^°''io^' ] Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. 103 



On the Birds of North-West Australia. 



By Gregory M. Mathews, F.L.S., M.B.O.U. 

 With Field Notes by the Collector, J. P. Rogers. 

 Part III. 

 Syncecus sordidus (Sombre Brown Quail). 

 Math., Handl., No. 12 



S. 24/2/og. 



Eyes red ; feet and tarsi yellow ; culmen and genys black, 

 imlance of bill leaden-blue. 

 The stomach contained grass seeds. 



TuRNix VELOx (Little Quail). 

 Math., Handl., No. 21. 



c^. 30/3/09- 



Eyes yellowish-white ; feet and tarsi fleshy-white ; culmen and 



tip leaden-brown, balance of bill leaden-blue. 



The stomach contained grass seed. 



Petrophassa albipennis (Rock-Pigeon). 

 Math., Handl., No. 40. 



?• 2/4/09. 



Iris dark brown ; feet and tarsi blackish-brown ; bill black. 



Stomach contained fine grit and some seeds. 



Lobivanellus miles (Masked Plover). 

 Math., Handl., No. 148. 



$ ?. 16/2/09. 



Eyes yellow ; feet and tarsi purple, lower end of tibia pink-red ; 

 bill yellow, lip of culmen brown. 



The stomachs contained fragments of beetles. 



Glottis nebularius (Greenshank). 

 Math., Handl., No. 175. 



?. 27/1/09. 



Eyes blackish-brown ; feet and legs olive-grey ; bill brown, basal 

 third leaden-grey. 

 The stomach contained a few small shell-fish. 



Heteropygia aurita (Sharp-tailed Stint). 

 Math., Handl., No. 181. 



cJ ?. 19/3/09- . , 



Eyes brown ; feet and legs olive ; bill brown, base of mandible 

 olive-yellow. 



The stomachs contained fragments of shell-fish. 



RosTRATULA AUSTRALis (Painted Snipe). 

 Math., Handl., No. 186. 



c^. 19/3/09- 



Eyes brown ; feet and legs brown ; bill brown. 



Stomach contained fragments of beetles and other insects. 



