Vol. IX 

 190Q 



1 Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. 55 



OCHTHODROMUS VEREDUS (Oriental Dottrel). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 155. 



Female. 3/12/08. 



Bill brown, base of lower mandible grey ; eyes blackish- 

 brown ; feet brown ; legs fleshy-white. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects. 



HiMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (White-headed Stilt). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 161. 



Adult male and female and two immature males. 18/1/09. 



Bill black in adult ; in immature the base of lower mandible 

 is tinged with red ; eyes red ; feet and legs pinky-red. 



The stomach contained shell-fish, small, hard seeds, and 

 insects. 



Mesoscolopax minutus (Little Whimbrel). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 166. 



Male and female. 7/12/08. 



Bill — basal f of lower mandible flesh-colour, the remainder 

 blackish-brown ; eyes blackish-brown ; feet and tarsi leaden- 

 grey. 



The stomach contained fragments and grit. 



Glottis nebularius (Greenshank). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 175. 



Male. 13/2/09. 



Bill leaden-grey, distal half brown; eyes brown ; feet and legs 

 leaden-grey. 



The stomach contained grasshoppers. 



Rhyacophilus glareola (Wood-Sandpiper). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 176. 



Three females. January and February, 1909. 



Bill brown, base of lower mandible greyish-brown ; eyes 

 brown ; feet and legs light olive-brown. 



The stomach contained shell-fish, grasshoppers, and a quantity 

 of animal matter. 



Heteropygia aurita (Sharp-tailed Stint). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 181. 



Five males and seven females. January and February, 1909. 



Bill brown, base of lower mandible olive-brown ; eyes brown ; 

 feet and tarsi olive-brown. 



The stomach contained fragments of small insects, seeds, 

 sand, and small shell-fish. 



Gallinago australis (Snipe). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 185. 

 Two males and six females. January, 1909. 

 Bill brown, basal half of culmen and base of lower mandible 



