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615. JB. melanops, Vieill. (A. nigrifrons, Cuvier), Black-fronted Dottrel. 



Throat white ; black of upper mantle united to black ear coverts, 

 the white collar on hind-neck being thus separated from the white 

 of sides of neck and under parts by a complete band of black. 

 Hab. : 2 to 9. 



616. IE. CUCllIlatllS, Vieill. (Hiaticula monarcha, Geoff. ; M. monachus, 



Geoff.), Hooded Dottrel. 



Throat black, like crown and sides of face. 



Young. Has no hood, and may be known by having the feathers 

 of the back and upper surface narrowly fringed with brownish -black. 



Total length, 8 '3 in. ; culmen, 0'7 in. ; wing, 5 '4 in. ; tail, 2'6 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 '05 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 9. 



SUB-FAMILY PELTOHYATIN^. 



Nasal groove not extended beyond half length of culmen ; tarsus trans- 

 versely scaled both in front and behind ; bill with dertr\im always 

 more or less conspicuous. 



GENUS PELTOHY AS. Confined to Australia. 



617. P. ailStralis, Gld. (Eudromias australis), Dottrel. 



General colour above sandy -buff, mottled and streaked with dark 

 brown centres to feathers ; crown of head sandy -buff, spotted with 

 blackish, and separated from forehead by broad black band from eye 

 to eye ; round hind-neck a black collar, descending on to chest and 

 skirting fore-neck in shape of a triangle. 



Total length, 8 in. ; culmen, 0'7 in. ; wing, 5*3 in. ; tail, 2'3 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1*3 in. 



Hab. : 4, 6, 7, 9. 



SUB- FAMILY HlMANTOPODIN/E. 



Nasal groove not extended beyond half length of culmen ; bill with no 

 dertrum, straight or curved upwards. 



GENUS HIM ANTOPUS. Toes with scarcely any web and divided to 

 base ; no hind toe. 



618. H. leilCOCephalllS, Gld. , White-headed Stilt. 



Hind-neck, back, and wings glossy greenish-black ; rest of plumage 

 white. 



Total length, 14*5 in. ; culmen, 2 '5 in. ; wing, 9 ; 4 in. ; tail, 2 '3 

 in. ; tarsus, 4 '5 in. 

 Hab. : 1 to 9. 



GKNUS CLADORHYNCHUS.--Toes webbed ; no hind toe. 



619. C. leUCOCephalllS, Vieill. (C. pectoralis, Du Bus), Banded Stilt. 



Body white ; pectoral band chestnut ; wings and abdomen black. 

 Young. Entirely white below 



Total length, 13 5 in. ; culmen, 2 '8 in. ; wing, 7 '7 in. ; tail, 3 in. ; 

 tarsus. 3 in. 



Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



GENUS RECUR VIROSTRA. Toes fully webbed; a hind toe; bill 

 strongly recurved ; base of genys flattened. 



620. R. IlOVie-hollaildiie, Vieill. (R. rubricollis, Temm.), Red-necked 



Avocet. 



Head and upper neck chestnut ; middle of the wing, primaries, 

 and part of the scapularies black ; the rest of the plumage white. 



Total length, 15'5 in. ; culmen, 3'6 in. ; wing, 9 in. ; tail, 3 in. 

 tarsus, 3'3 in. 



Hab. : 2 to 9. 



