 1917 



1 Macgillivray, Ornithologists in North Queensland. 87 



Limosa melanuroides {Limosa limosa melanuroides).— Noted on 

 Haggerstone Island on the 16th December. Noted also by Mr. 

 M'Lennan on the Watson River on the 23rd April, 191 5. 



Totanus stagnatilis (Iliornis stagnatilis horsfieldi). — Mr. M'Lennan 

 noted this bird as occasional on the swamps off the Archer River 

 in May, 1914. 



Heteractitis brevipes {Hetevoscelus incaniis brevipes). — Mr. M'Lennan 

 noted this bird as occasional on the Archer River, in May, 191 4. 



Actitis hypoleucus (Actiiis hypoleucus auritus). 



Glottis nebularius (Glottis nebularius glottoides). — Mr. M'Lennan shot 

 a specimen on the Watson River on 25th April, 191 5 ; it was very fat. 



Plsobia acuminata {Limnocinctus acuminatus). — Common on Raine 

 Island. Mr. M'Lennan found the Sharp-tailed Stint numerous on 

 the swamps bordering the Watson River in April, 191 5. 



Parra gallinacea {Irediparra gallinacea novcehollandice). — On the 

 2ist April, 191 5, Mr. M'Lennan, writing from the Watson River, 

 notes :— " Went out north-west from camp and struck a swamp. 

 Some Jacanas were noted here. Spent a couple of hours in the 

 swamp looking for their nests, but did not find any. Found three 

 young, not long hatched, on a lily leaf." 



{To he continued.) 



Observations on the Genus Hylacola (Ground^ Wrens). 

 By F. E. Howe, C.M.Z.S., R.A.O.U., Canterbury. 



{Read before the Bird Observers^ Club of Victoria, 22nd March, 1917.) 



Mathews's "A List of the Birds of Australia" (1913, page 199) 

 shows that we have two species of Ground-Wrens, together with 

 four sub-species, briefly set out as follows : — 



Hylacola p. pyrrhopygia (Chestnut-rumped Ground-Wren). 



Range : New South Wales. 

 H. p. helcheri (Geelong Ground- Wren). Range : Southern Victoria 



(coastal). 

 H. cauta cauta (Rufous-rumped Ground- Wren). Range : South 



Australia. 

 H. c. halmatnrina (Kangaroo Island Ground- Wren). Range : 



Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 

 H. c. brevicauda (Short-tailed Ground- Wren). Range : Victoria 



(Mallee scrubs). 

 H. c. ivhitlocki (Western Ground-Wren). Range : South- West 



Australia. 



For the technical descriptions of both species, with the excep- 

 tion of the female of H. c. cauta, I rely on those of Mr. A. J. 

 North (" Nests and Eggs," vol. i., pp. 263, 265). I am indebted 

 to Mr. H. L. White, of Belltrees, Scone, New South Wales, for 

 the loan of a very fine series of skins embracing both species, 

 together with all the sub-species according to Mathews, 



