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Cladorhynchus leucocephalus. 



No Banded Stilts were seen by me, but when at Carnarvon 

 in 191G Mr. Angelo told me that he had seen hundreds in 

 1915 at a salt marsh and mangrove creek there, and had 

 shot several. Also that he had observed them on previous 

 occasions at the same place. 



Numenius cyan opus. 



A party of nine Australian Curlews was seen at Carnarvon 

 on () Aagust^ 1911, and many more in September of that 

 year. On 11 August, 1913, these birds were fairly common at 

 Carnarvon and they were very numerous late in September. 

 Several were seen there on 5 June, 1916, and also at Point 

 Cloates on 28 June, and a pair of them on 2 August near 

 the North- West Cape. 



Phaeopus phseopus variegatus. 



Eastern Whimbrel began to be numerous at Carnarvon by 

 16 September, 1913, on which date I shot three, which were 

 all females^ and had been feeding on small crabs obtained in a 

 numgrove creek. By the end of that month they were seen 

 in large tiocks at the north mouth of Gascoyne River. On 

 5 June, 1916, several were seen at (Carnarvon, and a pair 

 occurred near the North-West Cape on 2 August. It is 

 curious that I never saw any of these birds at Point Cloates j 

 perhaps it is because there is no mud there. 



Vetola lappoiiica baueri. 



Eastern Barred-rumped Godwits were fairly common at 

 Carnarvon on September 1913, and on 1 October were 

 feeding with Whimbrels in large flocks. The Godwits seem 

 to put the whole of their heads under water while feediix'- 

 more often than most waders do. 



Hater actitis incanus brevipes. 



Grey-ruuiped Sandpipecs were plentiful on the Carnarvon 

 beaches during the last week of September 1913 and also on 

 10 June, 1916, when some specimens were obtained. A few 

 were seen on 2 August, 1916,, at mangrove flats a little south 

 of the North-West Cape. 



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