104 Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. [ j^f "get 



Glareola orientalis (Oriental Pratincole). 

 Math., Handl., No. 189. 



(?. 20/3/09. 



Eyes brown ; feet and tarsi blackish-brown ; bill black, tomium 

 red. 



The stomach contained a quantity of grasshoppers. 



BuRHiNUS grallarius (Stone-Plover). 



Math., Handl., No. 190. 



$ ?. 19/10/08. 



Eyes yellow, with network of ' brown lines on outer edge ; feet 

 brown ; legs olive-grey ; bill blackish-brown. 



The stomachs contained a quantity of cockchafer beetles. 



Antigone australasiana (Crane). 

 Math., Handl., No. 193. 



c?. 27/1/09. 



Eyes yellow ; papillae on back of neck and sides of face red ; feet 

 and legs brown ; bill and crown of head olive-green. 



Stomach contained a quantity of small stones and a little 

 vegetable matter. 



Ibis Molucca (White Ibis). 



Math., Handl., No. 194. 



Sex ? 10/2/09. 



Eyes brown ; feet and legs leaden-black ; bill black. 



Stomach contained shell-fish. 



Plegadis falcinellus (Glossy Ibis). 

 Math., Handl., No. 196. 



? ? ?. 16/2/09. 



?. 9/2/09- 



S. 4/4/09- 



Eyes brown. Feet, $ 9 ?, leaden-grey, also legs ; $, leaden- 

 brown, also legs, plates of tarsi olive-brown ; (S, olive-brown, also 

 legs. Bill — ? $ $ 9, olive-brown, with line across forehead and 

 from eye to base of lower mandible blue-grey ; S, distal \ of culmen 

 brown, balance of bill oHve-brown. 



Stomachs contained shell-fish, beetles, fish, grit, and insects. 



Platalea regia (Royal Spoonbill). 

 Math., Handl., No. 197. 



Sex ? c?. 



? 12/2/09. 



cJ. 15/2/09. 



Eyes brown ; feet and legs black. Bill— c^*, distal | brown, 

 balance of bill, lores, orbits, and forehead black, gular pouch leaden- 

 brown ; ? spoon leaden-blue, balance of bill and forehead leaden- 

 brown, orbits and gular pouch dark leaden -blue. 



