30 CHARADRIID^. 



p. 337 ; Campbell, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 54 (1883) ; North, 



Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 304 (1889). 

 Charadrius nigrifrons, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidts, p. 138 



(1883). 

 ./Egialitis melanops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 300 (1896) ; w/ 



Hand-L i. p. 155 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-fronted Sand-Plover are much smaller than 

 those of JE. pecuaria and dE. sanctce-helence, and they are distinctly 

 pyriform, but otherwise they hardly differ from them. The ground- 

 colour is of a clear pale yellowish buff, and this is very thickly 

 covered with a multitude of dark brown specks, streaks, and 

 involved lines, together with some clouds of pale purple, underlying 

 the others and very conspicuous. Specimens measure from 1'04 to 

 1*16 in length, and from '8 to '85 in breadth. 



1. New South Wales. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Bell River, N. S. Wales, 14th Dec. Seebohm Coll. 



(E. P. Ramsay). 



3. Bell River, 14th Dec. (E. P. R.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Namoi River,N. S. Wales ( Gould). Gould Coll. 



2. Namoi River, 27th Dec. ( Wilson). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.C. 



[P.]. 



-ZEgialitis cucullata ( V.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 1, Plate II. fig. 1.) 



^Egialites monacha, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 231 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 54 (1883). 



Charadrius monachus, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 127 (1887), 

 ./Egialitis monachus, North, Nests fy Egys Austr. Birds, p. 304 (1889). 

 ^Egialitis cucullata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 302 (1896) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 155 (1899). 



The eggs of the Hooded Sand-Plover are of a regular, but rather 

 broad, oval form and gloss-less. They are of a pale buff colour, 

 marked all over with spots and small blotches of black and under- 

 lying pale purple. Some of the markings are streaky and others, 

 resemble scrawls. Six examples measure from 1'35 to 1*46 in 

 length, and from 1*04 to I'l in breadth. 



2. Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 

 2. Tasmania (C. Gould). Gould Coll. 

 1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 

 1. Flinders' Island, Bass Straits Gould Coll. 



(Dr. Rayner}. 



Genus THINORNIS, Gray. 



Thlnornis novae-zealandiae (Gm.). 



Charadrius novse-zealandise, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriida, p. 128 



(1887). 

 Thinornis novse-zealandia?, Potts, Zool. 1885, p. 422; Butter, Birds New 



