SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xiii 



SUB-FAMILY H^MATOPODIN^E : OYSTER-CATCHERS. 



Pied Oyster-catcher (Hcematopus longirostris) ... 122 



Black Oyster-catcher (Hcematopus unicolor) ... ... 123 



SUB-FAMILY LOBIVANELLIN^E . 



-^- Spur- winged Plover (Lobivanellus lobatus) ... ... 124 



SUB-FAMILY CHARADRIIN & . 



Black-breasted Plover (Zonifer tricolor) ... ... 125 



Grey Plover (Squatarola helvetica) ... ... ... 127 



Lesser Golden Plover (Charadrius dominie us) ... ... 128 



Double-banded Dottrel (Ochthodromus (JEgialitis) bi- 



cinctus) ... ... ... ... ... ... 129 



Eed-capped Dottrel (MgiaUtis ruficapilla) ... ... 131 



Black-fronted Dottrel (JEgiaUiis melanops) ... ... 132 



Hooded Dottrel (JSgialitis cucullata) 133 



SUB-FAMILY HIMANTOPODIN^E : STILTS, &c. 



White-headed Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) ... 134 



Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) ... ... 135 



Eed-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novce-hollandice) ... 135 



SUB-FAMILY TOTANIN.E . 



Curlew (Numenius cyanopus) ... ... ... ... 136 



Whimbrel (Numenius variegatus) ... ... ... 137 



Barred-mmped Godwit (Limosa novce-zealandice) ... 138 



Common Sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus) ... ... 139 



Greenshank (Glottis nebularius) ... ... ... 140 



SUB-FAMILY SCOLOPACIN^ : SNIPES. 



Little Stint (Limonites ruficollis) ... ... ... 142 



Sharp-tailed Stint (Heteropygia acuminata) ... ... 143 



Curlew Stint (Ancylochilus subarquatus) ... ... 144 



Snipe (Gallinago australis) ... ... ... ... 145 



ORDER GAVI^E : SEA-BIRDS. 



FAMILY LARIDJE : GULLS AND TEENS. 



SUB-FAMILY STERNIN^ : TERNS. 



Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) ... ... ... 146 



Crested Tern (Sterna bergii) ... 147 



White-fronted Tern (Sterna frontalis) 148 



Sooty Tern (Sterna fuliginosa) ... ... ... ... 150 



White-faced Ternlet (Sterna nereis) 151 



SUB-FAMILY LARIN;E : GULLS. 



^Silver Gull (Larus novce-hollandice) ... ... ... 152 



Pacific Gull (Gabianus pacificus) ... ... ... 153 



