1877.) ON THE BIRDS OF NORTH-EASTERN QUEENSLAND. 335 
4. List of Birds met with in North-eastern Queensland, 
chiefly at Rockingham Bay. By E. Prerson Ramsay, 
F.L.S. &c., Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney. 
—Part III.’ 
[Received March 21, 1877.] 
198. CHORIOTIS AUSTRALIS. 
Choriotis australis, Gould, Handbk. B, A. ii. p. 208. 
Usually found on the open parts of the grass flats: this bird is 
not plentiful near Rockingham Bay ; I met with it only on two or 
three occasions. I have described the eggs of this species in ‘The 
Ibis,’ 1867, p. 418. 
199. GipIcNEMUS GRALLARIUS. 
CEdicnemus grallarius, Gould, Handbk. B. A. ii. p. 210. 
The Stone-Plovers, or ‘“‘ Land-Curlews’’ as they are more com- 
monly called, are very plentiful all over the district, both inland and 
on the sea-coast. A curious variety of the egg of this species is 
sometimes found; it is of a rich creamy buff, clouded with a duller 
tint, or irregularly and indistinctly blotched with dull brownish buff. 
On showing some of this variety to the late Mr. John Macgillivray, 
author of the ‘Voyage of the Rattlesnake’ &e., he assured me 
they were so remarkably similar to the one found by the late Com- 
mander J. M. R. Ince at Port Essington, and described by Mr. 
Gould? as that of Esacus magnirostris, that no doubt as to their 
identity remained in his mind. On every occasion that I have ob- 
tained the buff-coloured egg the accompanying one was of the usual 
heavily blotched variety, with but few markings at the thin end. 
This species never lays more than two eggs for a sitting, which vary 
a good deal in different localities. There are four very distinct 
varieties in the Dobroyde collection. 
200. Esacus MAGNIROSTRIS. 
Esacus magnirostris, Gould, Handbk. B. Austr. ii. p. 213. 
A pair of these interesting birds frequented the sand-pits in the 
neighbourhood of Cardwell during the time of my visit ; they proved 
too wary to be approached within gun-shot ; the white on the wings 
shows very conspicuously in flight. It is not a rare species, but 
always very difficult to obtain when found near any of the settle- 
ments. 
201. LosrvaNELLUs LOBATUS (2). 
Lobivanellus lobatus, Gould, Handbk. B. A. ii. p. 218. 
I heard the cry of a Plover of this genus on one or two occasions, 
but had no opportunity of ascertaining for certain which species it 
‘ Continued from P. Z. 8. 1876, p. 123, and concluded. 
2 Handbk. Birds Austr. ii. p. 215, 
