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HsBmatopus ostralegus finschi Marteus. New Zealand 

 Oyster-Catcher. 

 Haematopus finschi Martens, Orn. Monatsb. vol. v. 1897, 

 p. 190 : South Island. 



Synonyms : — 



Hcematopus reischeki Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. x. 

 1899, p. iv : Kaiparu, North Island. 



Hcetnatopus longirostris Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 172. [The type- 

 locality of H. ostralegus Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 152, 

 is Sweden (Oeland).J 



Range : — Both Islands (breeding). 



Haematopns niger unicolor Forster. New Zealand Black 

 Oyster-Catcher. 

 Hcematopus unicolor Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Liclit. 1844', 

 p. 112 : New Zealand. 



Synonym : — 



Hcematopus unicolor BuUer, Suppl. vol. i. p. 172. [The type- 

 locality of H. niger Teuiminck, Manuel d'Ornith. vol. ii. 1820, 

 p. 533, is South Africa and H. unicolor Wagler, Isis, 1832, 

 p. 1230, is a nomen nudum.] 



Range: — Both Islands (breeding). 



Family CHARADRIID.^. 



Genus LOBIBYX. 



Lohibyx Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Heine. 1890, p. 334. 

 Type (by orig. design.) : L. jwvcehollandice (Stejjhens) . 



Lobibyx novaBhoUandiae (Stephens) . Spur-winged Plover. 



Vanellus novoehullundiie Stephens in Shawns Gen. Zool. 

 vol. xi. 1819, p. 516 : New South Wales. 



Synonyms : — 



Tringa lobata (not Linn^) Latham, Index Ornith, Suppl, 1801, 



p. Ixv : New South Wales. 

 Charadrius gallinaceus Wagler, Syst. Avium, Charadrius, 1827, 



sp. 50 : New South Wales. 

 Lobivanellus lobatus BuUer, Suppl. vol. i. p. 173. 



Range : — New Zealand (one occurrence, near Wanganui, 

 North Island, August 1886) ; East Australia (breeding). 



